Presenters

William Calokerinos, Barrister, 2 Wentworth Chambers
Mr Calokerinos, a barrister, practising from 2 Wentworth Chambers, accepts instructions from Solicitors both in practice and in-house Counsel. He is a chartered tax adviser, chartered accountant ca. Mr Calokerinos prides himself on his attention to detail in all his professional work. In his early career, Mr Calokerinos spent around six years working in management and director reporting roles as a senior management accountant in the telecommunication industry (Vodafone and Macquarie Telecom) prior to his experience working in the Big Four in tax consulting. As a Barrister, Mr Calokerinos currently practices in both criminal and civil jurisdictions. Mr Calokerinos has significant expertise in the following areas of law: tax law advisory and litigation, commercial advisory and litigation, commercial leasing advisory and litigation, corporate insolvency advisory and litigation, bankruptcy advisory and litigation, criminal law litigation (serious complex crime and indictable criminal matters), planning and environmental advisory and litigation and building and construction, advisory and litigation. Mr Calokerinos is constantly maintaining his tax knowledge and he is a current CTA (Chartered Tax Adviser) member with the Tax Institute of Australia and a full member and Chartered Accountant (CA) with CAANZ. Mr Calokerinos is also a lecturer and teacher with the Tax Institute in the CTA3 GST program. Mr Calokerinos is a current casual academic at UTS Law School teaching Construction Law in the UTS LLB Program (Bachelor of Laws) and a current casual academic at Western Sydney University teaching immigration law. Mr Calokerinos is a long-standing member of the Master Builders Association with a Cert IV in Building and Diploma of Building.


Ian McKnight, Special Counsel, Pobi Lawyers
Ian McKnight is a Practice Group leader and widely regarded as a doyen of strata law in New South Wales. His standing has been earned over the course of a 43 year career bestriding property law and strata management. Unique amongst property lawyers, Ian is a genuine specialist. Strata and community title law is not a part time pursuit, it forms the core of his day-to-day legal practice. He brings firsthand experience of the strata challenges to his advice from his time as a director of a corporate strata management firm. A sought after keynote speaker, Ian provides regular education sessions to the Real Estate Institute of Australia and on occasion to Strata Community Australia. He publishes widely on the subject of strata law. Ian counts among his clients strata managing agents, owners corporations, developers, building managers, property professionals, real estate investors and regulators.