Farid Assaf SC specialises in corporate insolvency, cross-border insolvency, directors' duties and financial services law matters and is regularly briefed to advise and appear in high profile corporate insolvencies. Farid has also acted in many regulatory and enforcement matters involving ASIC, APRA, ACCC and the ATO. Prior to being called to the bar Farid was in-house lawyer with ASIC gaining unique experience into corporate and financial services regulation in Australia.

Farid is cited in all leading legal directories including Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers. His two texts, Statutory Demands and Winding Up in Insolvency and Voidable Transactions in Company Insolvency have been referred to repeatedly by superior courts in Australia and New Zealand and are both published by LexisNexis.