Tuesday, 3 March 2026
Small Business Restructuring Update
- After a slow start SBR appointments have gone to ~3000 annually (with a high success rate)
- Update about the process and ingredients of successful restructuring plans
- Discuss what the ATO expect before it will approve restructuring plans and case studies of small businesses that have successfully restructured their debt
Presented by Ben Sewell, Principal, Sewell & Kettle Lawyers
Description
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is based on NSW legislation
Chair
Ian Dunwoodie, Consultant, Martin Bullock Lawyers
Presenters
Ian Dunwoodie, Consultant, Martin Bullock LawyersA commercial property and business lawyer since 1981 in Sydney CBD and Eastern Suburbs, providing quality, clear and experienced legal advice to businesses, property owners, ordinary and high net worth individuals, company directors and corporations on business, property, wealth management, trusts, wills, estates and superannuation matters, working closely with financial planners and specialist advisers. Ian has been a regular presenter in Sydney and overseas for Legalwise, APAC, AALC and CPE. His other interests include motor racing, skiing, travel and the environment.
Ben Sewell, Principal, Sewell & Kettle Lawyers
Ben Sewell is the Principal of Sewell & Kettle Lawyers and a specialist in insolvency law, restructuring, and commercial litigation, with over 20 years’ experience advising on corporate distress. Ben is both an experienced solicitor and an ASIC-registered Restructuring Practitioner. He advises companies, directors and professional advisers on safe harbour, small business restructuring, voluntary administration, liquidation, and insolvency litigation, including director’s duties and voidable transaction claims. Ben has appeared in the NSW, Victorian, Queensland and Federal Courts and is recognised for combining technical insolvency law expertise with practical restructuring insight across a wide range of industries. He is an active contributor to insolvency policy and education, has given evidence to the Federal Parliamentary Joint Committee inquiry into Corporate Insolvency, teaching insolvency professionals through ARITA’s postgraduate Insolvency Education Program, and is the author of The Construction Industry and Insolvency Law published by Thomson Reuters.
