Presenters

David McCrostie, Partner, Turks
David joined Turks as an undergraduate in 1991. Throughout his time at Turks, David has acted for secured and unsecured creditors exercising their rights in situations of distressed exposures and upon the insolvency of borrowers and debtors. David is the current head of Turks’ Banking Practice Group and continues to act for the firm's corporate and government lender clients on a broad range of matters that arise on both performing and non-performing facilities throughout the entire life-cycle of a loan. Given his long experience and expertise in insolvency, David continues to conduct and supervise litigation and projects in the firm's Commercial Practice Group particularly on instructions from liquidators, voluntary administrators and both private bankruptcy trustees and the Official Receiver. In 2006, David was appointed a member of the Law Council of Australia's specialist Insolvency and Reconstruction Law Committee. The Law Council's Committee consists of legal practitioners with specialised legal knowledge and experience in insolvency that provides guidance to the Law Council in its dealings with State and Federal Governments when relevant issues emerge. Articles David has written appear in the Insolvency Law Bulletin and he has been an instructor on the post-graduate Advanced Insolvency Program run jointly (then) by the University of Southern Queensland and the Insolvency Practitioners' Association of Australia (now ARITA). He is frequently involved in the organisation, preparation and delivery of both internal and external seminars.

Lily Nguyen, Partner, Lander & Rogers
Lily is an experienced and skilled litigator and negotiator, advising her clients on a range of commercial, insolvency and financial disputes. She provides strategic, candid and pragmatic advice to her clients as she seeks the best commercial outcome for them. Lily's advice is always highly strategic given her detailed knowledge of relevant legislation. She acts for a range of clients including companies, directors (and their spouses and related entities), creditors receivers and managers, liquidators, administrators, and trustees in bankruptcy. Lily’s experience is vast and includes complex disputes and advisory work including voidable transactions claims, insolvent trading claims, restructuring, business and asset sales, fraud investigations and prosecutions, and acting for regulators in pursuing various legislative breaches. She is a member of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation; the Australian Institute of Credit Management; and the Law Institute of Victoria. Lily has been recognised in Best Lawyers in Australia for her expertise in Insolvency and Reorganisation Law. She was also a finalist in the Lawyers Weekly Awards for Partner of Year 2020 and a finalist for Partner of Year (Dispute Resolution) 2022 and Partner of Year (Insolvency) 2022.