Wednesday, 25 February 2026
Chair
Richard Hundt, Principal Lawyer, Hundt Law
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD unit in Substantive Law
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
* This interactive online recording includes questions and quizzes requiring critical thinking about the topics, so you have no annual limits to the number of points/hours you can claim with this format of learning. Please verify with your CPD rules
Charity Mergers and the New Mandatory Merger Control Regime
- Charity merger motivations, structuring and implementation
- New mandatory merger control regime and impact on the charity and NFP sector
Presented by Elizabeth Wighton, Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin; Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025 Ranked Associate to Watch for Charities, The Best Lawyers in Australia 2023 – 2026 Ranked for Corporate Law and Haidee Leung, Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin; Recognised as a Leading Associate in Competition and Trade 2026
Presenters
Richard Hundt, Principal Lawyer, Hundt Law
Richard is an experienced lawyer who has provided legal advice to government, private, not-for-profit, and high net worth clients on a wide range of general corporate and commercial matters, along with advice specific to the charities and not-for-profits sector. Richard has been admitted in the High Court of Australia and Supreme Court of Queensland. He is an active member of the Queensland Law Society’s Not-for-profit Law Committee, a member of the Institute of Community Directors, along with a member of the ACNC Professional Adviser Forum.
Elizabeth Wighton, Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin
Elizabeth Wighton is a Special Counsel in Gilbert + Tobin’s Charities + Social Sector practice. Elizabeth specialises in the provision of legal advice and assistance to charities, not-for-profits and social sector organisations. She provides expert assistance on all areas of charity and not-for-profit regulation and compliance, as well as acting in relation to mergers and acquisitions, restructuring transactions and corporate governance. Elizabeth is a non-executive director of CBM Australia, a registered charity and international development organisation. Best Lawyers recognises Elizabeth for her work in the area of Corporate Law.
Haidee Leung, Special Counsel, Gilbert + Tobin
Haidee is a special counsel at Gilbert + Tobin’s competition, consumer and market regulation group. She has extensive experience in competition and consumer law of over 10 years advising on mergers, regulatory investigations and inquiries, antitrust litigation and competition and consumer law compliance. She has advised across a range of industries, including the digital economy, financial service, energy and resources, transport and logistics, infrastructure, agrisciences and fast-moving consumer goods. Prior to joining Gilbert +Tobin, Haidee also spent several years working in the mergers division of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and private practice in New Zealand.
