Presenters

Andrea Beatty, Partner, Piper Alderman
Andrea Beatty is a commercial Partner at Piper Alderman focusing on financial services. She is a leading financial services lawyer who has been listed in Australia's Best Lawyers every year since 2012 in the areas of financial institutions and regulatory practice. She has written six editions of the leading consumer law text ‘Annotated National Code’ published by LexisNexis. Andrea advises and represents clients including start-ups, Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) and Australian credit licensees (ACL) on all aspects of financial services regulation and corporate finance including licence applications, regulatory compliance projects and audits, regulatory enforcement defences, and regulator investigations and disputes. Andrea's experience includes advising clients on financial products and channels, including peer to peer lending platforms, crowd funding, payment systems, crypto currency, reward programs, gift cards and financial services acquisitions, disposals and alliances. Andrea also has in-depth knowledge of privacy laws and regularly advises clients on data and privacy security and breach remediation. Andrea's financial services blog and published articles can be found at www.andreabeatty.com.au.


Brenda Tronson, Barrister, Level 22 Chambers
Brenda Tronson is an Education Focused Senior Lecturer at UNSW Law and Justice and a barrister at Level 22 Chambers. As a barrister, she acts primarily in matters concerning ethics, professional conduct and administrative law, representing a range of clients in a variety of courts and tribunals. Before coming to the Bar in 2008, Brenda worked for Freehills in Sydney and as an associate to Justice Crennan in the High Court. She completed her undergraduate degrees at UNSW, where she won the university medal for Chemistry. She also holds a BCL and MPhil from Oxford University.