If you advise on commercial transactions, PPSR is not optional—it’s essential. Missteps can cost dearly and expose you and your clients. Get clarity on what must be registered and master the timeframe for making registration. Analyse real-world examples of PPSA registrations bringing these concepts to life. Explore how PPSR impacts commercial deals and why understanding its application is vital for protecting client interests. Learn how to navigate PPSR issues in insolvency scenarios with confidence and protect your clients when things go wrong. This is your opportunity to gain PPSR expertise and actionable strategies from leading practitioners avoiding costly mistakes. A must attend! 

Presenters

Robert Murphy, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Robert Murphy is a banking and finance lawyer based in Sydney and has been practising for over 15 years (including two years in London). He has been with top tier firms in Australia and was with an international firm in its Sydney and London office for over ten years. Robert’s experience includes acting for lenders and borrowers in relation to general corporate lending, property and construction finance, asset backed lending, asset finance, debt capital markets and structured finance. He has acted for the major Australian banks, US and Chinese banks along with borrowers including developers, mining companies, healthcare companies and technology companies.

Stipe Vuleta, Managing Director – Strategic Advisory, Chamberlains
Stipe Vuleta is the Managing Director of Chamberlains Law Firm and the head of its Insolvency & Restructuring and Strategic Advisory practices. Stipe regularly advises directors, insolvency practitioners, and secured creditors on complex restructuring, insolvency and commercial dispute matters across Australia. Over the course of his career, he has worked on a wide range of administrations, restructurings, bankruptcies and creditor recovery strategies, including matters involving cross-border businesses and multinational groups. He is particularly well known for his work alongside insolvency practitioners on issues such as voidable transactions, public examinations and the practical use of the personal property securities register (PPSR), where a properly registered security interest can often make all the difference when a business runs into financial difficulty.

Chris Wilkinson, Partner, Brown Wright Stein Lawyers
Chris is a Partner at Brown Wright Stein Lawyers. He is primarily a problem solver, helping clients to resolve issues in the following areas: insolvency and bankruptcy; commercial disputes; and taxation disputes. Chris advises directors and business owners on all aspects of the business life cycle including stakeholder disputes and director's duties and provides tailored insolvency and restructuring advice when things don't go as planned. He acts for and advises insolvency professionals, as well as creditors and debtors, in both personal and corporate insolvency matters, including in relation to voidable transaction claims.

Stephen Kyrou, Special Counsel, Piper Alderman
Stephen Kyrou is a Special Counsel in Piper Alderman’s Restructuring and Insolvency team in Melbourne. Stephen was previously Associate to the Honourable Associate Justice Efthim of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Stephen regularly acts for insolvency practitioners in a broad range of personal and corporate insolvency matters. Stephen also acts on behalf of affected directors, bankrupts and both secured and unsecured creditors when dealing with distressed entities and the administration of insolvent entities. Stephen’s experience includes advising and acting for insolvency practitioners on issues arising on their appointment, PPSA disputes, the undertaking of public examinations of directors and related parties and bringing and defending a wide range of insolvency actions including voidable transaction claims. Stephen also practices in general commercial litigation including debt recovery, contractual and shareholder disputes. He has a high level of experience in all stages of litigation including the preparation of pleadings, discovery (including eDiscovery), instructing experts and the general preparation and conduct of trials.