Mark Bailey
Director Corporate Finance & Advisory
Where blockchain meets accounting expertise
Hall Chadwick is one of Australia’s leading professional services firms working with blockchain and digital asset businesses.
We combine deep on-chain knowledge with extensive experience across audit and assurance, forensic accounting and disputes. This means we understand both the accounting and regulatory requirements our clients face and the technology, transactions and digital assets behind them.
From AFSL audits and financial reporting to complex commercial, family law and insolvency disputes, our specialists provide practical and efficient advice grounded in a genuine understanding of the blockchain ecosystem.
Our team understands wallets, exchanges, protocols, transaction histories and on-chain data. This means we can get to the issues faster, work more efficiently and provide better-informed audit, accounting and forensic outcomes.
Our blockchain practice works with organisations across the digital economy, from exchanges and stablecoin issuers to global organisations and businesses with significant digital asset holdings.
Our experience includes:
We believe understanding the blockchain industry requires being part of it.
Hall Chadwick actively participates in Australia’s digital asset ecosystem through industry organisations including the Digital Economy Council of Australia (DECA), industry events, speaking engagements and forums that bring together businesses, advisers, regulators and other industry participants.
This involvement keeps our team close to emerging issues and gives us a practical understanding of the challenges facing blockchain and digital asset businesses.
Our blockchain audit team combines extensive audit and assurance experience with specialist knowledge of digital assets and on-chain transactions.
We provide financial statement and regulatory audit services to blockchain and digital asset businesses, including:
The regulatory and financial reporting requirements facing digital asset businesses create a need for auditors who understand both the regulatory environment and the underlying technology and assets.
Digital assets increasingly feature in commercial disputes, family law matters and insolvencies. Their decentralised and often cross-border nature can make identifying, tracing and valuing assets considerably more complex.
Our forensic and disputes specialists combine accounting expertise with deep on-chain knowledge to investigate transactions, trace digital assets and provide independent expert analysis.
Our experience includes: Family Law | Commercial Disputes | Insolvency & Asset Recovery | International & Cross-Border Matters
Importantly, our on-chain investigations have been relied upon in court proceedings in Australia and internationally.
Independent audit and assurance services to meet financial reporting, regulatory and compliance requirements.
Helping organisations strengthen internal controls, governance frameworks and AML/CTF compliance.
Specialist accounting and advisory support for digital assets, crypto transactions and complex financial reporting matters.
We connect you with leading experts in emerging technologies from around the globe giving you access to harness the latest advancements to drive innovation, enhance your business strategies, and maintain a competitive edge in an ever-evolving market. Our network of professionals is dedicated to your success.
Director Corporate Finance & Advisory
Director Corporate Finance & Advisory
Mark is a specialist in corporate finance valuations, mergers and acquisitions advice. As well as corporate finance eservices, his expertise in valuations and financial analysis is often sought as an independent expert for disputes in commercial law and family law matters. In particular, shareholder oppression and compulsory acquisition matters.
Mark specialises in small to medium sized businesses up to $300 million. His clients include ASX listed public companies, venture capitalists, private companies, property developers, private businesses, other accounting firms as well as leading commercial and family law firms.
Member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA)
CA Accredited Business Valuation Specialist (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand)
Master of Business Administration (RMIT)
Bachelor of Commerce (University of Melbourne)
Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance
Crypto Asset Tracing
Business Valuations
Due Diligence
Mergers and acquisitions
Financial reporting
Taxation
Corporations law requirements
Commercial disputes
Compulsory acquisition
Family law
Mergers and acquisitions
Finance raising
Business start-ups and growth strategies
Commercial loss assessment
Financial analysis for debt or equity raisings
Information memorandum preparation
Structuring and negotiation
Independent expert reports
Mergers and acquisitions management and negotiation
