Do you know how to read and understand financial statements with confidence?
This one-hour workshop demystifies key accounting documents and provides you with essential financial literacy and expert tips to add value to your advisory services.
This foundational knowledge is then extended with a practical session on the benefits of restructuring companies using Voluntary Administrations and Deed of Company Arrangements and featuring a detailed case study of a successful turnaround currently being considered for nomination as "turnaround of the year."
Tuesday, 24 March 2026
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Professional Skills
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Meet Your Expert Presenter:
Ben Verney is the founding partner of Greyhouse Partners. Greyhouse Partners is a boutique corporate advisory and restructuring practice with staff based in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, specialising in solving business issues and managing financial distress for companies experiencing distress or looking to grow. Ben has over 25 years of experience in business optimisation and corporate restructuring, having previously held senior executive positions as a CEO and CFO in SME, large private, and listed companies.
11.00am to 12.00pm Understanding Accounting and Restructuring for Lawyers
- Understanding Financial Statements 101
- Turnaround case study demonstrating the benefits of a Deed of Company Arrangement
What You’ll Gain:
- An understanding of the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow
- Practical guidance on how to interpret the financial information, including useful ratios and red flags
- Expert tips to assist you to add meaningful value to your advisory services
- An understanding of the process of restructuring a company via Voluntary Administration and Deed of Company Arrangement
- The opportunity to work through a comprehensive real-life case study of a successful restructuring of a distressed company
Who Should Attend:
- All lawyers seeking a valuable refresher on financial literacy
- Lawyers advising on business restructuring
- Insolvency lawyers
- Litigation lawyers
- Client facing commercial lawyers
- Junior lawyers who need to gain an understanding of financial information
Presenters
Ben Verney, Partner, Greyhouse Partners
Ben Verney is the founding partner at Grey House Partners, a boutique Restructuring and Turnaround practice with staff in 4 States, Vic, NSW, Qld and SA. Ben brings three decades of commercial experience, divided almost evenly between senior executive roles in the corporate sector and his work as a restructuring and insolvency practitioner. This dual perspective gives him a rare ability to understand the pressures facing management teams while also navigating the technical, legal and financial complexities of distressed environments. Drawing on his extensive corporate leadership experience, Ben brings a commercial lens to formal insolvency appointments, enabling him to innovatively restructure businesses both small and large. His ability to blend operational insight with technical insolvency expertise has allowed him to design practical, sustainable turnaround strategies that preserve value, protect jobs and stabilise stakeholder relationships. This balanced perspective has shaped many of his most successful engagements and provides the foundation for the case study he will discuss today. In January, Ben appeared on the Critical Few Actions podcast, where he discussed the advantages of restructuring companies through the voluntary administration and Deed of Company Arrangement process. He will expand on that case study for us during his webinar: Understanding Financial Statements and Restructuring for Lawyers on Tuesday, 24 March 2026.
