Allan Myers
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Allan Myers AC, QC |
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| Born |
Allan James Myers 1947 Hamilton, Victoria, Australia |
| Residence | Carlton |
| Nationality | Australian |
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| Occupation | Lawyer, academic, landowner, businessman, philanthropist |
| Net worth | A$680 million |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Myers |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | John and Betty Myers |
Allan James Myers AC, QC (born 1947) is an Australian barrister, academic, businessman, landowner and philanthropist.
Allan Myers was born in 1947 in Hamilton, Victoria. He was raised in Dunkeld, Victoria, where his father, John, worked as a butcher. He has five siblings. He graduated from the University of Melbourne, where he received a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Laws. He was editor of the Melbourne University Law Review from 1967-69. He received the Supreme Court Prize in 1969. He went on to receive a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford.
He became a lawyer in 1971. He taught as a tutor at the Melbourne Law School. He later taught at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Toronto, Canada, from 1972-74. He returned to the University of Melbourne in 1974, where he taught Security Law and Taxation Law from 1974-88. He served as Assistant Editor of the Australian Taxation Law Review.
He was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 1975 and has been a Queen's Counsel since 1986. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Oxford University Law Foundation. He has represented Kerry Stokes, Lloyd Williams, Alan Bond, John Elliott, Andrew Forrest and Gina Rinehart as well as Citibank and BHP Billiton.
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