Gain the tools, information and strategies needed to effectively handle PPSA issues from registration to release. Gain a checklist of the key considerations related to registration. Explore precisely what you need to know about retention of title. Hone your ability to perfect a security interest and understand issues surrounding general security clauses. Work through exactly how to remove or release your interests and how to effectively dispute a registered interest.

Presenters

Stipe Vuleta, Managing Director, Chamberlains Law Firm
Leading Canberra Litigation, Insolvency & Reconstruction lawyer at Chamberlains Law Firm. A depth of experience from the traditional Legal and emerging Legal Technology sectors with Top Tier, Boutique and Online Expertise. Providing practical and commercial solutions to complex legal problems at all stages of the corporate and personal financial life cycle. Regular presenter on Insolvency, Building and Construction. Author and contributor to various Print & Online Publications.


Mr Ian Davidson SC, Eight Selborne Chambers
Ian Davidson is a Senior Counsel who practices primarily in Equity, Commercial, Administrative, Wills & Probate and Alternative Dispute Resolution. After graduating from ANU with a B Ec and LLB (1st class Honours and University Medal), Ian was Associate to Sir Anthony Mason from 1980 to 1981. He was awarded the R.G Menzies Scholarship to Harvard Law School (LLM 1982). After working with law firms in Boston and Washington DC and being admitted to the New York Bar, Ian practiced as a solicitor in Sydney before being called to the NSW Bar where he has practiced from Eight Selborne Chambers (www.eightselborne.com.au) since 1991. Ian is also an accredited mediator under the National Standards for Accreditation of Mediators and accredited by the NSW Bar Association as a Mediator, Expert Determiner and Arbitrator. He was Chair of that Bar's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, a director of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA) and a member of the NSW Supreme Court ADR Steering Committee from 2015-2018. He is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Banking & Financial Services Law Association and serves on the Financial Services Committee of the Business Law Section of the Law Council of Australia. His interest in, and practical experience with, the PPSA has continued since his article "Overview of the new Personal Property Securities Law" (2011) 35 Aust Bar Rev 93.


Robert Murphy, Special Counsel, Mills Oakley
Robert Murphy is a banking and finance lawyer based in Sydney and has been practising for over 15 years (including two years in London). He has been with top tier firms in Australia and was with an international firm in its Sydney and London office for over ten years. Robert’s experience includes acting for lenders and borrowers in relation to general corporate lending, property and construction finance, asset backed lending, asset finance, debt capital markets and structured finance. He has acted for the major Australian banks, US and Chinese banks along with borrowers including developers, mining companies, healthcare companies and technology companies.


Mr. David Carter, Partner, Dentons
David is a partner in our Banking & Finance team in Sydney, and has experience acting for a range of ADI’s, finance companies, vendor introducers and equipment lessors. David’s focus is on advising clients on all aspects of regulatory and compliance issues and has particular experience advising on the transition to and compliance with the National Consumer Credit Protection (NCCP) regime and the associated Unfair Contract Terms aspects of the Australian Consumer Law. David has also advised receivers and administrators on PPSA issues regarding the recovery of equipment and the validity and enforceability of PPS registrations. David regularly presents at forums, focusing on the current needs of both industry and corporate counsel in handling the changes to and ongoing compliance with the NCCP, PPSA and associated legislation. He is also on the editorial panel of the Australian Banking and Finance Law Bulletin.


Mr. Chris Wilkinson, Partner, Brown Wright Stein Lawyers
Chris is a Partner at Brown Wright Stein Lawyers. He is primarily a problem solver, helping clients to resolve issues in the following areas: insolvency and bankruptcy; commercial disputes; and taxation disputes. Chris advises directors and business owners on all aspects of the business life cycle including stakeholder disputes and director's duties and provides tailored insolvency and restructuring advice when things don't go as planned. He acts for and advises insolvency professionals, as well as creditors and debtors, in both personal and corporate insolvency matters, including in relation to voidable transaction claims.