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Lampert links up with Willis Towers Watson

Off to Willis Towers Watson: Frank Lampert. Advertorial Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced significant changes in the strength of its Australasian Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Insolvency team. These investments will enhance WTW’s ability to support clients during this time of considerable disruption to the global business and economic landscape. Frank Lampert has been appointed as the Insolvency & Restructuring Leader for Australasia. Frank is a senior insurance executive with 31 years of global…


Chamberlains Expands Sydney Practice

Advertorial Chamberlains Managing director Stipe Vuleta. Chamberlains Law Firm, a full-service law firm based in Sydney, Canberra, Perth, and Newcastle has, as of August 19th, appointed two new directors and a special counsel. The promotions and new hires reflect Chamberlains’ major expansion in recent years, which is also marked by the move to a larger office in Sydney CBD and the addition of a Norwest…


DEM Asia Group becomes Olvera Advisors

Advertorial New Boutique Advisory Firm Olvera Advisors To Help Businesses Transition to post-COVID Conditions Olvera Advisors’ Damien Hodgkinson. Olvera Advisors’ Lucy Vecchio. The COVID pandemic has forced businesses large and small to navigate the twin challenges of dealing with the crisis while also trying to identify their function in the market when conditions recover. Nobody can be sure what the new normal will look like…


Knowledge is Power

Advertorial A university developed insolvency course for graduates is now taking enrolments.  The course has 10 modules which are presented as E-Learning online. This has the advantage of being convenient and flexible, and offers a cost effective investment for the student and for you. This program is now open to AIIP members & non members. Graduates will benefit from the comprehensive 10 modules covering the…


When Construction Projects Fail

ADVERTORIAL Colliers’ Ian Pert. Ian Pert is a National Director of Colliers International Project Leaders, who provide Project and Cost Management Services through Australia.  This paper has been prompted by the impact of COVID-19, which has created a large amount of speculation in the construction market about the potential for construction projects to fail.  As construction projects slow, due to loss of productivity on site…


Do you bit for insolvency law reform!

Registered trustees, debt agreement administrators & other insolvency practitioners – can you help with research on personal insolvency law? A Melbourne Law School PhD study is researching the options available for people who are over-indebted, including bankruptcy and debt agreements. Nicola Howell’s study is focusing on the impacts of the different options on debtors, including the extent to which debtors improve their financial situation and…


The AIIP wants you

Advertorial AIIP president Stephen Hathway. The Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP) is on a recruitment drive. Founded in 2016 the not-for-profit currently has more than 160 members and is looking to open its collective network to a larger proportion of the only IPs it accepts as members- registered liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy. According to AIP President Stephen Hathway of Helm Advisory membership offers…


AIIP 2019 – it’s a wrap

Federal Court judge Michael Lee. They came in droves to the Hyatt Hotel in Canberra, at least 170, most of them registered liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy and all prepared to hear insights, exchange experiences and assemble in a collegiate and congenial environment for AIIP 2019. The conference – the second organised by the Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP) – was characterised by its…


ARITA Conference 2019

Royal Commission assisting counsel Michael Hodges QC. SEERS restructuring chief Mohsin Meghji. Advertorial Issues of import, insiders speaking frankly and in-depth, explorations of emergent trends by experts from inside the tent – this is a sample of what awaits those attending ARITA’s 2019 National Conference, scheduled to take place in Melbourne next month. For the offshore restructuring buffs (and who isn’t?) organisers have a particular…


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Cornwalls’ Ian Heathwood. A construction industry insolvency and non-payment crisis? Election over – Will the parties keep their promises to fix Australia’s construction industry insolvency and non-payment crisis? Leading up to the election both major political parties promised to fix Australia’s construction industry insolvency crisis and non-payment problems. Readers know it is even worse than the politicians and press have been saying. As a lawyer…