University of Sydney, Australia Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws (Hons)(LLB), Economics and Law
Language
English
Professional Background
Astrid has over 25 years’ experience in providing commercial legal services, including specialist regulatory, governance and funding advice, drawing on her unique experience through in-house, Big 4 Legal and top tier legal roles.
Astrid has acted for domestic and multi-national corporates, local and foreign banks, investment banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, start-ups, exchanges, funds and fund managers.
She has advised her clients on matters relating to financial services, funds management, trusts, transactional deals, derivatives, financial products, regulatory issues, takeovers, mergers and acquisitions and FinTech issues.
Experience
Consulting Principal at WTS Australia Legal, Sydney, New South Wales (May 2023 –Present)
Principal and Director at ABML Legal, Sydney, New South Wales (Sep 2020 – Present)
Principal and Director ABML Consulting, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Sep 2020 – Present)
Head of Legal & Compliance, Vanguard (Oct 2020 – Mar 2022)
Executive Director, Financial Services, FinTech, Automic Group, Sydney, Australia (Jan 2019 – May 2020)
Partner, Financial Services, Head of FinTech (Australia) Sydney, Australia, KPMG Australia (Oct 2017 – Dec 2018)
Partner, Head of Global Derivatives, Baker & McKenzie (Apr 2006 – Sep 2017)
Partner, Head of Australian Financial Services, Baker & McKenzie, Sydney, Australia(Jul 2004 – Sep 2017)
Partner, Head of Global FinTech, Baker & McKenzie (Feb 1999 – Sep 2017)