2017 ANNUAL PRACTICAL ​INSOLVENCY CONFERENCE
​​1 & 2 May 2017, Dockside, Cockle Bay, Sydney

2017 NATIONAL PRACTICAL ​BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, Wesley Centre, Sydney

This Conference consists of a very large contingent of the most powerful and interesting participants from the banking sector and their internal legal teams looking to catch up with practitioners and get up to speed on the latest technical issues facing the insolvency industry. 

Conference Program

The Conference included interactive talks and workshops over
two days focussing intensively on the key issues bankruptcy professionals encounter.  No other event provides personal insolvency practitioners with the opportunity to gain exposure to such relevant experience and expertise.

Conference Program

TOPICS AND SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

​TOPICS:

• Claims Against Directors
• When Does S 433 Bite And When Does It Let Go?
• Environmental Protection (Chain of Responsibility) Act
• A Lender’s Unconscionable Conduct 
• Safe Harbour / Ipso Facto Reforms
• Lenders’ Duties On Sale
• Important PPSR Update Analysis And Alerts
• State of the Market Financiers Panel 
• Bankruptcy Update
• Insolvent Transactions Round-Up   
• Court Approval Of Liquidator Remuneration 
• Our New Insolvency Laws Under The ILRA
• Insolvent Trading Breach of Liquidators’ Duties
• Identification, Custody & Control of Assets
• ASIC Plans for the Year Ahead​

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SPEAKERS:
Paul Apathy, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Farid Assaf, Barrister, Banco Chambers
Justin Bates, Partner, Dentons
Garry Bigmore QC, Lonsdale Chambers
Adrian Brown, Senior Executive Leader, Insolvency Practitioners, ASIC
Dominic Emmett, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers
Geoff Green, Group Strategic Business Services, Group Risk, NAB
Chris Hill, Partner, PPB Advisory
Jane Kupsch, Partner, Piper Alderman  
Michael Lhuede, Partner, Piper Alderman
Chris McLeod, Partner & Head of Office Perth, Norton Rose Fulbright
Michael Murray, Principal, Murrays Legal
Sally Nash, Consultant Solicitor, O'Neill Partners
Robert Newlinds SC, Banco Chambers
Chris Prestwich, Partner, Allens
Michael Rozdal, Partner, Keypoint Law
Peter Smith, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Vanessa Whittaker, Barrister, Eleven Wentworth 
Chris Wyke, Managing Director, Moelis & Company

TOPICS:

• Insolvency Practice Rules - How will they change Practice?
• Voidable Transactions
• Fees and Remuneration
• The Famous Family Law Experts In Conversation
• Dealing with Joint Property & Real Estate in
• Bankruptcy
• The New Discipline Processes - Scrutinising AFSA
• Trust Property
• Setting Aside a PIA & Trustees Costs
• Sourcing and Dealing with Information
• Reviews of Trustee’s Decisions
• ​Keeping Creditors in the loop​

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SPEAKERS:
John Melluish, Bankruptcy Trustee, Conference Chair
Bob Cruickshanks, Personal Insolvency Consultant
Sally Nash, Consultant Solicitor, O’Neill
Partners Commercial Lawyers
Stephen Mullette, Principal, Matthews Folbigg Lawyers
Michael Murray, Principal, Murrays Legal
Michael Rozdal, Consulting Principal, Keypoint Law
Peter Harrison, Partner, Kemp Strang Lawyers
Karen McLean, McLean and Associates Solicitors
Anthony Spencer, Barrister
Juliet Curtin, Barrister
Irina Hoskinson, Barrister
Mark Findlay, Director Regulation & Enforcement Central
Region, Australian Financial Security Authority
Greg Sirtes SC​

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