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Australia | Middle East | CIS

Legal advice shaped by world-class experience, forged inside leading sovereign wealth, asset management, and superannuation institutions.

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ALA Principal

We are a Sydney-based law firm advising on investments and transactions, superannuation and regulatory matters, and corporate and commercial law.

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We act for private capital investors, fund managers, superannuation trustees, financial advisers, family offices and growing businesses, at their commercial speed and on fixed fees.

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We look forward to working with you.

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Arthur Marusevich

Founder and Principal Lawyer

Welcome, and thank you for visiting.

WHY ENGAGE US

​Three reasons why clients engage us — and stay.

We have multinational institutional experience.

10+ years across four sovereign wealth and superannuation institutions in Australia and the Middle East (Mubadala, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, AMP, and Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation) executing cross-border transactions, structuring mandates, and navigating regulatory frameworks.

We understand your stakeholders

Investment committees, boards, trustees, regulators — we have operated in those rooms. We structure advice that is designed to be received, not just technically correct.

We work at your pace, with fixed fees

We understand the time sensitivity our clients often face — deals, deadlines, and decisions that can't wait on a large firm's process. We also understand the fee certainty they need, so every engagement is structured as a fixed-fee, project-based instruction.

OUR SERVICES

We advise clients on capital deployment and transactions, regulatory compliance and licensing, and commercial and corporate structuring — across Australia, the UAE, and CIS markets.

Investments

From fund reviews and deal structuring through to M&A and capital raises — domestic and cross-border

Superannuation

& Regulatory

SMSF compliance, AFSL support, trustee obligations, and regulatory change — Australia-facing only

Corporate & Commercial

Contracts, governance structures, and ongoing legal advisory for operating businesses and family offices

INSIGHTS

Recent publications and commentary

9 October 2026

Investment Magazine

Why funds must govern for AI accountability

State Super’s AI-assisted portfolio model recently won an industry award. AustralianSuper members are increasingly asking a chatbot for guidance before they ask an adviser.

25 July 2026

Professional Planner

Three down, one to watch: Navigating the 2026 tax reforms

The 50 per cent capital gains tax (CGT) discount is gone, negative gearing has been quarantined, and SMSF property borrowing is all but finished but the measure that should be occupying advisers most hasn’t even made it into a bill.

24 April 2026

Investment Magazine

Governing with AI at the speed of markets

Australian APRA-regulated super funds manage more than $3 trillion in retirement savings through governance frameworks designed before dynamic asset allocation, private credit co-investment, and real-time geopolitical repricing became standard features of the investment landscape.

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