2018 ANNUAL PRACTICAL ​INSOLVENCY CONFERENCE
19 & 20 March 2018, Dockside, Cockle Bay, Sydney

2018 NATIONAL PRACTICAL ​BANKRUPTCY CONFERENCE
Monday, 4 December 2018, 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:

• Safe Harbour
• The Channel 10 Decision
  
• Ipso Facto
  
• Outcomes impacting on the conduct and duties of Insolvency Practitioners
• The Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016
  
• FEG Activity update
  
• PPSR Update
  
• The Role of the Regulator and Government
  
• State of the Market - Financiers Panel
  
• Personal Insolvency
  
• Insolvent Transactions Round up
  
• Remuneration issues
  
• Sham contracts
• Important Tax issuse and recent developments
  
• Winding up Strata title Corporations
  
• Administrations incurring credit
  
• Invalid / Ineffective / Void Appointments
  
• Winding up schemes
  

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SPEAKERS:
Ryan Eagle, Ferrier Hodgson
Maria O'Brien, Baker & McKenzie
Geoff Green, NAB
Barry Kogan, McGrathNicol
Chris Prestwich, Allens
Mark Clifton, Herbert Smith Freehills
Paul Apathy, Herbert Smith Freehills
Rowena White, Herbert Smith Freehills
Jason Harris, UTS Faculty of Law
Amanda Coneyworth, Ferrier Hodgson
Michael Murray, Murrays Legal
Henry Carr, Department of Jobs and Small Business
Nicholas Mirzai, Barrister
Thea Eszenyi, ASIC
Quentin Olde, FTI Consulting
Tim Stewart, Gordon Brothers
Craig Ensor, Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Peter Langham, Scottish Pacific
John Munnings, NAB
Sally Nash, O'Neill Partners
Stephen Mullette, Matthews Folbigg Lawyers
Thomas Russell, Piper Alderman Lawyers
Natasha Toholka, NortonRose Fulbright
Glen Cussen, Kemp Strang
Ross Burns, ATO
Farid Assaf, Banco Chambers
John Breene, Breene & Breene Solicitors
Simon Cathro, Worrells
Scott Aspinall, Ground Floor Wentworth Chambers
Ingrid King, Barrister
Noel McCoy, Norton Rose Fulbright
​Alex Bell, Grant Thornton

TOPICS:

• The One Year Ba you prepared? 
• AFSA regulation, remuneration, liaison with ASIC, ARITA’s role and other regulation of Trustees
• Funding Recoveries in Bankruptcy  
• Voidable Transactions
• The Famous Family Law Experts In Conversation
• Reviews of Recent Decisions Impacting on Practitioners 
• Asset Protection structures under the microscope: SMSFs & Superannuation, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy Estates, & Death Benefits 
• Section 130 Warrants For Search And Seizure And Other Avenues to Extract Information 
• Objections To Discharge And Pre-Referrals/ Offence Referrals 
• Income, And Income Contributions: Case Round-Up And Section 139L Notices 
• Taking Possession Of And Dealing With Property

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SPEAKERS:
John Melluish, Bankruptcy Trustee - Conference Chair
Bob Cruickshanks, Personal Insolvency Consultant
Sally Nash, O'Neill Partners, Lawyers
Stephen Mullette, Matthews Folbigg Lawyers
Michael Murray, Murrays Legal
Peter Harrison, Thomson Geer
David Topp, Barrister
Megan Zhou, O'Neill Partners Lawyers
Stephen Bonnor, Australian Financial Security Authority
​Michael Lhuede, Piper Alderman
Giles Woodgate, Woodgate & Co
Doug Whelan, Litigation Funding Solutions
Kirsten Farmer, DWF Australia
Michelle Castle, Barrister
Steven Golledge, Barrister

BOOTCAMP 2018

THANK YOU TO OUR PAST SPONSORS
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Platinum Sponsors:
FTI Consulting

Gold Sponsor:          
Gilbert + Tobin                                                                       

Silver Sponsor:
Keypoint Law
​Banco Chambers
​BDO

Bronze Sponsor:                                                                       
​InfoTrack
Access Records Management                                             

Dinner Sponsor:
Herbert Smith Freehills

Media Sponsor:
Insolvency News Online
Debtwire Asia Pacific