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.


Lisa Morrissey, Partner, Turks
Lisa started with Turks as a law clerk in 1999 whilst completing her studies. Lisa is now a Partner practising in both our Commercial Solutions and Banking & Finance Solutions teams. Lisa's particular expertise is as a litigator. She acts in a number of areas including commercial disputes, banking litigation, secured and unsecured recoveries, asset realization, debt recovery and insolvency (in which she has obtained post-graduate qualifications). Lisa's clients include large corporates, government bodies, insolvency practitioners and banks. Lisa has conducted complex litigation in various State Courts and in the Federal Court and routinely represents her clients in alternative dispute resolution processes such as mediations and settlement conferences. Lisa plays a pivotal role in our internal training program having authored a number of key client publications including online recourse guides for her key clients. Lisa has also been instrumental in the development and implementation of our proprietary litigation management software, TurksFocus, which is used by major clients across several practice groups. Lisa is recognised in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers for her expertise in Insolvency and Reorganisation Law.