Solicitor
Costin was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales on 3 May 2019 and was entered in the Register of Practitioners of the High Court of Australia on 13 May 2020.
In July 2012, Costin graduated from the Christian University “Dimitrie Cantemir” Bucharest Romania with a Bachelor Degree in Finance Banking and Accounting. In December 2017, Costin also graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Notre Dame in Sydney.
Costin has worked for Peter since February 2015 extensively in commercial litigation disputes that required the interpretation of documents and property law disputes. In these disputes, he has prepared advices for clients, prepared evidence, worked with Counsel in the preparation of submissions and instructed Counsel in court for both interlocutory hearings and final hearings.
In addition to commercial litigation disputes, Costin has acted for clients in different legal disputes which includes but is not limited to:
• Estates, where he acted for and advised the executor of a multi-million dollar estate throughout the estate administration which included six separate family provision claims.
• Property Law, where he acted for and advised various clients in the interpretation and enforceability of caveat clauses, removal of caveats, priority disputes and entitlements to payments from funds held in Court.
• Family Law, where he advised a client and acted as junior counsel preparing the evidence, the submissions and assisting Counsel in court in relation to an alteration and division of property dispute and multiple applications for consent orders in respect of property and parenting orders.