2026 CPD Program–Australia

From 1 July 2026 Australian Anti-money Laundering (AML) regulations will change, seeing the obligations of legal professionals extended. During this session, we will cover:

• What the changes are;
• Key milestones and guidelines for the changes;
• How to be prepared; and
• What the risks and consequences are of not complying post 1 July.

Speakers: Jim Bulling, Partner and Daniel Knight, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

Following the first Tranche of the Australian Privacy Act reform in 2024, the second Tranche is expected any day now and will cover more complex issues. During this session we will cover:

• What the key reforms in Tranche 2 are;
• How to prepare for the new obligations; and
• Future legislative changes and how they might impact you.

Speakers: Cameron Abbott, Partner and Rob Pulham, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Substantive Law

This session will provide leaders with a practical conversation model that will create clarity around career development for your team members. This session will illustrate the spectrum of sponsorship, the value of mentorship and connection enabling your team members to build influence as they progress in their careers.

Speaker: Clare Monger, Associate Director – Professional Development

CPD Category: Professional Skills

• The purpose, legal basis, and elements of privilege;
• The types of communications protected by privilege;
• How to avoid waiving privilege; and
• Case studies and latest developments.

Speakers: Christien Corns, Partner and Sam Rappensberg, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Join our Labour, Employment, and Workplace Safety team as they discuss the key employment law issues legal counsel should be focused on to avoid significant claims in their business. The session will discuss:

• Wage compliance – Everything you need to know about award underpayment following the Woolworths decision and how you can take practical steps to avoid significant penalties and contraventions of the wage theft laws.
• Psychosocial risks – How should you be proactively addressing them in your business and the new approaches taken by safety regulators to enforce compliance with these obligations.
• Compliant contracts – How to ensure your contracts take into account significant changes to the Fair Work Act and recent case law.
• Employment litigation – How you can be prepared for new and novel claims and how to best avoid them given recent trends.

Speakers: Michaela Moloney, Partner and John Monroe, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

From 1 January 2026, many transactions in Australia – M&A, property acquisitions and leases, as well as other major acquisitions of rights that cross certain revenue or transaction value thresholds – will require Notification to the ACCC and clearance.

This is a significant seachange in approach and in terms of time for deals and risk.

The goalposts/thresholds changed a number of times in 2025 due to unintended consequences of the legislative changes.

This session will provide practical guidance on:

• The new notification requirements and thresholds.
• Exceptions to mandatory notification.
• ACCC powers, processes, and penalties for non-compliance.
• Information and documentation needed for notification.
• Notification fees and practical steps for deal timing and contracts.

This session is essential for understanding the new regulatory landscape and preparing for compliance and strategic decision-making for M&A and other deals in 2026 and beyond.

Speaker: Ayman Guirguis, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

• What the changes are;
• Key milestones and guidelines for the changes;
• How to be prepared; and
• What the risks and consequences are of not complying post 1 July.

Speakers: Jim Bulling, Partner and Daniel Knight, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

With Australia’s mandatory climate reporting regime now underway, many organisations are working through what credible disclosure looks like in practice. But beyond compliance, there’s a real opportunity to use climate data to strengthen governance and create business value.

Moderated by Labour, Employment, and Workplace Safety Partner Paul Hardman, this panel session will explore:

• What credible disclosure looks like;
• How to build governance frameworks for assurance and secure board buy-in;
• Emerging legal and reputational risks, including greenwashing liability;
• How climate reporting can surface opportunities across supply chains and operations; and 
• The Safeguard Mechanism introduced in 2023 through provisions in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Cth).

Speakers: Alanna Fitzpatrick, Partner, Ayman Guirguis, Partner and Tanya Denning, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

This session will provide leaders with a practical conversation model that will create clarity around career development for your team members. This session will illustrate the spectrum of sponsorship, the value of mentorship and connection enabling your team members to build influence as they progress in their careers.

Speaker: Clare Monger, Associate Director – Professional Development

CPD Category: Professional Skills

• The role of in-house lawyers in achieving corporate accountability;
• Upholding the duty to the court;
• Managing conflicts of interest;
• Maintaining confidentiality;
• Creating and protecting legal professional privilege;
• Dealing with illegal conduct;
• Communications with colleagues; and
• Where to get help?

Speakers: Khilen Devani, Partner and Carl Hinze, Partner

CPD Category: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Join our Labour, Employment, and Workplace Safety team as they discuss the key employment law issues legal counsel should be focused on to avoid significant claims in their business. The session will discuss:

• Wage compliance – Everything you need to know about award underpayment following the Woolworths decision and how you can take practical steps to avoid significant penalties and contraventions of the wage theft laws.
• Psychosocial risks – How should you be proactively addressing them in your business and the new approaches taken by safety regulators to enforce compliance with these obligations.
• Compliant contracts – How to ensure your contracts take into account significant changes to the Fair Work Act and recent case law.
• Employment litigation – How you can be prepared for new and novel claims and how to best avoid them given recent trends.

Speakers: Alanna Fitzpatrick, Partner and Andrew Wheeldon, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

From 1 January 2026, many transactions in Australia – M&A, property acquisitions and leases, as well as other major acquisitions of rights that cross certain revenue or transaction value thresholds – will require Notification to the ACCC and clearance.

This is a significant seachange in approach and in terms of time for deals and risk.

The goalposts/thresholds changed a number of times in 2025 due to unintended consequences of the legislative changes.

This session will provide practical guidance on:

• The new notification requirements and thresholds.
• Exceptions to mandatory notification.
• ACCC powers, processes, and penalties for non-compliance.
• Information and documentation needed for notification.
• Notification fees and practical steps for deal timing and contracts.

This session is essential for understanding the new regulatory landscape and preparing for compliance and strategic decision-making for M&A and other deals in 2026 and beyond.

Speaker: Ayman Guirguis, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

• What the changes are;
• Key milestones and guidelines for the changes;
• How to be prepared; and
• What the risks and consequences are of not complying post 1 July.

Speakers: Daniel Knight, Partner and Jim Bulling, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

• What the key reforms in Tranche 2 are;
• How to prepare for the new obligations; and
• Future legislative changes and how they might impact you.

Speaker: Cameron Abbott, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

This session will provide leaders with a practical conversation model that will create clarity around career development for your team members. This session will illustrate the spectrum of sponsorship, the value of mentorship and connection enabling your team members to build influence as they progress in their careers.

Speaker: Clare Monger, Associate Director – Professional Development

CPD Category: Professional Skills

Why do people laugh at the notion of an honest lawyer? Murray Landis, partner from our Corporate/M&A Group, discusses why the duty to act honestly is at the core of your professional obligations. Also, how far can you go in advancing your employer and client's interest without breaching your duties as an officer of the court and trustee of the legal system?

Speaker: Murray Landis, Partner

CPD Category: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Join our Labour, Employment, and Workplace Safety team as they discuss the key employment law issues legal counsel should be focused on to avoid significant claims in their business. The session will discuss:

• Wage compliance – Everything you need to know about award underpayment following the Woolworths decision and how you can take practical steps to avoid significant penalties and contraventions of the wage theft laws.
• Psychosocial risks – How should you be proactively addressing them in your business and the new approaches taken by safety regulators to enforce compliance with these obligations.
• Compliant contracts – How to ensure your contracts take into account significant changes to the Fair Work Act and recent case law.
• Employment litigation – How you can be prepared for new and novel claims and how to best avoid them given recent trends.

Speakers: Stephen Hardy, Partner and Leila Moddel, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

From 1 January 2026, many transactions in Australia – M&A, property acquisitions and leases, as well as other major acquisitions of rights that cross certain revenue or transaction value thresholds – will require Notification to the ACCC and clearance.

This is a significant seachange in approach and in terms of time for deals and risk.

The goalposts/thresholds changed a number of times in 2025 due to unintended consequences of the legislative changes.

This session will provide practical guidance on:

• The new notification requirements and thresholds.
• Exceptions to mandatory notification.
• ACCC powers, processes, and penalties for non-compliance.
• Information and documentation needed for notification.
• Notification fees and practical steps for deal timing and contracts.

This session is essential for understanding the new regulatory landscape and preparing for compliance and strategic decision-making for M&A and other deals in 2026 and beyond.

Speaker: Ayman Guirguis, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

• Identifying and investigating the various types of due diligence you need to cover;
• Decision making and risk mitigation; and
• Transaction success.

Speaker: Luke Paterson, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

Join our Labour, Employment, and Workplace Safety team as they discuss the key employment law issues legal counsel should be focused on to avoid significant claims in their business. The session will discuss:

• Wage compliance – Everything you need to know about award underpayment following the Woolworths decision and how you can take practical steps to avoid significant penalties and contraventions of the wage theft laws.
• Psychosocial risks – How should you be proactively addressing them in your business and the new approaches taken by safety regulators to enforce compliance with these obligations.
• Compliant contracts – How to ensure your contracts take into account significant changes to the Fair Work Act and recent case law.
• Employment litigation – How you can be prepared for new and novel claims and how to best avoid them given recent trends.

Speaker: Alanna Fitzpatrick, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

This program provides a practical guide to establishing, claiming, and maintaining legal professional privilege. This session covers: 

• The purpose, legal basis, and elements of privilege;
• The types of communications protected by privilege;
• How to engage experts;
• How to avoid waiving privilege; and
• Case studies and latest developments.

Speakers: Nicholas Brown, Partner and Rodolphe Ruffie-Farrugia, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

This session will cover:

• Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB);
• State Development Bill 2025;
• Diversification Leases;
• AUKUS and Land;
• Long term leases; and
• Fixtures v Chattels.

Speaker: Simon Moen, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

From 1 January 2026, many transactions in Australia – M&A, property acquisitions and leases, as well as other major acquisitions of rights that cross certain revenue or transaction value thresholds – will require Notification to the ACCC and clearance.

This is a significant seachange in approach and in terms of time for deals and risk.

The goalposts/thresholds changed a number of times in 2025 due to unintended consequences of the legislative changes.

This session will provide practical guidance on:

• The new notification requirements and thresholds.
• Exceptions to mandatory notification.
• ACCC powers, processes, and penalties for non-compliance.
• Information and documentation needed for notification.
• Notification fees and practical steps for deal timing and contracts.

This session is essential for understanding the new regulatory landscape and preparing for compliance and strategic decision-making for M&A and other deals in 2026 and beyond.

Speaker: Ayman Guirguis, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law

• What ethics is and whether it matters;
• Ethical behaviours and what not to do; and
• Case studies and developments.

Speaker: Adam Levine, Partner

CPD Category: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

• What the changes are
• Key milestones and guidelines for the changes
• How to be prepared
• What the risks and consequences are of not complying post 1 July.

Speakers: Jim Bulling, Partner and Daniel Knight, Partner

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

Following the first Tranche of the Australian Privacy Act reform in 2024, the second Tranche is expected any day now and will cover more complex issues. During this session we will cover:

• What the key reforms in Tranche 2 are
• How to prepare for the new obligations
• Future legislative changes and how they might impact you

Speaker: Rob Pulham, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Substantive Law

This session will provide leaders with a practical conversation model that will create clarity around career development for your team members. This session will illustrate the spectrum of sponsorship, the value of mentorship and connection enabling your team members to build influence as they progress in their careers.

Speaker: Clare Monger, Associate Director – Professional Development

CPD Category: Professional Skills

This program provides a practical guide to establishing, claiming, and maintaining legal professional privilege. This session covers: 

• The purpose, legal basis, and elements of privilege;
• The types of communications protected by privilege;
• How to avoid waiving privilege; and
• Case studies and latest developments.

Speakers: Christien Corns, Partner and Sam Rappensberg, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Ethics and Professional Responsibility

Join our Labour, Employment, and Workplace Safety team as they discuss the key employment law issues legal counsel should be focused on to avoid significant claims in their business. The session will discuss:

• Wage compliance – Everything you need to know about award underpayment following the Woolworths decision and how you can take practical steps to avoid significant penalties and contraventions of the wage theft laws.
• Psychosocial risks – How should you be proactively addressing them in your business and the new approaches taken by safety regulators to enforce compliance with these obligations.
• Compliant contracts – How to ensure your contracts take into account significant changes to the Fair Work Act and recent case law.
• Employment litigation – How you can be prepared for new and novel claims and how to best avoid them given recent trends.

Speakers: Michaela Moloney, Partner and John Monroe, Special Counsel

CPD Category: Practice Management and Business Skills

From 1 January 2026, many transactions in Australia – M&A, property acquisitions and leases, as well as other major acquisitions of rights that cross certain revenue or transaction value thresholds – will require Notification to the ACCC and clearance.

This is a significant seachange in approach and in terms of time for deals and risk.

The goalposts/thresholds changed a number of times in 2025 due to unintended consequences of the legislative changes.

This session will provide practical guidance on:

• The new notification requirements and thresholds.
• Exceptions to mandatory notification.
• ACCC powers, processes, and penalties for non-compliance.
• Information and documentation needed for notification.
• Notification fees and practical steps for deal timing and contracts.

This session is essential for understanding the new regulatory landscape and preparing for compliance and strategic decision-making for M&A and other deals in 2026 and beyond.

Speaker: Ayman Guirguis, Partner

CPD Category: Substantive Law