Stanley specialises in superannuation, life and general insurance, managed funds, financial planning, financial services regulation and consumer credit regulation. His expertise in these areas is founded on previous roles as in-house counsel at St George Bank, GE Money, ING Australia and Vero Insurance.

Stanley has advised trustees of large APRA-regulated superannuation funds over many years. This includes advising on issues under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 (Cth) and the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), as well as acting for superannuation trustees in relation to disability and death benefit claims (both litigated and unlitigated) and complaints. He has very significant experience in drafting submissions to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

Stanley has also worked very extensively in the area of financial services regulation since the commencement of the current Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act in 2002. This includes Australian financial services licensing work for both onshore and offshore entities and advising on ongoing compliance. It also includes advising trustees of managed funds (both registered and unregistered) and representing companies and individuals served with notices issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Stanley is a prolific author on superannuation, insurance and other financial services topics, with articles frequently appearing in the LexisNexis Superannuation Law Bulletin, the Insurance Law Bulletin and the Insurance Law Journal. Since 2014 he has been the principal author of Thomson Geer's Superannuation Case Law Update. He is a co-author of Thomson Reuters Mann's Annotated Insurance Contracts Act and Mann's Annotated Insurance Law. He is a frequent speaker at seminars and webinars convened by the Australian Insurance Law Association (AILA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and The Tax Institute (TTI).

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