Paul has over 25 years’ experience in the pre-legal and legal debt recovery industry. He started his career in 1996 with a debt collection agency specialising in servicing the needs of clients in commerce,  media, publishing, sport and entertainment industries.

Over those 25 years Paul has held positions within debt recovery and law firms as Collections Manager, Sales and Marketing Manager, Operations Manager, General Manager, Head of Collections, Legal Recoveries Manager, Solicitor and he is now the Principal Solicitor of NSW Credit Law and the Master CAPI Licence holder of NSW CAPI Agents.

Paul has been highly effective in senior management roles which have incorporated leadership of both legal and pre-legal recovery teams. Excellent customer service skills have resulted in Paul applying a heavy focus on being an effective liaison between debtors, clients, solicitors, insolvency practitioners, collection agents and commercial and private inquiry agents.

In 2008, at the height of the GFC, Paul seized an opportunity to work for a UK law firm specialising in the provision of pre and post appointment auditing and reporting. He implemented key business strategies which provided invalauble assistance to financial service providers and insolvency practitioners in difficult financial times.

Since returning to Sydney in 2010 Paul has expanded his field of expertise into also  managing high volume strata levy recoveries for clients with extensive strata property portfolios covering city, metropolitan and regional areas in New South Wales.

Paul is admitted as a solicitor in the Supreme Court of NSW and holds an unrestricted NSW practising certificate with the Law Society of NSW.

• Admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Legal Practice Management, College of Law NSW
• Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law NSW
• Diploma of Law, LEC and LPAB at University of Sydney NSW
• Certificate III in Financial Services and Mercantile Agents
• Master Licence Holder, Commercial and Private Inquiry Agent

• Advising and acting for commercial clients, including mercantile law claims, legal debt recovery, disputed contractual claims, breaches of consumer guarantees afforded under Australian Consumer Law  and disputed guarantee provisions, personal bankruptcy and corporate insolvency.
• Managing high volume strata levy recoveries for clients with extensive strata property portfolios covering city, metropolitan and regional areas in New South Wales.
• NSW Local Court attendances for small claims, general division, interlocutory hearings, and examination hearings.
• Briefing counsel and colleagues for hearings in all Australian jurisdictions.
• Commercial and Private Inquiry Agent assignments including process service, field calls, repossessions, investigations, surveillance and court attendances.
• Assisting debtors in managing debt and negotiations with creditors.
• Assisting debtors with disputes regarding credit rating defaults.
• Initiating and coordinating training of staff in consumer credit compliance, hardship and vulnerability, respectful communications, privacy, data protection, pre-legal and legal recoveries, industry related advancements and changes to credit law and industry related legislation.
• Facilitating dispute resolution with clients and customers and external dispute resolution services to achieve commercially centric client focused outcomes.
• Presenting training and seminars to provide professional learning and development sessions to client’s credit, collections and accounts receivables teams.
• Setting and monitoring progress against recovery budgets at both a client and matter level.
• Team management and training.

• NSW Credit Law and NSW CAPI Agents – Principal Solicitor and Business Owner
  January 2021 – present day
• CCSG Legal Pty Ltd and Credit Collection Services Group Pty Ltd- Solicitor, Head of Collections and Legal Recoveries Manager
  October 2010 – December 2020
• Largo Law & Recoveries (UK) – Operations Manager & Company Secretary (Contract)
  September 2007 – September 2009
• Nemes, Thomas & Co Solicitors & Nationwide Collections
  July 2006 – September 2007
• Brodie Collections Services
  May 1996 – May 2006