Mel Egan

Rashid-Kinsman

Mel brings more than 30 years’ experience in Executive Assistant and operations roles to the firm, having worked closely with senior professionals and leadership teams both in Australia and overseas.   Since joining the firm, Mel has become a key part of the team and is a go-to for just about everything that keeps a workplace running well.  She started …

Michelle McDermott

Rashid-Kinsman

Michelle graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Major in Accounting) in 2001 and joined Mendelawitz Morton as Practice Manager in October 2016.   She brings over 16 years of work experience from an accounting and tax background, having worked in small to medium accounting firms. Michelle ensures Mendelawitz Morton is compliant with tax and business obligations and always displays a …

Paul Athienides

Rashid-Kinsman

Paul is a final year Law student at the University of Notre Dame Australia. Paul’s areas of interest include: Outside of work and study, Paul enjoys golf and horology.

Forest Ye

Rashid-Kinsman

Forest was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2026. Forest has experience assisting on a broad range of matters, with a particular focus on corporate governance and negotiating commercial agreements. His journey from earning a Bachelor of Commerce to completing his Juris Doctor has uniquely equipped him to approach legal challenges with a multidisciplinary and commercial perspective. …

Faraz Rehman

Rashid-Kinsman

Faraz was admitted to the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 2019. Faraz has experience across private practice and international firm environments advising clients on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate structuring, governance and negotiating commercial agreements. He supports both buyers and sellers in mid-market transactions. In addition to …

Ken Tse

Rashid-Kinsman

Ken has a solid foundation in both criminal and statutory insurance law, after honing his skills as a clerk in criminal law and later excelling as a junior solicitor in statutory insurance. Ken now specialises in insolvency, dispute resolution, and company restructuring. His journey from earning an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience at UWA to completing his LLB at Murdoch has …

Shaanan Suthesh

Rashid-Kinsman

Shaanan was admitted to legal practice in Western Australia in 2023. He has had experience in general commercial matters and debt recovery. Prior to his admission, Shaanan held various executive positions in a number of unincorporated associations and his university’s guild. Shaanan’s primary areas of practice include: In his pursuit to provide practical and well-rounded legal advice, Shaanan has taken …

Hugo Michea-Palmer

Rashid-Kinsman

Hugo was admitted to legal practice in Western Australia in 2023. He has experience in various practices of law, including corporate and commercial, litigation and dispute resolution, insolvency and restructuring, banking and finance, and mining law. Hugo has worked with a diverse range of clients and matters, having experience with local and international matters. Hugo is fluent in both English …

Christina Keung

Rashid-Kinsman

Christina was admitted to legal practice in Western Australia in 2017. With a keen sense for commercial acumen, she has accumulated extensive experience from a number of legal and commercial roles including as an in-house counsel at a well-known international logistics company. Christina was born in Hong Kong (China) and raised in Australia, she is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin. …

Shiv Paisal

Rashid-Kinsman

Shiv was admitted to legal practice in 2019 and initially gained experience in a range of commercial areas of law which included property settlements, division of assets in family law and working on commercial transactions for major Australian banks. That experience gives her a firm foundation to understand the complex area of insolvency and provide tailored legal and commercially sensible …