MURFETT LEGAL - Key Persons


Amanda Hayes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Lawyer - Insolvency & Litigation Find Out More

ARITA Young

Job Titles:
  • Professionals WA ( Deputy Chair )

Caleb Mudhan

Job Titles:
  • Lawyer
Caleb has significant experience in working with legal technology and a strong understanding of the financial services industry, where he has assisted in large scale litigation and discovery. He is passionate about emerging technologies and has been involved in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology since its inception. Caleb understands the complexities of this technology and firmly believes in the mainstream adoption, benefits and efficiencies it provides in both a commercial and social aspect.

Corene Baird-Coetzer

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the Management Team
  • General Manager Find Out More
  • Management
  • Member of the Legal Practice Section of the Law Council of Australia
Corene was a member of the Law Society of WA's Law Office Management section from 1996 and sat on the Law Office Management Committee since 2002 (as Convenor since 2003). As part of this role, Corene was actively involved in co-ordinating an array of events and initiatives through the Committee for the law office managers and legal support executives of Western Australia. Corene was also responsible for organising the biennial Law Office Management Expo and other networking events for the members of this section of the Society. Corene is currently a member of the Legal Practice Section of the Law Council of Australia and previously sat as the WA representative for the Australian Law Management Group. She is also a member of the Australasian Legal Practice Management Association (ALPMA) and the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).

Henry Peter van der Westhuizen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Senior Associate
  • Solicitor in Australia
Senior Associate: Business Advisory, Commercial & Insolvency Find out More Henry is an admitted solicitor in Australia and South Africa with experience in excess of 10 years. Henry joined the Murfett Legal Team in October 2023 in the commercial and insolvency departments. Having worked with financial and banking institutions, government departments, start-up companies, liquidators and bankruptcy trustees, Henry offers extensive knowledge and experience in the commercial, insolvency and business advisory areas of law.

Jason De Silva

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Directors & Partners Team
  • Member of the Management Team
Director: Business Advisory, Insolvency & Litigation Find out More

Jeremy Chitty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Senior Associate
Jeremy joined Murfett Legal in May 2022 as a Senior Associate. Jeremy has significant commercial and property experience, having previously worked at a boutique Perth firm and in a Federal Government legal department in Canberra.

Kelly Parker

Job Titles:
  • Business Owner
  • Director
  • Member of the Directors & Partners Team
  • Director of the Business Advisory
Director: Business Advisory, Commercial & Insolvency Find out More Kelly is a Director of the Business Advisory, Commercial & Insolvency team at Murfett Legal.

Martin Fletcher

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Associate - Business Advisory, Commercial & Insolvency Find Out More

Michael Crommelin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Senior Associate
Senior Associate: Insolvency & Litigation Find out More

Mike Frampton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Directors & Partners Team
  • Partner
Partner: Tax, Commercial & Estate Planning Find out More Mike Frampton joined Murfett Legal as "Partner - Tax, Commercial & Estate Planning" in October 2017 in order to head up the commercial practice group for the firm. Having previously worked in Australia at three top-tier national/international firms for over 25 years, with more than 13 of those years being at partner level, Mike brings a wealth of knowledge, depth and experience to the Murfett Legal team. Mike is recognised by his peers as a leading lawyer and most recently listed in the 2021 Best Lawyers Australia Edition for Commercial and Tax Law. Mike has worked with large national and international public companies, large and small private companies, partnerships, trusts and other business enterprises as well as high wealth individuals. He genuinely enjoys the technical challenges associated with tax and commercial law and the opportunities to assist clients by providing practical solutions to complex tax and commercial issues. He seeks to foster relationships with clients by being highly visible and approachable when engaging with people to provide client solutions. Mike can identify relevant issues and present persuasive arguments to manage client expectations and achieve effective and commercial outcomes.

Peter Broun

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Directors & Partners Team
  • Member of the Management Team