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Giovanni (John) Groppoli was a partner of national law firm Deacons (now Norton Rose) from 1987 to 2004 where he specialised in franchising, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate governance. He was managing partner of the Perth office of Deacons from 1998 to 2002.
Mr Groppoli left private practice in 2004 and was managing director of Milners (a leading Australian brand marketing group specialising in premium homeware products) and Aviva Optical (an importer and national distributor of optical products and accessories).