Corporate Breakfast Seminar Series catch up

Catch up on McCullough Robertson’s Corporate Advisory Breakfast Seminar Series, designed specifically for the corporate sector.  For more information regarding the details of our upcoming seminars, see our events page.

Future topics

Stay tuned for future topics, including:

• 13 March 2018 – Securities class actions: the mid-market target – survival guide for board and senior management
• 10 April 2018 – Recent developments in securities fraud and insider trading prosecutions
• 8 May 2018 – Shareholder activism (empowerment) – understanding the play book and how to respond to it
• 12 June 2018 – Corporate culture – why it has become a key focus for the regulators, and
• 10 July 2018 – The year that was – FY18 capital markets round-up.

Previous topics

Directors’ safe harbour for restructuring

Australia’s new safe harbour provisions provide directors with an exception from insolvent trading liability where they are developing courses of action that are reasonably likely to lead to a better outcome for the company than administration or liquidation.  Restructuring Partner Scott Butler and Corporate Partner Reece Walker provide an update on and explanation of the ‘safe harbour’ legislation. They are joined by Richard Hughes, a Partner at Deloitte who specialises in business turnaround.

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What the new crowdfunding laws mean for you

Senior Associate Ben Wood provides an update and explanation on the new crowdfunding laws for public companies. He is joined by two crowdfunding platform providers – Jill Storey from ReadyFundGo and Vivian Stewart from VentureCrowd – who provide invaluable insights on their own platforms, ranging from donation and reward-based crowd funding, to equity crowd funding.

To view the presentation click here. The password for the movie is mcculloughrobertson.

Restructuring in times of financial distress

In this seminar, Michael Fingland of specialist turnaround and restructuring firm, Vantage Performance, joins McCullough Robertson restructuring and insolvency and M&A experts, Partner Scott Butler and Partner Aaron Dahl, to look at the key steps involved in saving and then turning around businesses at risk of financial collapse, and the commercial and legal issues and risks which need to be managed.

To view the presentation click here. The password for the movie is mcculloughrobertson.

The complexities involved in the world’s first merger between a motoring club and a banking institution

Partner Jim Peterson Senior Associate Ben Wood and Mark Mugnaioni, General Manager Group Strategy, RACQ, discuss their experience in the merger between the RACQ and QT Mutual Bank. A significant and novel Australian transaction, bringing together two mutual, member-focused organisations from different traditional industry sectors that committed to creating a new and attractive retail bank offering.

To view the presentation click here. The password for the movie is mcculloughrobertson. To download the seminar slides click here.

Cross-border transactions, consents, regulations and what about Brexit?

In this session we looked at regulatory consent issues such as Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and Foreign Investment Review Board, how to avoid being tripped by contractual third party consent requirements, how the international trading environment is shaping for Australian business, and an expert perspective on challenges and opportunities arising from ‘Brexit’ and what this means for Australia.

To view the presentation click here. The password for the movie is mcculloughrobertson. To download the seminar handout click here.

Targeting growth – issues for start-ups and small caps

In this session our team discussed the new ASX admission rules, innovation tax incentives, employee share options plans and practical lessons in managing intellectual property.

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M&A themes in 2016

In this seminar our M&A experts Derek Pocock and Isaac West looked at some of the year’s most interesting M&A transactions, both public and private, and examine recurring themes together with lessons to be learned for future transactions.

To view the presentation click here. The password for the movie is mcculloughrobertson. To download the seminar slides click here.

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