About Circa Legal
Cindy Shammall
Principal and Director
Credentials
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Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
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Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
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Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance (National Dux Recipient)
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Law Institute Victora Member
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Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia
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Qualified to practice in Victora, Australia and Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
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Pro bono service recognition awards from The Law Society of Hong Kong
Full CV is available on her LinkedIn profile
Cindy is a corporate M&A lawyer with over 20 years' experience in private practice (with top-tier law firms including Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer and Skadden Arps), and in-house at large Australian corporates (including NAB and Telstra).
She has experienced first-hand the challenges associated with complex, time-critical corporate, commercial and regulatory transactions from both sides of the table.
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Her role as Deputy General Counsel at MinterEllison has also given Cindy unique insight into the solicitor/client relationship, particularly the cost and risk management dynamics.
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Cindy possesses an array of non-traditional legal skills, including multi-stakeholder collaboration (including finance and tax), innovative thinking, emotional intelligence, project management, leadership and mentoring. These qualities are the foundation of Circa Legal – as excellent legal skills should go without saying. ​​​
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Cindy also holds the coveted corporate governance and risk management credentials from the Governance Institute of Australia, meaning she can step into a Company Secretariat function with confidence.
