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Damon Baker, Account Director (International Business and Trade)
Damon specialises in providing advice to Australian clients wishing to build business relationships and pursue business investment or joint venture opportunities in East Asia. He also can offer advice on Australia's Free Trade Agreements with Singapore and Thailand (and future FTAs with East Asian economies), Australia's investment treaty obligations, dispute resolution, overseas commercial and corporate regulations and regulatory compliance.
He maintains extensive legal and business contacts in the Asia-Pacific region and has consulted for Australian and internationally-based public and privately-owned corporations.
Damon designed and implemented a strategic communications and publicity campaign for the world's third largest cruise operator (based in Malaysia and with operations throughout Asia) for the Australia and New Zealand markets; consulted to an Australian public company with joint ventures in Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China; provided strategic communications advice for one of Australia's largest wine groups; and worked in a small team responsible for all issues management and public relations for Australia's largest transport task - the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
He is a lawyer (NSW Supreme Court and High Court of Australia) with experience in managing issues in civil litigation, defamation, international law and environment and planning. He completed a Master’s of International Law at the University of NSW in 2007 with a Distinction average grade.
Damon was a winner of two Public Relations Institute of Australia Awards for Excellence in 2001 (Comprehensive Communications and Issues Management).
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