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Tom Meagher is one of Australia’s leading presenters of legal seminars to and for various professional bodies, associations and government authorities on a wide range of business law and professional development-training.
Todd Hutchison is an international bestselling business author, certified speaking professional and internationally experienced educator.
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April 2024 |
"Commercial Lease Reviews and Drafting" |
BM CPD |
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December 2023 |
"Vendor financing & securitisation in sale of businesses" |
Performance Business Sales |
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September 2023 |
"Re-occurring issues and non-conformance issues with discretionary trusts" |
BM CPD |
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August 2023 |
"Real estate property settlements: pre-and post-Completion matters" |
BM CPD |
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June 2023 |
"Contract Management Essentials" |
City of Gosnells |
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November 2022 |
"Contemporary, robust website and business terms" |
Australian Computer Society (ACS) |
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November 2022 |
“Modern business data management and privacy policies” |
Australian Computer Society (ACS) |
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September 2022 |
CPD: “special conditions for sale of business agreements and related documents” |
REIWA Business Brokers |
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September 2022 |
“Mergers & acquisitions: practical legal guide to selling and buying a business” |
BM CPD |
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August 2022 |
“Equity funding stages for start ups and capital raising” |
Innovate Australia |
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July 2021 |
CPD: "Franchising Explained" |
Institute of Public accountants (IPA) |
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April 2024 |
"Commercial Lease Reviews and Drafting" |
BM CPD |
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December 2023 |
"Vendor financing & securitisation in sale of businesses" |
Performance Business Sales |
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September 2023 |
"Re-occurring issues and non-conformance issues with discretionary trusts" |
BM CPD |
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August 2023 |
"Real estate property settlements: pre-and post-Completion matters" |
BM CPD |
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June 2023 |
"Contract Management Essentials" |
City of Gosnells |
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| Seminar year/month | Seminar Topic / Presented to (2022) | |||||
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November 2022 |
"Contemporary, robust website and business terms" |
Australian Computer Society (ACS) |
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November 2022 |
“Modern business data management and privacy policies” |
Australian Computer Society (ACS) |
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September 2022 |
CPD: “special conditions for sale of business agreements and related documents” |
REIWA Business Brokers |
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September 2022 |
“Mergers & acquisitions: practical legal guide to selling and buying a business” |
BM CPD |
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August 2022 |
“Equity funding stages for start ups and capital raising” |
Innovate Australia |
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July 2021 |
CPD: "Franchising Explained" |
Institute of Public accountants (IPA) |
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| Seminar year/month | 2021 |
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February |
“Best Practice Conduct in Risk Management” at the Australian Institute of Business Brokers. |
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April |
“Legal Project Management Masterclass” at the MarcusEvans Legal Excellence: Future of Law international conference. |
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June |
“Project Governance, Accountability and Risk Management” as part of the post-graduate program at the Governance Institute of Australia. |
| Seminar year/month | 2020 | |||||
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February |
“Overview of modern issues with the Sale of Business/Assets vs. Sale of Equity”, Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) WA CPD full-day training session. |
“Equity Holder Agreements for parties acquiring a Business (Shareholder, Unitholder and Partnerships)”, Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) WA CPD full-day training session. |
“Unique issues and considerations Franchise Business premises’ occupancy rights and ‘mobile’ Franchise businesses”. |
“Understanding Franchise Legislative Changes”. |
“Employment Law and Staff Entitlements for Selling a Business”, Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) WA CPD full-day training session. |
“Third party Contractors – various types, issues and they may differently relate to a Business being Sold”. |
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March |
“Modern Business Law ‘Tips & Tricks’ for IT Professionals” – CPD seminar for the Australian Computer Society (ACS). |
“Legal & Contracts Induction Course” – Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB). |
“Commercialising and Licensing Anonymised Metadata from Personal Information ” – LegalWise CPD seminars. |
“Stakeholder Engagement” at Legalwise. |
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August |
“Project Governance, Accountability and Risk Management” as part of the post-graduate program at the Governance Institute of Australia. |
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December |
“Project Governance, Accountability and Risk Management” as part of the post-graduate program at the Governance Institute of Australia. |
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| Seminar year/month | 2019 | |||||
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February |
“Best-practice for Accountants’ Letters of Engagement” – Devils Advocate Discussion Group |
“Partnerships for Pharmacists” – Pharmacy Guild of WA |
4 x CPDs: “Premises Leases”, Drafting of Special Conditions and AIBB Business Sale Agreements”, “Commercialising IP in Businesses” and “Modern legalities with eCommerce for any Business” – Australian Institute of Business Brokers (AIBB) WA CPD training session |
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March |
“Best-practice for Accountants’ Letters of Engagement“- IPA 2019 State Congress |
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April |
“Rental and Leasing for Pharmacists” – Pharmacy Guild of Australia webinar |
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May |
“Succession Planning for Small Business” – IPA Small Business Summit |
“Equity Holder and Insurance-Funded Buy/Sell Agreements” – CPE Online webinar |
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July |
“Engaging in Business Development” – Australasian Legal Practice Management Association |
“Legal Project Management” at WongPartnerships. |
“High Performance Boards – A Behavioural Insight to Effective Team Dynamics” – Australian Institute of Company Directors |
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August |
“Sale of Professional Services Businesses – Preserving Goodwill” – national Webinar for CPDlive |
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November |
“Estate Planning for Vulnerable Beneficiaries”– IPA Public Practitioners Discussion Group |
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| Seminar year/month | 2018 | |||
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Jan |
“Exotic Loans and other Unusual Types of Lending Arrangements” – Public
Practitioners Discussion Group |
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June |
Tips and Tricks for Buying and Selling an Accounting Business” – 2018 WA State, Congress for the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Modern Legalities of Dealing with e-Commerce” – Institute of Public Accountants |
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August |
“Exotic Loans and other Unusual Types of Lending Arrangements” – national Webinar for CPDlive |
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September |
“Director and Board Member Duties & Liabilities” – Rosewood Care Group |
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November |
“Franchise Documentation plus Leases, Purchasing and Finance“– national Webinar for CPDlive |
“Buying a Pharmacy Business” – ‘sPEAKing Pharmacy’ podcast with John Thornett of Peak Strategies |
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| Seminar year/month | 2017 | |||
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Jan |
“Exotic Loans and other Unusual Types of Lending Arrangements” – Public
Practitioners Discussion Group |
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June |
Tips and Tricks for Buying and Selling an Accounting Business” – 2018 WA State, Congress for the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Modern Legalities of Dealing with e-Commerce” – Institute of Public Accountants |
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August |
“Exotic Loans and other Unusual Types of Lending Arrangements” – national Webinar for CPDlive |
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September |
“Director and Board Member Duties & Liabilities” – Rosewood Care Group |
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November |
“Franchise Documentation plus Leases, Purchasing and Finance“– national Webinar for CPDlive |
“Buying a Pharmacy Business” – ‘sPEAKing Pharmacy’ podcast with John Thornett of Peak Strategies |
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| Seminar year/month | 2016 | ||||
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February |
“PPSA Update” seminar for Tactica Partners |
“Legal Health Check” seminar for the Innovation Centre Western Australia |
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March |
“Buying and Selling a Business” webinar for the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Succession Planning for SMEs” seminar for Nexia and Perpetual |
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April |
“Building Strategic Performance” seminar for Realising Potential. Also co-presenting with Jackie O’Dowd (Realising Potential) |
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September |
“Director and Board Member Duties & Liabilities” – Rosewood Care Group |
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May |
“Succession Planning for Small Business” seminar to the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Contract Reviews & Negotiations” seminar for the Australian Hospitality Association Expo |
“Employees v Contractors” seminar for the Western Australian Reckon Partner Conference |
“Succession Planning” for Aboriginal organisations |
“Forum for Directors of Indigenous Organisations” (FDIO) |
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August |
“Legal Health Check” seminar for the Department of Commerce Innovation and Commercialisation Branch |
“Succession Planning” seminar for Forum for Directors of Indigenous Organisations (FIDO) event |
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September |
“Sale of Business Workshop” seminar for the Law Society on Due Diligence and Sale of Businesses, Banking & Finance Implications |
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| Seminar year/month | 2015 | |||||||||
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February |
Leasing Property: Strategies, Tips & Tricks” to the Western Suburbs Business Association |
“Business Foundations” joint presentation with Watermark |
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April |
“Lawyers’ Advice Certificates” seminar to Chartered Accountants Australia and NZ |
“Subcontractors vs. Employees” for the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Practical Risk Management for Applied Education” seminar to the ICB |
“Franchising” webinar to the Institute of Public Accountants |
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May |
“Contract Reviews & Negotiations for Accountants” seminar for the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Preparing & Entering Retirement” for the Institute of Public Accountants |
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July |
“Legal Health Check for Small Business” seminar for the Institute of Public Accountants (as part of the Small Business Symposium) |
“How to Survive (and even thrive) in Tougher Economic Times” seminar in AICWA – Bunbury |
“Subcontractors vs. Employees” for the Institute of Public Accountants |
“Understanding Commercial Leases Workshop” seminar for LegalWise Seminars |
“How to Survive (and even thrive) in Tougher Economic Times” seminar to Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Legal Health Check for Small Business” for the WA Innovator of the Year Awards |
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August |
“New Franchise Code” update for Business Development Alliance (BDA) |
“Accounting in Law Master Class” seminar for the Institute of Public Accountants |
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September |
“Succession Planning and Exit Strategy Planning” to the Stirling SBC |
“PPSA & Business and Equity” seminars for the Institute of Public Accountants South Australia Division |
“Subcontractors vs. Employees” for the Institute of Public Accountants South Australia Division |
“Making IP a Valuable Asset in your Business” for the Governance Institute of Australia. Also co-presenting with Nick Stamatiou (FB Rice) and Tim Martino (Pitcher Partners) |
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October |
“Contemporary IP Licensing, Structural & Transactional Matters” for ROCG Accountants. Also co-presenting with Thomas Henn (Murfett Legal) |
“Franchising, When it Works it Works and What to do when it doesn’t” webinar for the Institute of Public Accountants for their Executive Certificate in SME series |
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| Seminar year/month | 2014 | |||
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February |
“Contract Negotiations and Reviews” to Small Business Development Corporation |
“Lawyer’s Advice Certificates for Guarantors, SMSFs Franchise Agreements, Reverse Mortgages and Retirement Village Agreements” to Law Society of WA |
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March |
“Advanced SMSF and other Trusts’ Transactions” CPC seminar to Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA Division (Webinar) |
“Employees v Subcontractors” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Business Structuring, Asset Protection, Estate Planning and Business Succession Overview for Conveyancers” to Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA Division (Perth) |
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April |
“Employees v Subcontractors” seminar for BSM Accountants |
“Contract Review & Negotiations” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Contract Reviews & Negotiations” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
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May |
“Lawyer’s Advice Certificates for Guarantors, SMSFs Franchise Agreements, Reverse Mortgages and Retirement Village Agreements” to Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) at WA Regional Congress, Busselton |
“Employees v. Subcontractors” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Directors’ Duties & Liabilities” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“The Privacy Act, the Spam Act & the ‘Cloud’ Seminar” for clients of Lifestyled with Renee Kacz |
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June |
“Franchising, when it works and what to do when it doesn’t and also Practical aspects of valuing a small business” to Institute of Public Accountants |
Joint presentation with Momentum Wealth on “SMSF, Finance and Bank Guarantees” to BM&Y Accountants |
“SMSF Finance and Bank Guarantees” seminar to Momentum Wealth Clients |
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July |
“Directors’ Duties & Liabilities” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Franchising – What can go wrong for Franchisors and Franchisees” for Institute of Public Accountants Small Business Master Class |
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August |
“Retirement Living & Aged Care Law Masterclass” for AdventEdge clients |
“Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA)” seminar to the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Business Structures” seminar for Institute of Public Accountants |
“Legal Health Check” presentation to ActionCoach Finance Master Class |
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September |
“Wills, Estates & Succession Planning” seminar for Institute of Public Accountants |
“Look before you leap – Commercial Property due diligence strategies for Investors & their Advisors” seminar to Momentum Wealth clients |
“Preparing Updated Disclosure Documents and Franchising Agreements for the New Amended Franchising Code” seminar for LegalWise Seminars |
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October |
“Property Investment Master Class” for the Institute of Public Accountants together with Momentum Wealth |
“Leasing Strategies, Tips & Tricks – A Business Lawyer’s Guide” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
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November |
“Navigating the Legal Landscape in Australia” to Singapore Management University |
“Directors Duties and Liabilities” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
“Employees vs Subcontractors” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
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December |
“Lawyers Advice Certificates” seminar for the Law Society |
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| Seminar year/month | 2013 | |||
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May |
“Advanced SMSF and other Trusts’ Transactions” CPC seminar to Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA Division |
“Employees v Subcontractors” seminar for the Stirling Business Enterprise Centre |
Advanced SMSF and other Trusts’ Transactions” CPC seminar to Australian Institute of Conveyancers WA Division (Perth) |
“Contracts Negotiation Skills and Risk Management” seminar to National Electrical & Communications Association at Kalgoorlie |
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June |
“Risk Factors and Due Diligence in Business Sales” seminar for LegalWise (WA Lawyers’ CPD) |
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September |
“How-Modern-Insurances-Work in a Business & Personal Context” for Leed Risk Services (In-house training session on) |
“Risk Factors and Due Diligence in Business Sales” seminar for Legal Master Class for Institute of Public Accountants |
Presenting and Panelist at Retailer’s Conference for WA Business Assist |
“Contract Reviews and Negotiations” to Momentum Wealth |
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October |
“Contract Reviews and PPSA” seminar to National Electrical & Communications Association at Bunbury |
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November |
“Personal Property Securities Act and Real Property Leasing Issues” topic to Burgess Rawson |
“Contracts Reviews & Negotiations” Stirling Regional Business Centre |
“Franchising Business Agreement Reviews and Structuring” seminar to Walker Wayland Accountants |
“Business Sales Due Diligence and Risk Factors” seminar to Institute of Public Accountants |
Balfour Meagher teach in the postgraduate programs of the Governance Institute of Australia. The professional associations that the Balfour Meagher team have presented at include:
Tom Meagher is one of Australia’s leading presenters of legal seminars to and for various professional bodies, associations and government authorities on a wide range of business law and professional development-training.
Todd Hutchison is an international bestselling business author, certified speaking professional and internationally experienced educator.