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Glenjon Aligiannis

LinkedinSenior Associate

Glenjon specialises in financial services law, with a focus on advising financial services licensees, financial planning firms, and financial advisers on legal compliance and regulatory matters, including interactions and investigations with ASIC. His experience includes serving as a senior lawyer at a major international law firm, as well as in-house counsel roles at Australia’s largest financial advice company and one of the country’s ‘big four’ banks.

Admitted to Practice

2016

Key Areas of Expertise

  • Wealth/financial planning
  • Regulatory interactions/investigations
  • Pre-litigation disputes/AFCA matters

Career Achievements

  • Advised and assisted one of Australia’s prominent digital asset exchanges in the successful recovery of $11,000,000 worth of digital assets
  • Ranked as 1 of 6 Australian Rising stars in the Legal 500, Asia Pacific Guide, Fintech and Financial Services Regulatory, 2024
  • Advised and assisted a large national financial service provider in its successful challenge of AFCA’s jurisdiction to hear a particular set of complaints relating to extended warranties
  • Ranked as a Rising Star in Australasian Lawyer, 2023
  • Obtained a Masters of Laws with a Distinction average

Qualifications

Favourite Quote

“I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong” – Bertrand Russell