Past Events

WIRV Music Bingo Night 2024!

Thank you to those who attended WIRV’s Music Bingo – Halloween edition held on Thursday, 31 October at The Yorkshire Stingo Hotel. Congratulat...

Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Judicial Registrar Kim Woronczak

Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday and contributed to the insightful discussion lead by Judicial Registrar Kim Woronczak of the Supreme Cour...

Footy Finals After Party 2024

The 26th Annual Footy Finals After Party was held at Echostate, Crown Melbourne following the Luncheon. We hope you all enjoyed both the Luncheon and ...

Footy Finals Luncheon 2024

On Friday 13 September 2024 WIRV held the 26th Annual Footy Finals Luncheon at Palladium, Crown, celebrating all things footy! This year our event cha...

WIRV Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Phoebe Pitt

Thank you to those who attended our Boardroom Lunch, led by Phoebe Pitt, Special Counsel in Commercial Disputes & Insolvency at top national firm ...

2024 WIRV Winter Cocktail and Awards Night

Thank you to all those who attended the 2024 WIRV Winter Cocktail and Awards Night held on Thursday, 18 July 2024 from 6pm at The State Library of Vic...

WIRV Breakfast Briefing: Section 477(2B) or not to be? Discussion on Liquidator Approval to Enter into Legal Retainers

Thank you to all those who attended our Breakfast Briefing hosted by WIRV Silver Partner, Macpherson Kelley on section 477(2B) of the Corporations Act...

WIRV 2024 Trivia Night

Thank you to all who attended the Annual WIRV Trivia Night and made it such a great night!

WIRV Mixer

WIRV Mixer, an event sponsored by our Silver Partners, Macpherson Kelley, Hunt & Hunt Lawyers and BlueRock Law, will be held on Thursday, 18 April...

WIRV Lunchtime Briefing: PPSA reform and recent developments presented by Graeme Scott of Hunt & Hunt Lawyers

Thank you to all those who attended our lunchtime briefing on PPSA reform and recent developments to be presented by Graeme Scott.  

WIRV International Women’s Day Luncheon 2024

For International Women’s Day 2024 and beyond, let’s Inspire Inclusion. A huge thank you to our amazing guest panel of speakers who provid...

WIRV Breakfast Briefing: A discussion of the interplay of family law and bankruptcy principles

The WIRV Breakfast Briefing on 27 February 2024 will involve a discussion of the interplay of family law and bankruptcy principles, through the decisi...

Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Alice Ruhe

Thank you to those who attended our WIRV Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Alice Ruhe, who shared her experience of acting as Trustee in Bankrup...

2024 Summer Party

Thank you for attending our networking event: the 2024 Summer Party! It was a great night of networking and it was lovely to see each other again afte...

WIRV Lunch Briefing – Expedited sales in Voluntary Administrations – The Richstone Group

WIRV Music Bingo Night!

Thank you to those who attended our Music Bingo Night and made it such an enjoyable event!

Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with her Honour Chief Justice Ferguson

Thank you to those who attended our Career Progression Boardroom Lunch series with Chief Justice Anne Ferguson of the Supreme Court, who shared her in...

WIRV Breakfast Briefing – Liquidators’ Remuneration, the good, the bad and the ugly presented by Michael Lhuede of Piper Alderman

A huge thank you to Michael Lhuede of Piper Alderman for his insightful and informative presentation on the topic of Liquidators’ remuneration appli...

2023 Winter Cocktail and Awards Night

Thank you to all who attended the WIRV Winter Cocktail and Awards Night on 10 August 2023, and to our gold partners, BRI Ferrier and Rothwell Lawye...

WIRV Breakfast Briefing – Panel Discussion: Australia’s construction industry insolvency crisis – expert tips and market observations

Thank you for attending the panel discussion on the current state of Australia’s construction industry. Mark Little, Michelle McLean and Chloe Moorf...

WIRV Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with ASIC Deputy Chair, Sarah Court

WIRV is pleased to be joined by Sarah Court, Deputy Chair of ASIC, for a Career Progression Boardroom Lunch on 27 July 2023. Sarah Court commenced as ...

WIRV Lunch Briefing – Risks and pitfalls of using AI for insolvency practitioners

Thank you for attending the lunch briefing presented by Jarrod Munro, Partner of Cornwalls. Jarrod Munro shared some useful insights on the risks and ...

WIRV Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Rachel Burdett

Thank you for attending the Career Progression Boardroom lunch where Rachel Burdett shares her insights into her journey of becoming a partner at Cor ...

WIRV 2023 Trivia Night

Thank you to all who attended the Annual WIRV Trivia Night and made it such a great night!

International Women’s Day Lunch 2023

Give equity a huge embrace for International Women’s Day and beyond! Thank you for joining us and our guest panel as they delved into this year’s ...

2023 Summer Party

Thank you to all that braved the Melbourne weather to attend our 2023 Summer Party! We had a great turnout despite the on-and-off weather (how very Me...

WIRV Virtual Catch Ups

Thank you to all who took part in another successful series of Virtual Catch Ups. WIRV Virtual Catch Ups are an informal networking workshop held over...

Footy Finals Luncheon 2022

We hope you enjoyed another successful WIRV Footy Finals Luncheon on Friday 9 September 2022. Thank you to our generous event sponsors, Crown, Macpher...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Negotiation – Refreshing the basics

Thank you for joining us for the morning webinar on 17 June 2022. We heard from Nicole Davidson of Nicole Davidson Negotiation, who looked at the foun...

2022 Trivia Night

Thanks to all who attended the 2022 WIRV Trivia Night for a wonderful night of trivia and networking at Crown. This event was kindly sponsored by Hyma...

WIRV Career Progression Boardroom Breakfast with Bridget Slocum

In the first of our Career Progression Boardroom Breakfast series, Bridget Slocum shared insights into her initial career as a solicitor, her pathway ...

WIRV Network and Reconnect

Thank you to everyone who attended our first in-person networking event for 2022 and made it such an enjoyable evening. It was great to see familiar f...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Creditor Defeating Dispositions

Thank you to everyone who joined our first webinar of 2022. We are grateful to Brett Warren of ASIC who discussed the introduction of a new form of vo...

WIRV Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Sophie Inwood

In the second of our Career Progression Boardroom Lunch series, Sophie Inwood shared insights into her career journey, including becoming a partner an...

International Women’s Day Lunch 2022

WIRV was thrilled to host its 2022 International Women’s Day Lunch on Tuesday, 1 March 2022 at ZINC, Federation Square. Thank you to those who atten...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Case Study: Steller Group Receivership

Thank you to everyone who joined our morning webinar on 16 November 2021. We are grateful that Matthew Hutton and Daniel Power of McGrathNicol presen...

Spring Into Movement – Functional Movement Classes

Thank you to everyone who attended our Functional For Life virtual sessions. CEO Ryan Bartlett hosted each of these sessions which helped get WIRV mem...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Bankruptcy: A case study

Thank you to everyone that attended our morning webinar on Monday, 18 October 2021. We heard from Alice Ruhe, Partner of SMB Advisory, and Radhika Kan...

Virtual Networking Drinks

WIRV hosted another successful Virtual Drinks between 6 September 2021 to 16 September 2021. The Virtual Drinks are an informal networking workshop fo...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Industry Insights with KPMG Restructuring

Thank you to everyone who attended our morning webinar on Thursday, 2 September 2021. We heard from members of KPMG’s Restructuring team, Gayle Dick...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Litigation Funding with FEG

Thank you to everyone who attended our morning webinar on Thursday, 29 July 2021. We heard from Louisa Sijabat of Vincents Accountants and Stephen Hum...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Cant v Mad Bros – Recent developments in unfair preferences

Thank you to everyone who attended our recent webinar on The Victorian Court of Appeal decision, in Cant v Mad Brothers Earthmoving Pty Ltd VSCA 198, ...

2021 WIRV Awards

The finalists for the 2021 WIRV Awards have been announced! Head over to our WIRV Awards page to find out who the 2021 finalists are. The 2021 WIRV Aw...

WIRV 2021 Trivia Night

Thank you to everyone who came along to the 2021 WIRV Trivia Night at Crown! Given that we could not host this event in 2020, it was great to see WIRV...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Interview Techniques: Questioning styles, effectiveness and the PEACE model

Thank you to everyone who attended our morning webinar on Wednesday, 12 May 2021. Thomas Caldow (Senior Manager in Forensic Consulting) and Peter Ande...

2021 Annual General Meeting

WIRV held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for on 30 March 2021. It was great to see current and pasts Committee members, as well as some fresh faces....

WIRV Coffee Catch Ups

NEW DATES RELEASED from 29 March to 1 April!! Following the success of WIRV’s Virtual Networking events during restrictions last year, the WIRV Netw...

International Women’s Day Lunch 2021

WIRV were thrilled to host its annual International Women’s Day luncheon at the Conversation Quarter, State Library of Victoria on Wednesday, 3 Marc...

Morning Webinar – COVID Safe Workplaces: Considerations for Insolvency Practitioners

Thanks to everyone who attended WIRV and Law Squared’s webinar on Thursday, 25 February 2021. The topic of the briefing was COVID safe workplace...

WIRV Morning Webinar – The kikki.K Diaries: the receivership, DOCA and sale

Thank you to everyone who attended our morning webinar on the concurrent voluntary administration and receivership of kikki.K. Attendees heard from P...

WIRV Lunchtime Webinar – Neuro Hack your Brain

Thank you to everyone who attended WIRV’s webinar on Thursday, 29 October 2020. Attendees heard from Resilience Coach, Wendy Jenkins, who shared...

WIRV Virtual Drinks: Footy Finals Edition

WIRV’S VIRTUAL DRINKS: FOOTY FINALS ARE BOOKED OUT!  After the positive feedback received and the success of WIRV’s first Virtual Coffee Netw...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Independence – current requirements, guidelines and recent cases on insolvency practitioner independence

On Wednesday 9 September 2020 WIRV hosted a webinar on independence in insolvency, with a focus on the current requirements, ARITA guidelines, and re...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Intellectual property issues for companies in external administration

On 18 August 2020 we held our morning webinar on intellectual property issues for companies in external administration. Attendees heard from Len Hicke...

Webinar – Unfair Preferences and Payments by Third Parties

On 8 August 2020, WIRV hosted its webinar on unfair preferences and payments by third parties. Attendees heard from Daniel Harrison, an eminent barri...

WIRV Morning Webinar – Building your network of the future, now!

Thank you to those who attended our morning webinar on 21 July 2020 with Gordon Jenkins, global executive coach and network expert as he discussed fr...

WIRV Virtual Coffee Catch-Ups

  WIRV Networking Sub-Committee held a number of coffee catch ups, focusing on reconnecting and building new relationships with other practitione...

Morning Webinar – State of the Business Sales Market, and how to use this to your advantage

Thank you to those who attended our breakfast webinar on Tuesday 23 June 2020. Attendees heard from Denise Hall from Xcllusive Business Sales, on bus...

WIRV Lunchtime Webinar – Holding DOCAs: a useful tool?

We were delighted to hear from Domenic Calabretta, registered Liquidator, Administrator and Receiver share his views about holding DOCAs and their us...

Webinar Breakfast Briefing: Private Investigators in Insolvency

On 26 May 2020 we held our Private Investigators in Insolvency webinar breakfast briefing. Attendees heard from Richard James, a former Police Office...

Webinar Breakfast Briefing: ASIC’s Assetless Administration Funding and Liquidators’ Reports – Updates and Developments

Thank you to those who attended our breakfast webinar on Tuesday 19 May 2020. Attendees heard from Mr Brett Warren and Mr David Rose from the Austra...

International Women’s Day Lunch 2020

Thank you to everyone who attended our SOLD OUT International Women’s Day 2020 lunch. The International Women’s Day theme for 2020 was #Eachfo...

Footy Finals Lunch 2019

Balance for Better Lunch

Following on from the success of this year’s IWD lunch, WIRV hosted the Better for Balance lunch on Thursday, 8 August at Myer’s Mural Hall. The e...

Annual Trivia Night

WIRV Lunchtime Briefing – Quintis – the Receivership and Recapitalisation

A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Lunchtime Briefing on 18 February 2019.. Anna Schwartz (Allens) and Jason Preston and Shaun Fraser (McGr...

Polo in the City

On Saturday 1 December 2018, WIRV hosted a marquee at the Polo in the City event at Albert Park. Festivities included polo, fashions on the field, par...

Footy Finals Luncheon

September Breakfast Briefing 2018

P4P Lunch 2018

WIRV Awards 2018

International Women’s Day Lunch

WIRV held its International Women’s Day Lunch at the Langham Hotel on 1 March 2018 with panelists from the Vic Bar & President Law Council o...

Young Gun Award

The winner of the Women in Insolvency & Restructuring Victoria’s inaugural Young Gun Award 2017 was announced at a cocktail evening at the Grand...

2017 Footy Finals Luncheon

On 15 September 2017, WIRV held its annual Footy Finals Luncheon at the Palladium at Crown. Guests heard from a star studded panel, featuring Luke Hod...

High Tea

On 18 August WIRV held its annual High Tea lunch in the historic Windsor Hotel Ballroom.   Guests were treated to an exclusive Styling Event provid...

21st Anniversary Cocktail Evening

On the 27th of April WIRV celebrated its 21st Anniversary in style with a fabulous evening of cocktails at Tonic House. Thank you to all our guest...

2017 International Women’s Day Lunch

WIRV held its inaugural International Women’s Day Lunch at the Langham Hotel on 2 March 2017 with panellists from the Institute of Chartered Account...

Evening at the Australian Open 2017

Polo in the City 2016

Afternnon High Tea

WIRV held its first Afternoon High Tea on 18 October 2016. The High Tea featured guest speaker Janet Hailes Michelmore, the Executive Director & H...

2016 Footy Finals Luncheon

Thank you to all our members and guests for attending our Footy Finals Luncheon. It was great to see so many new faces as well as familiar ones. A spe...

WIRV 20 Anniversary Celebration

On Thursday, 4 August 2016, WIRV celebrated its 20th Anniversary at the highest point in Melbourne – Eureka 89. What better way to mark this si...

May Breakfast Briefing 2016

WIRV Rebrand Launch Party

On Thursday, 28 April 2016, IWIRC VIC rebranded as WIRV –  Women in Insolvency and Restructuring Victoria. Thank you to all our guests for co...

Summer Lawn Bowls

We hosted our first Summer Lawn Bowls event at Flagstaff Gardens. We were joined by guest speaker, Kyle Vander Kuyp, an Australian Olympic athlete a...

Polo in the City

We hosted our first Polo in the City at Albert Park. The day featured 2 private marquees, amazing weather and an even better turnout of guests. IWIRC ...

2015 Footy Finals Luncheon

Our annual Footy Finals Luncheon was held on Friday, 11 September 2015 at the Crown Palladium. The event was proudly sponsored by Hall Chadwick, Gr...

A Winter’s Night Out in the Safari

On Thursday, 6 August 2015, we hosted our annual mid year function at Glamp Bar in Melbourne’s CBD.  With a great turnout of guests, we en...

Cocktail Party 

On Thursday, 23 April 2015, wehosted its Cocktail Function at Dutchess in Melbourne’s CBD.  It was a successful evening of networking, fabul...

Summer Function

Since last year’s summer function was such a great success, on 12 March 2015, we again ventured to the Boatbuilders Yard in South Wharf for ou...

Night Racing at Moonee Valley Racecourse

Our final event for the year, a great night of socialising and punting was had at Moonee Valley Racecourse. We thank our sponsors for this event Jirsc...

Footy Finals Luncheon

Our annual Footy Finals Luncheon was held on Friday, 12 September 2014 at the Crown Palladium. The event was proudly sponsored by Hall Chadwick, Gray...

Mid-Year Cocktail Function

On Thursday, 24 July 2014, we hosted our Annual Mid-Year Cocktail Function at Ms Collins in Melbourne’s CBD.Kindly sponsored by Factor One and R...

Trivia Night

On 12 June 2014 wehosted a Trivia Night at the Royal Melbourne Hotel with QuizaaMe our fantastic quiz masters for the evening. Outsmarting us all, the...

Summer Function

On 27 March 2014 IWIRC (Vic) hosted a Summer BBQ at the Boatbuilders Yard in South Wharf.  It was a special night where we said thank you to Kate Sa...

Joint IWIRC/ARITA Golf Day

This year the IWIRC/ARITA Golf Day was held at the Commonwealth Golf Club in Oakleigh South. IWIRC hosted a golf clinic sponsored by Professional Co...

Night Racing at Moonee Valley Racecourse

In what is fast becoming a favourite function, we again ventured to Moonee Valley Racecourse for a night of socialising and punting. We thank our sp...

Mid-Year Cocktail Function

On Thursday 8 August 2013, we hosted our Annual Mid-Year Cocktail Function at Alto in the GPO Building.Kindly sponsored by Effective Recoveries and...

Trivia Night

The annual IWIRC Trivia Night was held on Thursday, 20 June 2013 at the Royal Melbourne Hotel on Bourke Street. This year we decided to introduce a n...