Dianna Du - Managing Partner
Dianna is the founding Managing Partner of Du & Associates Lawyers. She built the firm on a singular mission - to achieve the best outcome for clients by assembling and empowering a team of top-tier legal talent. With a strategic mindset honed through her dual qualifications in Law and Business—including an Executive MBA—Dianna brings a rare blend of incisive solutions and commercial acumen to every matter. Fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, she bridges cultural and linguistic gaps for clients navigating cross-border challenges and underpinned by a deep sensitivity to Chinese-Australian business dynamics.
Commercial Advisory & Corporate Strategy
Dianna’s transactional practice focuses on guiding Australian and international clients through sophisticated commercial landscapes. The lead for legal due diligence for multimillion-dollar acquisitions, Dianna and her team ensures compliance with both Australian regulatory frameworks and the expectations of investors.
She is sought after for her counsel on corporate governance and compliance in Australia, recently orchestrating a Shanghai Stock Exchange listed company’s Australia subsidiary to resolve legal conflicts between Australia and USA laws and regulatory compliance. Safeguarding the client through vigorous Australian government investigations, her work resulted in the client successfully retaining their position and established a solid foundation for their commercial interests.
She also advises clients on corporate restructuring to maximise legal risk management strategies, helping clients navigate risk management, regulatory obligations, and governance frameworks tailored to both domestic and global operations.
Dianna also designs turnaround strategies for financially distressed entities undergoing debt restructuring or insolvency proceedings, ensuring alignment with long-term business objectives. In the realm of real estate development, she provides end-to-end legal oversight for development projects.
Family Law & Private Wealth Management
Dianna provides discreet, bespoke counsel to high-net-worth individuals and families managing sensitive intergenerational wealth. She specializes in structuring trusts, wills, and succession plans to protect family assets. Dianna also specializes in Family Law disputes and property settlement arrangements with careful consideration of cross-cultural and jurisdictional nuances. Her multilingual proficiency and cultural fluency enable her to mediate delicate family dynamics while ensuring compliance with Australian legal standards, fostering solutions that preserve relationships and legacies.
Litigation & Dispute Resolution Leadership
A seasoned advocate, Dianna regularly appears before the District Court, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australian Federal Courts. She also appears in appellate jurisdictions including the High Court of Australia. She handles contentious matters with urgency and strategic foresight. Her litigation expertise spans commercial disputes involving contractual breaches, equity and trusts claims, shareholder conflicts, fraud, insolvency, and directors’ duties.
Dianna is adept at obtaining urgent civil remedies and complex corporate disputes. She has secured freezing orders against multimillion dollar assets Australia wide within hours of instruction in cases involving alleged breaches of directors' duties and fraud. She is equally adept in property and construction disputes, and cross-border enforcement of foreign judgments, ensuring clients avoid protracted courtroom battles when possible.
A Client-Centered Vision
Beyond her technical prowess, Dianna is celebrated for her pragmatic, results-driven philosophy. Whether advising on labour and employment compliance, startup legal frameworks, corporate governance for multinationals or anti-money laundering regulations, she prioritises solutions that align with clients’ long-term commercial goals.
