Alex Nase

Professional experience

Alex was admitted as a Legal Practitioner in Queensland in 2005. Alex practised as a Barrister at the private bar, for about two and a half years, before joining Cowen Schwarz Marschke (formerly Tucker & Cowen) as a solicitor in September 2007. Alex was appointed an Associate of the firm in October 2011 and Special Counsel in November 2015.

Alex predominantly practises in the areas of commercial litigation and insolvency. He has acted for a variety of clients, including property developers, lenders, insolvency practitioners and business owners in many complicated and substantial litigious matters, over many years.

Alex has experience acting for clients in a wide range of matters, including contractual disputes; claims for injunctions or other equitable relief; professional negligence claims; partnership and shareholder disputes; construction disputes; claims to recover loans or realise securities; insurance claims; claims under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010; and claims under the Corporations Act 2001.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws (Hons)
• Bachelor of Arts
• Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
• Member, Queensland Law Society

Jody Fisher

Professional experience

Jody joined Cowen Schwarz Marschke in 2024 with more than 20 years’ experience working in both legal and project management roles for national law firms, listed companies, government owned corporations and SMEs.

Jody has extensive experience in managing complex commercial, property and infrastructure transactions for a wide variety of national and international clients in diverse industries.

She has advised on acquisitions, divestments, risk management, project delivery and strategy. She also has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of commercial documents.

With Jody’s rare blend of legal and project management expertise, she prides herself on her ability to think commercially and ‘outside of the square’ when necessary, in order to deliver cost-effective and timely advice and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Laws
• Graduate Certificate in Legal Practice
• Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of South Australia
• Member, Queensland Law Society
• Member of the National Association for Women in Construction