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Presenters

Joseph Kelly, Principal, Kelly Workplace Lawyers
Joseph Kelly has extensive experience in commercial litigation and workplace law, having advised employers and employees on all issues relating to industrial relations and employment law. Joseph has advised industry bodies, unions, employers and government and continues to run training and information seminars for legal practitioners. Joseph is accredited as a specialist in Workplace Relations by the Law Institute of Victoria.


Tasman Ash Fleming, Barrister & Accredited Mediator NMAS,
Tasman is a Barrister and Accredited Mediator NMAS. In November 2021 Tasman Completed the Oxford Program on Negotiation at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Tasman offers commercial and independent experience in all mediations including commercial, bankruptcy, property and wills and estates. Immediately prior to coming to the bar Tasman worked as a solicitor advocate in Government where he gained experience in Court advocacy, including preparation of briefs and giving complex legal advice on urgent matters. Prior to joining the public service, Tasman was in private practice at a boutique firm and acted in a range of matters including Property Law, Bankruptcy, Probate & Wills/ TFM and Commercial Litigation and appeared in the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria, Federal Magistrates’ Court and VCAT. Tasman is currently an adjunct lecturer in the GDLP at the College of Law Victoria where he also runs advocacy and NDR workshops as part of the lawyer’s skills component of the GDLP. Subjects taught include Civil Litigation, Commercial and Corporate, Property Law, Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Administrative Law, Consumer Law, Wills and Estates, Banking and Finance Practice In 2022 Tasman was appointed Teaching Associate at Monash University: tutor in Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Trusts. In 2020 at The Australian Catholic University Melbourne (ACU) Tasman was lecturer-in-Charge Evidence and tutor in Torts, Land and Family Law.


Rabea Khan, Barrister, Greens List
Rabea is barrister with 15 years of practising in regulatory, criminal and quasi-criminal law. She has experience prosecuting and defending indictable crime in both Victoria and NSW, appearing in terrorism matters, coronial inquests, therapeutic jurisdictions, inquisitorial bodies and regulatory proceedings. Prior to coming to the Bar, Rabea worked for the Office of Public Prosecutions, the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission and the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service. Rabea served on the Review Advisory Committee for the Review of Sexual Harassment in Victorian Courts and was appointed by the Minister of Health to the Independent Pandemic Management Advisory Committee in 2022.


Ms. Georgina Costello KC, List G Barristers
Georgina Costello is a Melbourne barrister who appears and advises in cases in the areas of commercial and public law, including: commercial disputes; fraud cases; negligence claims; property law matters; migration cases and regulatory proceedings. Before coming to the Bar in 2003, Georgina was a solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques (now King & Wood Mallesons) in property law. She is also admitted to the New York Bar and has worked in the United States as a litigator at New York law firm Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, and as associate counsel to a panel led by U.S. economist Paul Volcker inquiring into fraud and corruption related issues at the World Bank in Washington DC.


Mr. William Moore, Partner, Hall & Willcox
William Moore is a partner in the Private Clients team at Hall & Wilcox in Melbourne. He has over ten years' experience assisting clients to work through their succession planning, trust and estate planning. William is driven to achieve realistic outcomes for his clients in their personal and business succession planning, which can involve working through difficult and sensitive considerations, needing a personal touch and providing practical suggestions. He is widely regarded as a leading practitioner in the area of succession planning, trusts, estates and estate litigation and prides himself on giving practical advice and understanding the client's needs and business intimately to give them the best results. William assists a broad range of clients, from those with young families to some of Australia's largest family groups, as well as business owners and people moving towards retirement. This has provided William with practical insight into many issues, concerns and needs that arise at different stages of life. William is a recommended Wills & Estate Lawyer in Victoria in Doyles' Guide, a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He regularly publishes articles and presents for both the firm and professional bodies including Leo Cussen, The Tax Institute and Television Education Network.


Ms. Daniela Pavlovic, Principal, Harwood Andrews
Daniela has extensive experience in the area of succession planning. She assists clients in preparing wills and powers of attorney, including complex wills such as testamentary trusts. She is also experienced in all aspects of estate administration. Her key areas of practice include estate planning (preparation of wills including testamentary trust wills), superannuation planning, powers of attorney, special disability trusts, VCAT administration and guardianship applications, probate applications and estate administration, disputed probate applications, disputed estates and survivorship applications.


Ms. Rebecca Durso, Associate Cornwalls
Rebecca is a Corporate and Commercial lawyer who specialises interm sheets, heads of agreement and MOUs, subscription agreements, share purchase agreements, business and asset purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, drafting terms and conditions, wholesale managed investment schemes, corporate governance, and Australian Consumer Law. Rebecca was a Finalist – Commercial Team of the Year, Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2023.


Ms. Andrea Pane, Director and Principal, ACP Lawyers Pty Ltd
Andrea Pane is director and principal of ACP Lawyers. Specialising in franchising for over 25 years, Andrea's primary focus has been in the franchising sector, advising and assisting clients across a broad range of industries in the areas of business expansion, protection of intellectual property, compliance with the Franchising Code of Conduct, competition and other relevant laws, business sales and acquisitions and other related contracts and arrangements. Andrea has been recognised as one of Australia's best lawyers for franchise law in the peer-reviewed Best Lawyers© in Australia, is an accredited mediator and is Chair of the LAWASIA Franchising Committee.


Mr. John Dunne, Principal, John Dunne & Associates
John Dunne was admitted as a lawyer in Victoria in 1980. He initially worked as a tax and commercial lawyer following articles, gradually moving into litigation from 1980 to 1982 at John Wilder-Darren Moses. In 1983 John commenced practice as an employee then partner with Phillip Biber acting for a large mercantile agency in Victoria & NSW performing all types of civil litigation with an emphasis on insolvency work and with a significant appearance load as Counsel in the Magistrates Court, County Court, Supreme and Federal courts in Bankruptcy & Winding up matters. John has been a sole practitioner since 1986 up until 2006 with emphasis on high volume Debt Recovery and Insolvency almost exclusively for Creditors. John left Dibbs Abbott Stillman (now Thompson Greer) in December 2008 and resumed private practice as a sole practitioner under his own name with a continuing emphasis on Civil Litigation & Insolvency work.


Mr. Michael Rivette, Barrister, Chancery Chambers
Michael Rivette is a globally-recognised leader in commercial, privacy, media and intellectual property law. An experienced trial and appellate advocate with more than 30 years’ experience in the law, Michael has successfully argued leading decisions in commercial, intellectual property and privacy law. Michael has appeared as counsel in major privacy related cases since successfully arguing the landmark Giller v Procopets (2008) 24 VR 1. He acted as Counsel in the first privacy class action issues in the Federal Court of Australia and regularly advises corporations and government departments on privacy compliance, risk and liability issues. Michael is recommended in Best Lawyers 2020: Lawyer of the Year – Privacy and Data Protections. Doyles Guide: Best Barristers 2019. Widely published and sought after as a speaker and lecturer across his fields of expertise, Michael is the Australian co-author to international texts The Law of Privacy and the Media - Tugendhat and Christie (OUP) and Remedies for Breach of Privacy (Hart). Michael is a Senior Fellow of the Melbourne University Law School, where he teaches Privacy Law in the Post Graduate programs.


Mr. Simon Jay, Partner, Cornwalls
Simon’s experience as a commercial lawyer spans over 25 years. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate transactions in the mid-market with particular emphasis on the technology sector. In the technology sector, Simon has extensive experience intender agreements for the provision of IT services to both the government and the private sectors;agreements for the development and deployment of software;software support and maintenance agreements;IT development and integration agreements;IT vendor access agreements;e-platform agreements; andsoftware escrow agreements and software licensing agreements. Simon was a Finalist – Commercial Team of the Year, Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards 2023


Mr. Daniel Kornberg, Senior Associate, MinterEllison


Ms. Prudence Barker, Barrister, Aickin Chambers
Prudence is a commercial barrister with a specialisation in taxation law. With her business background, Prudence brings a combination of a sound commercial foundation and a practical understanding of taxation and commercial law. Prudence has experience in state taxes, including land tax and payroll tax, and Federal tax matters relating to liquidations, capital gains tax, complex trust structures, Part IVA and GST. Prudence also appears in bankruptcy and insolvency matters and general contract law matters in the Courts and Tribunals. Before coming to the Bar, Prudence worked at the Australian Taxation Office in the Tax Counsel Network, providing specialist legal advice on matters under audit, objections and litigation.