We’ve been looking forward to our Vic/Tas Division Conference this week, and the event definitely didn’t disappoint. We kicked off our day with Matthew Hutton RITP, Partner, McGrathNicol and Peter Bowden RITP, Partner, Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers, who discussed the emerging prevalence of US financiers in Australian restructurings and turnarounds and their impact. One of the many highlights was the session with Associate Justice Catherine Gobbo, Victorian Supreme Court and Sophie Caldwell, Senior Associate, Hall & Wilcox. It was a pleasure to hear some insights from the bench of the Victorian Supreme Court as Sophie artfully quizzed Associate Justice Gobbo on her experience. Achieving diversity has been a long-held challenge for the RIT profession, and it was a thought-provoking discussion among the panel of Robyn Erskine AM RITF, ARITA Life Member & Partner, Brooke Bird; Lucinda Gannon, Corporate Psychologist, KordaMentha and; Marita Pascoe, Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Maddocks. Moderated by Mathew Gashi, Deputy Chair, Vic/Tas YP Committee & Senior Associate, Maddocks, who covered the topic of Bias, belonging and diversity: creating safe, inclusive workplaces. We rounded out the conference with a session from Karli Cibich, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright; and Hoda Solaymani-Jamal, Special Counsel, Norton Rose Fulbright who brought to our attention some key lessons and takeaways when dealing with Pre-pack bias vs legitimate insolvency advice. Thank you to all of our many speakers who spent time preparing and presenting today which also included Adrian Beales, Country Director - Australia, Frontline Accounting; Pravin Aathreya RITP, Partner, Johnson Winter Slattery; Catherine Macrae RITP, Partner, MinterEllison and Nirupa Manoharan, Partner, Mills Oakley(Perth, Melbourne); Marelda Hibberd RITF, Partner, Maddocks; Paul Langdon RITP, Director, LangdonGrant; and Carrie Rome-Sievers RITP, Barrister, List G Barristers Mark McKillop, Barrister and Samantha Kinsey RITF, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons and Chloe Moore, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons Thank you to the ARITA Victorian Division Committee including Melissa Jeremiah FCA RITP, Adrian Hunter RITF, Neil McLean RITP who helped facilitate the smooth running of our conference today, and to the committee who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to pull together such a great program, including those that presented and Tianne Nagy-Jones RITP, Travis Anderson RITP, Rachel Burdett RITF, Amanda Carruthers RITF, Jim Downey RITF, David Mazzone RITP, Fiona Murray-Palmer RITF and Katherine Payne RITP Without sponsors, events like this just wouldn’t go ahead Thank you to our Diamond National Sponsors Litigation Lending Services Limited, Gordon Brothers Ritchie Bros. Alliance and our Platinum National Sponsors Gallagher Australia and Frontline Accounting
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