Presenters

Brenton Devanny, Barrister, Madison Chambers
Brenton Devanny has a broad commercial practice. He has a focus on insolvency, banking and finance, commercial arbitration and Corporations law. Brenton appears both unled and as a junior. He is a market leader in high-tech legal conferencing and remote appearances with state-of-the-art chambers in Melbourne. He often appears remotely throughout Australia and beyond. Brenton holds a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne (with a focus on International Insolvency and Arbitration) as well as a Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and a Bachelor of Commerce. Brenton is a member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA) to both LexisNexis’ Annotated Bankruptcy Act as lead author, and a contributing author to Bankruptcy Laws & Practice, including the chapters on Bankruptcy Notices and Creditor’s Petitions. He regularly appears nationwide, at first instance, on review and appeal in all manner of Bankruptcy disputes, including for creditors, debtors and on occasion, trustees.


Lydia Kinda, Barrister & Mediator, Svenson Barristers
Lydia has practised at the Victorian Bar since 2004 mainly in the areas of commercial disputes, insolvency, and wills and estates. Accredited as a Mediator in 2004, AMDRAS Accredited Mediator in 2008, Lydia finds using her problem-solving skills in facilitating non-litigious outcomes as well as resolving litigation without recourse to a trial the most satisfying and is focussed on her Mediation practice. Prior to her legal career, Lydia managed various businesses. She served for several years on an Owners Corporation Committee and has acted as a member a Community Consultative Committee for a local statutory authority in determining the site for a waste-water facility. Since 2006 she has been a director of a not-for-profit board. She uses her financial literacy skills to manage both the erratic nature of Bar Practice and not-for profit boards. Lydia also has an interest in writing, history and languages, namely Czech, French and German and has recently taken up Greek and Latin.