Liam Madden

Liam Madden, Head of Legal and Compliance, Asia Pacific for Instinet, a Nomura Company.

Liam Madden has over 15 years of experience in legal practice. He is a lawyer with a unique blend of private practice, litigation and in-house experience. In private practice he was able to tackle complicated and contentious matters with an eye to achieving commercially advantageous and relevant outcomes for his clients. Since moving in-house, he has applied that same commercial focus to ensuring that the businesses he has worked with are able to operate successfully in highly regulated environments across the different jurisdictions in Asia, including Japan. Technologically literate, he is able to understand the ever increasing role of technology in the financial services sphere and manage the legal and compliance challenges that this creates. Liam is admitted to practice in New South Wales, Australia and Hong Kong.

Managing Director, Head of Legal and Compliance, Asia at Instinet Pacific

2008 - Present

Chief Legal Counsel at CMC Markets

2006 - 2008

Partner at Abbott Tout Lawyers

2001 - 2006

University of Sydney

2006 – 2008

Master of Business Law

University of Sydney

1988 – 1993

BA LLB

Concentration: Philosophy & Law