Presenters

Emma Beechey, Barrister, New Chambers
Ms Beechey practises in commercial litigation, with specialisations in domestic and cross-border insolvency, banking and financial regulation. She regularly acts for local and foreign insolvency practitioners, major financial institutions, corporations, investors and regulators in complex commercial and insolvency matters. She appears in all Australian courts, principally in the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of New South Wales at both trial and appellate levels. She has appeared unled in significant cases at both first instance and on appeal. Her recent briefs have included appearing in the High Court (led) and in the NSW Court of Appeal (unled) for Garuda Indonesia in a successful claim of foreign state immunity; appearing for SMBC in relation to the Forum Finance fraud; and appearing unled in the NSW Court of Appeal in Caron v Jahani (No 2) (2020) 102 NSWLR 537, one of the leading Australian decisions on tracing into a deficient trust fund. Her cross-border insolvency briefs have included acting for Thai Airways, Garuda Indonesia, Exactech Inc, Astora Women’s Health, and the liquidators of GetSwift and Caledonian Bank. Ms Beechey also acts for financial regulators including ASIC and APRA, including in cryptocurrency-related matters and superannuation matters. She has a detailed understanding of cryptocurrencies, DeFi, smart contracts, blockchain technology and NFTs. Ms Beechey is recognised annually in each of the Australian ranking guides. She is a Fellow of INSOL International and the lecturer for the Australian module of the INSOL Foundation Certificate in International Insolvency Law.

Natasha Novo, Barrister, New Chambers
Natasha accepts briefs in all areas of law. She has experience in both commercial and public law. Before coming to the Bar, Natasha was an Associate at the High Court of Australia to the Hon Justice Jagot and at the Federal Court of Australia to the Hon Justice Abraham. Natasha practised as a solicitor at Corrs Chambers Westgarth and at the Australian Government Solicitor. In those roles, Natasha advised and acted for large commercial organisations, government bodies and group members in representative proceedings. Natasha has experience in a broad range of areas including competition law, class actions and regulatory law as well as criminal law, acquisitions and takeovers, conflict of laws, insurance and insolvency. Natasha holds a Bachelor of Laws, from which she graduated with Honours, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney.