• LLB (Hons)

    B.Com (Accounting)

    LLM (UNiversity of Melbourne)

  • Commercial Law

    • Appellate

    • Banking & Finance

    • Bankruptcy

    • Civil Procedure Law

    • Consumer Credit Disputes

    • Contractual Disputes

    • Corporate Insolvency

    • Corporations & Securities

    • Real Property

    Competition

    • Consumer Protections

    Equity

    • Property

    • Trusts

    • Wills and Estates

    Fraud, Injunctive Relief and Asset Recovery

    • Fraud

    Professional Negligence

Nik Angelakis

Telephone: 0430310754
Email: nangelakis@vicbar.com.au
Clerk: Young’s List

Profile

Nik has a broad practice in commercial law, with a particular focus on corporations disputes and insolvency.

Prior to coming to the Bar, Nik was a Senior Associate at Mills Oakley, where he acted for clients across a range of industries in commercial, corporations, insolvency, trade practices, and credit disputes.  He regularly appeared in the Supreme and Federal Courts in liquidators’ examinations, other insolvency-related applications, and civil interlocutory applications.

From 2018 to 2020, Nik was an Associate to the Honourable Justice Michael Sifris KC in the Trial Division of the Commercial Court of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Nik holds a Master of Laws (First Class) from the University of Melbourne, and Bachelor degrees of Laws and Commerce (Accounting) from the University of Adelaide.  His academic work has been published in leading journals, cited by superior courts, and recognised with the Baxt Prize by the Law Council of Australia.

Nik read with Damien McAloon SC and his senior mentor is Carl Moller SC.

Recent Cases

  • Re Ionic Industries Limited [2025] VSC 745

  • Re Daics35 Pty Ltd (in liq) [2025] VSC 651

  • As solicitor – Re J & G Flooring Pty Ltd [2024] VSC 103: Nik appeared for a creditor who secured a winding up order and opposed a director’s application to have the winding up terminated.  The application was dismissed principally for commercial morality and public interest reasons.

  • As solicitor – Emerald No 2 (SA) Pty Ltd v Matthews, in the matter of Sapphire (SA) Pty Ltd [2025] FCA 695:  Nik appeared for a director who sought orders that replaced a liquidator and transitioned an 11-year long liquidation to a voluntary administration for the purpose of facilitating a proposed deed of company arrangement.  This was the first case in which such orders have been made on a director’s application.

Publications

  • The Adjudication of Proofs of Debt in Liquidation: Duties and Obligations” (2024) 32 Insolvency Law Journal 150

  • “The Adjudication of Proofs of Debt in Liquidation: On Power and History” (2024) 32 Insolvency Law Journal 73

  • "The Adjudication of Proofs of Debt in Liquidation: A Background” (2024) 32 Insolvency Law Journal 5

  • “Unfair Preferences as an Instrument of Restoration” (2021) 29 Insolvency Law Journal 4

  • “The Intersection of Deadlock and Oppression: a “No-Fault Divorce” for Members of Closely Held Corporations” (2020) 33(3) Company and Securities Law Journal 512

Date of Admission:

7 August 2018

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First Signed Bar Roll:

25 September 2025

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Division of Bar Roll:

Victorian Practising Counsel

Previous Occupation

Solicitor, Mills Oakley

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation.