Bill Fragos

Bill is a Special Counsel in our Commercial Litigation & Disputes Team.

Bill also provides front-end commercial advice with particular experience in privacy, technology, competition law, and consumer law. With a significant reputation for his extensive knowledge in a number of areas of law, Bill represents a range of high profile business and individual clients in complex legal matters.

Experience & expertise

Bill appears in matters at all levels of the Court system across Australia, including before the Federal Court and the Supreme Courts of NSW, Victoria and South Australia. That wealth of experience benefits Bill’s clients, who value for his ability to achieve favourable outcomes quickly and efficiently, his professionalism, and his strategic and engaging approach. Within Moray & Agnew’s commercial disputes practice, Bill advocates for clients in the areas of privacy, competition and consumer law,  regulatory matters, insolvency, financial services and corporations law matters.

Bill’s disputes experience is complemented by the provision of front-end advice in relation to privacy, technology and cyber-security, competition law issues, and consumer law matters including advertising, terms & conditions and consumer guarantees.

Clients and members of the legal profession also value Bill for his commitment to education and delivering seminars in his areas of specialisation, including ethics. Bill also teaches advocacy to law graduates, and enjoys mentoring lawyers.

Work highlights

Bill’s accomplishments include:

• Acting for a government and private contract service provider regarding a significant data breach, involving the coordination of a multi-jurisdiction approach with numerous regulators and clients and managing communications to affected individuals
• Acting for a national business in major complex litigation, involving allegations of fraud, breach of fiduciary duties, negligence, and breach of contract against company officers
• Acting for a business in the FMCG sector, successfully preventing a competitor from engaging in conduct involving allegations of passing off/ misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to the client’s packaging
• Acting for a national business in complex litigation involving successful complaints made by it against a supplier of technology services
• Implementing and delivering privacy compliance frameworks, conducting privacy audits and impact assessments for numerous businesses
• Implementing and delivering trade practices compliance programmes for numerous businesses, including a large brewer and major supermarket chain.