Past Events
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...
17 June @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at Zoom2022 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...
26 May @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm at River Room at Crown MelbourneWIRV 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 ...
25 May @ 8:00 am - 9:30 am at Law SquaredWIRV Morning Webinar – Corporations Law Annual Review 2022
Thank you to those who attended our webinar on Friday 6 May 2022 as we heard from Matthew Harvey QC and Philippa Kelly of The Victorian Bar, who discu...
6 May @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at ZoomWIRV 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...
13 April @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at The Emerald PeacockWIRV 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...
7 April @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at ZoomWIRV 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...
5 April @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm at Rodgers ReidyWIRV MASTERCLASS: Core Confidence & Beat Your Self-Doubt
Thank you to everyone who attended the virtual masterclass with Fiona Pearman. Attendees heard from co-author of Core Confidence, Fiona Pearman, who s...
18 March @ 8:00 am - 11:00 am at ZoomInternational 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...
1 March @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm at ZINC at Federation SquareWIRV Career Progression Boardroom Lunch with Renée Di Carlo
WIRV held its first Career Progression Boardroom Lunch on 2 February 2022. Attendees were able to gain valuable insight into Renee Di Carlo’s ca...
2 February @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm at Romanis CantWIRV Music Bingo Night!
Thank you for attending our latest networking event: Music Bingo on Thursday 18 November 2021 at The Yorkshire Hotel, Abbotsford. It was a great oppor...
18 November, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at The Yorkshire HotelWIRV 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...
16 November, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at ZoomSpring 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...
4 November, 2021 @ 5:30 pm - 6:15 pmWIRV 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...
21 October, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am at ZoomWIRV Morning Webinar – An Overview of the Debt Restructuring and Simplified Liquidation Processes for Small Businesses
Thank you to everyone who joined us on our morning webinar on Wednesday 6 October 2021. We heard from Matthew McCarthy of Allens who presented an over...
5 October, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 amVirtual 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...
6 September, 2021 - 16 September, 2021WIRV 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...
2 September, 2021 @ 9:30 am - 10:30 am at ZoomWIRV 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...
29 July, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at ZoomWIRV 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, ...
23 June, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at Zoom2021 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...
3 June, 2021 - 14 July, 2021WIRV 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...
20 May, 2021 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm at River Room at Crown MelbourneWIRV 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...
12 May, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at Webinar2021 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....
30 March, 2021 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm at FAL LawyersWIRV 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...
22 March, 2021 - 1 April, 2021 at Various CBD CafesInternational 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...
3 March, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Conversation Quarter, State Library of VictoriaMorning 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...
25 February, 2021 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarVirtual Games Show: WIRV Networking Event
WIRV hosted its “Virtual Game Show” on Thursday, 26 November 2020. With the absence of WIRV’s Annual Trivia Night from the 2020 event calendar, ...
26 November, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm at ZoomWIRV 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...
18 November, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWIRV 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...
29 October, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm at WebinarWIRV Morning Webinar – Negotiation: Refreshing the basics for insolvency professionals
Thank you to everyone who attended our morning webinar on Negotiation: Refreshing the basics for insolvency professionals. In this session, attendees ...
13 October, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWIRV 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...
5 October, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 8 October, 2020 @ 5:00 pm at WebinarWIRV 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...
9 September, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWIRV 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...
18 August, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWebinar – 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...
6 August, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWIRV 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...
21 July, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWIRV 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...
13 July, 2020 - 24 July, 2020 at ZoomMorning 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...
23 June, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWIRV 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...
11 June, 2020 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm at WebinarWebinar 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...
26 May, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarWebinar 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...
19 May, 2020 @ 8:00 am - 9:00 am at WebinarMarch Breakfast Briefing: Private Investigation in Insolvency
Thank you to everyone who attended our first webinar briefing on Private Investigation in Insolvency – what you can and cannot do. Richard James, fo...
17 March, 2020 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am at Chartered Accountants Australia and New ZealandInternational 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...
4 March, 2020 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm at The LanghamWIRV presents Australian Open 2020
Thank you to everyone who attended our Night at the Australian Open on Wednesday 22 January 2020 at the Glasshouse, Olympic Park. Guests were treated ...
22 January, 2020 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm at GlasshouseFooty Finals Lunch 2019
13 September, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm at Palladium at Crown
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...
8 August, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm at Myer Mural Hall, Myer Melbourne City, Level 6, 314/336 Bourke St, MelbourneAnnual Trivia Night
16 May, 2019 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm at River Room at Crown Melbourne
2019 International Women’s Day Lunch
Hear from the following panellists who will be discussing the 2019 IWD theme of #balanceforbetter: • Judge Marks, County Court of Victoria • Mark ...
28 February, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm at Myer Mural Hall, Myer Melbourne CityWIRV 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...
18 February, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm at AllensPolo 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...
1 December, 2018 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm at Albert Park, Middle Park VICTORIABreakfast Briefing – The PPSA – Vesting Rules and Insolvency
WIRV held a breakfast briefing on Tuesday, 27 November 2018. We heard from Christopher Brown and Edwina Keynes (Lonsdale Chambers) on the topic –...
27 November, 2018 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am at McGrathNicholFooty Finals Luncheon
14 September, 2018 @ 10:00 pm - 15 September, 2018 @ 3:00 am at Palladium at Crown
September Breakfast Briefing 2018
4 September, 2018P4P Lunch 2018
9 August, 2018
WIRV Awards 2018
5 July, 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...
1 March, 2018 @ 12:00 amYoung 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...
17 October, 2017 @ 12:00 am2017 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...
15 September, 2017 @ 12:00 amHigh 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...
18 August, 2017 @ 12:00 am21st 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...
27 April, 2017 @ 12:00 am2017 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...
2 March, 2017 @ 12:00 amEvening at the Australian Open 2017
19 January, 2017
Polo in the City 2016
26 November, 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...
18 October, 2016 @ 12:00 am2016 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...
9 September, 2016 @ 12:00 amWIRV 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...
4 August, 2016 @ 12:00 amMay Breakfast Briefing 2016
31 May, 2016WIRV 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...
28 April, 2016 @ 12:00 amSummer 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...
3 March, 2016 @ 12:00 amPolo 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 ...
28 November, 2015 @ 12:00 am2015 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...
11 September, 2015 @ 12:00 amA 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...
6 August, 2015 @ 12:00 amCocktail Party
On Thursday, 23 April 2015, wehosted its Cocktail Function at Dutchess in Melbourne’s CBD. It was a successful evening of networking, fabul...
23 April, 2015 @ 12:00 amSummer 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...
12 March, 2015 @ 12:00 amNight 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...
14 November, 2014 @ 12:00 amFooty 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...
12 September, 2014 @ 12:00 amMid-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...
24 July, 2014 @ 12:00 amTrivia 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...
12 June, 2014 @ 12:00 amSummer 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...
27 March, 2014 @ 12:00 amJoint 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...
3 March, 2014 @ 12:00 amNight 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...
15 November, 2013 @ 12:00 amMid-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...
8 August, 2013 @ 12:00 amTrivia 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...
20 June, 2013 @ 12:00 amJoint IWIRC/IPA Golf Day
Monday, 4 March 2013 saw the IPA and IWIRC (Vic) combine to host the annual Golf Day which was held at the prestigious Commonwealth Golf Club. The I...
4 March, 2013 @ 12:00 amIWIRC Wine Tasting
In March 2013 IWIRC (Vic) hosted their first ever wine tasting evening at Wine House, Southbank. The 75 members and guests enjoyed sampling a number ...
1 March, 2013 @ 12:00 amFooty Finals Luncheon
Our annual Footy Finals Luncheon was held on Friday, 13 September 2013 at the Crown Palladium. This year we had over 700 attendees which was fantasti...
13 September, 2003 @ 12:00 am