Nicholas Dale — Part­ner, Lit­i­ga­tion & Insol­ven­cy, will be speak­ing at the upcom­ing Asso­ci­a­tion of Cor­po­rate Coun­sel Aus­tralia 2023 NSW In-House Coun­sel Day in Syd­ney, on the top­ic of,​‘Nav­i­gat­ing an uncer­tain econ­o­my: sail­ing the seas of insol­ven­cy’ Nick will be co-pre­sen­t­ing with Karen Petch a com­mer­cial Bar­ris­ter in insol­ven­cy and cor­po­ra­tions law. #byin­house #ihcd23
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