Tim Masters

Expertise

Recognition

Recent deals and media coverage

• Piper Alderman promotes 4, including 1 to partner – Lawyers Weekly, 18 December 2022
• Run it Wild Advised on sale to Canadian listed Company – Lawyers Weekly, 20 July 2022
• NFT Technologies Inc’s Acquisition of Run It Wild – Global Legal Chronicle, 14 July 2022

Memberships

• The Law Society of New South Wales – Business Law Committee (Policy Committee), Deputy Chair

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