2021 AIIP QLD CHAPTER MINI CONFERENCE

Thursday 29 July 2021

BRISBANE, QLD

Version: 28 June 2021

JOIN AIIP QLD CHAPTER NEXT MONTH FOR OUR 1/2 DAY MINI CONFERENCE, WITH IN–DEPTH, TOPICAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS. FOLLOWED BY A NETWORKING LUNCH.

By the practitioner, for the practitioner COST: Conference: AIIP’s first ever conference to be held in is designed to give attendees a fast AIIP Members $165 Non-Members $165 and furious taste of where insolvency is sitting and calls on various leaders to make Online Attendance (Zoom) $110 some bold predictions for the post-covid landscape. With a heavy slant on litigation, the committee wanted to address the probability that a greater proportion of Networking Lunch at Naga sponsored recoveries are likely to result from picking and winning various legal actions. The final by Grays: session allows attendees to see experienced practitioners pick their way through a AIIP Members No Fee hypothetical but real life example of how matters in a court room can go off the rails. Non-Members $165

TOPICS INCLUDE: LOCATIONS: Conference : Blackbird Bar Dining & Events The latest uglies for IPs pursuing litigation - checklist for avoiding adverse Riverside Centre findings and costs. 123 Eagle St, BRISBANE CITY QLD 4000 Economic Outlook in . Corporate and Personal Case Updates - emphasis on Qld cases. Networking Lunch at Naga: Does the Government think there is a place for IPs post Covid - please explain! Upper Level, Eagle Street Pier A day in the life of an insolvency professional – A journey with a director, a fast 18/45 Eagle Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 car, lawyers and creditors! CPE: 3 CPE hours

WITH THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

The Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP) ABN: 11 639 379 098 www.aiip.org.au Suite 2, Level 16, 60 Carrington Street, Sydney NSW 2000 By the practitioner, for the practitioner

Senator Susan McDonald Omar Ameer, Susan grew up on her family’s cattle Queensland Building property, 70km south of Cloncurry and and Construction was educated by Correspondence Commission (QBCC) Harley Dale, School and Mt Isa School of the Air CreditorWatch before boarding school in Brisbane. Omar is the Director Financial Her first job was cooking for a stock Compliance with the Queensland Prior to his appointment as Chief camp and working at Expo ’88 in Building and Construction Economist at CreditorWatch, Harley Brisbane before going to the University Commission (QBCC). Omar oversees began his career as an academic in the of Queensland to study accounting with the QBCC’s regulatory responsibilities Department of Economics at the the idea she would go back to the family for the financial aspects of the University of Auckland. That was back station to handle the bookkeeping. But construction industry in Queensland, in 1990. circumstances changed and she ended including compliance with minimum up in Brisbane as an Accountant before financial requirements, exclusion from Harley completed his Master of Arts in going in as Chief of Staff for Natural holding a licence following an Economics (sub-major in Political Resources and Mines Minister, Andrew insolvency event and auditing of Studies) with First Class Honours and Cripps. Susan’s family had bought a construction industry trust accounts. gained a PhD Scholarship to the chain of butcher shops in Brisbane and Prior to joining the QBCC Omar held a Australian National University. He has the Gold Coast and she ran them for 6 number of roles with Queensland’s a comprehensive understanding of the years before being elected to the environmental regulator over a 13 year economics and politics of China, Hong for Queensland. career at that agency, which followed Kong, and Taiwan through his studies his first career as a solicitor practising at the ANU. Based in , Susan was elected in the areas of insolvency and debt to the Senate in May, 2019 after securing the No.2 spot on Queensland’s recovery litigation. Liberal National Party ticket. She is currently the chairman of the Federal Government’s Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport committee.

Scott Guthrie, Thomson Geer James Daniel, Scott Guthrie draws on his more Thomson Geer than 25 years’ of expertise to advise clients in the finance, Over the last 3 decades James Daniel’s insolvency and property Patrick Coghlan, legal practice has involved the initiation or industries. CreditorWatch defence of complex litigation, dispute resolution, debt recovery, insolvency,

restructuring, investigations, corporate A significant part of Scott’s Patrick Coghlan is the CEO of governance and risk management often in practice involves acting for CreditorWatch. In 2010, Patrick hostile, tense or crisis circumstances. various stakeholders in the became one of the three founding Mostly James handles complex unsecured and secured employees of CreditorWatch and insolvencies for insolvency practitioners insolvency market. Scott regularly helped to shape the innovative when a business is irretrievably broken and the corpus has been disemboweled by self advises and acts for receivers, product we see today. interested creditors. A noteworthy liquidators, administrators and Throughout the years, Patrick’s example is James’ role acting for the bankruptcy trustees in industry knowledge has become Octaviar general purpose liquidators and identifying, preserving and the Octaviar special purpose liquidator in second to none. He also sits on the recovering assets for secured and various large scale complex corporate Business Advisory Panel of ASIC. unsecured creditors. recovery litigation.

By the practitioner, for the practitioner

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Time Event Presenter/Speaker 8.30am Registration 8.55am Opening Remarks Ginette Muller, AIIP QLD 9.00am Economic Outlook in Queensland Patrick Coghlan & Harley Dale, Creditor Watch 9.30am Case Updates and Current Issues: James Daniel & Scott Guthrie, Thomson Geer The ongoing degradation of the Australian corporate insolvency regime The Presumption of Advancement: still safe as houses? 10.10am QBCC - New Residential Builders' Trust Accounts Omar Ameer, Director Financial Compliance QBCC 10.40am Morning tea break 11.00am Litigation Funding Opportunities & Covering the Michael Partis, Assure Global Plus Downside 11.30am Discussion with Senator Senator Susan McDonald 12.00pm Conference closing remarks Ginette Muller, AIIP QLD 12.15pm Proceed to lunch at Naga sponsored by Grays

1.00pm Hypothetical: A day in the life of an insolvency Paul Evans, Cornwalls and a panel of professional – A journey with a director, a fast car, experienced professionals lawyers and creditors! 3.00pm Lunch concludes

Paul is a well-known insolvency lawyer that has also served on the boards of various government-funded bodies and private enterprises. He has been a partner since 1995.

Paul provides both commercial and legal insights in terms of practical issues that arise for the insolvency practitioner.

Paul Evans, He has advised and acted as the advocate for the Official Trustee, a large number of Cornwalls insolvency practitioners, most major banks and other financiers in the commercial sphere including the german bankers in the banking syndicate dealing with Babcock & Brown. As well as holding an honours degree in law, and master of laws, he has been an accredited specialist in commercial litigation since 2007 and has completed an MBA at the University of Queensland. HOW TO REGISTER: Tickets can be purchased online through Eventbrite.

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