UPCOMING EVENTS
CLE: Royal Commission into Misconduct in Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services by James Daniel
When: 5:15pm for a 5:30pm start, 25 October 2018
Where: Toowoomba City Library, Toowoomba
Tickets: $10 for members, $15 for non-members
More information to come in due course.
James Daniel will be presenting a CLE on the interim report from the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry; dissecting key findings relating to agribusiness and regional lending practices in addition to discussing possible litigation funded claims against banks like Nab, CBA and Suncorp to recover losses suffered by customers affected by banking misconduct.
James is a Partner in the Thomson Geer Brisbane Insolvency and Restructuring Dispute Resolution Team. He has experience in legal practice for the better part of three continuous decades acting in complex and other insolvency and recovery, corporate restructuring and turnarounds, litigation and investigations.
During that time, he has worked on a number of corporate restructuring and turnarounds. For example:
- Octaviar – currently acting for the Liquidator concerning a claim in the NSW Supreme Court for $100M against turnaround advisors.
- ENERGEX – Advising the Board during the State directed restructure and sale of ENERGEX’s retail asset for $1.8bn.
- Norco Co-operative Limited – Advised the Board and Senior Management, together with Ernst & Young and Bentleys, in relation to insolvent trading risk, negotiating a standstill agreement with ANZ, the refinancing of the ANZ facilities through GE Capital on better terms, the divestment of non-core assets and the closure of non performing business units and later acting for the Board in relation to 6 contested company and supplier group meetings including several Board spill meetings over an 18 month period.
Early Career Lawyers: Melbourne Cup Mixer
Date: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Time: 5:30pm onwards
Cost: FREE
Venue: Florence Lane @ The Florence, 14 Duggan Street, Toowoomba.
RSVP by Friday 2nd November 2018
Calling all Early Career Lawyers (0-5 years PAE). You are invited to our Melbourne Cup Mixer, a free event which allows you to wind down and celebrate all the progress you’ve made in this early stage of your career!
This event kicks off at 5:30pm on Melbourne Cup day, so it’s likely that you’ll already be in your spring racewear. If not, we encourage you to dress up because there will be prizes for best dressed male, best dressed female, and best fascinator!
Complimentary finger food will be provided and there will be a cash bar for you to purchase drinks.
We hope to see you there!
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CLE: The devil is in the detail, Deemed Admissions by Jade Marr
When: 5:15pm for a 5:30pm start, 21 February 2019
Where: Toowoomba City Library, Toowoomba
Tickets: $10 for members, $15 for non-members
More information will be available in due course.
