Presenters

Rochelle Castro, Principal Lawyer, RC & Co Lawyers
Rochelle Castro is a strata, construction and conveyancing lawyer and owner of RC & Co Lawyers. Prior to practicing law, she was a university instructor before dedicating her service to law. Whilst working to further improve her legal skills, Rochelle saw that she could better serve her clients by not only advising and advocating for them, but also educating them. She works with her team at RC & Co Lawyers, through constant rigorous training, so that they could provide effective, resourceful and clear legal service to clients. Rochelle appears in tribunals and various court jurisdictions to advocate her clients’ rights. She presents papers on strata, construction and conveyancing in local and international forums. Rochelle is a committee member of a few organisations including Law Institute of Victoria Building and Construction committee and Property Law committee. She is also the current president of the diverse association Filipino Australia Lawyers Association. Rochelle is also active in social media to provide bite size tips to those who are in need of guidance about contract law and legal disputes. Rochelle believes that good practice of law requires effective communication and education to achieve for clients the best result.

Tom Champion, Director, Reeds Consulting
Tom is Director of Reeds Consulting and a Licensed Surveyor with 25 years of experience in the Land Development and Civil Infrastructure sectors. Tom has gained a broad range of experience in complex building and land subdivisions, engineering surveying and consulting on issues relating to land status and development. His experience and expertise provide invaluable assistance to the client, consultants and construction teams throughout the various stages of the project. As a Director at Reeds, Tom is responsible for delivering key business objectives, pursuing new opportunities and managing the expectations of its clients. He provides leadership to his survey colleagues to meet those objectives, deliver project outcomes and engage in mentoring relationships to develop professionally. Tom is responsible for managing the expectations of clients and providing them with professional advice. He also provides leadership to his colleagues across all project matters and regularly advises and consults with Councils, Service Authorities, Government Departments and other Project Stakeholders. Tom is also passionate about improving the standards and quality of surveying in Victoria. He is a past President of the Institution of Surveyors Victoria and still contributes to the improvement of the property boundary system and work to strengthen the land administration economy.