Vera Visevic has over 30 years’ experience in acting for numerous charities, religious and not-for-profit organisations and is a partner in the Charities and Purpose-driven Institutions team at Mills Oakley. She is ranked “Band 1” by Chambers & Partners, an independent ratings agency, which distinguishes her as one of the best lawyers in Australia in the “Charities” field. Vera acts for a range of Catholic organisations and associated not-for-profits, and provides a full suite of commercial services, including protecting commercial arrangements through drafting service agreements, privacy policies, internal policies and procedures, and reviewing grant and other government agreements. Vera is a sought-after speaker throughout Australia. In the last year she has presented at the Better Boards Conference, and Legalwise and TENS seminars on not-for-profits. She has also authored a chapter within the Charity Global Guide (2018) published by Thomson Reuters, and a paper on lessons not-for-profits should learn from the recent Royal Commissions published by Pro Bono Australia. Vera is a member of the Cannon Law Society of Australia and New Zealand and Christian Women in Governance

Elizabeth Shalders is a Special Counsel at Mills Oakley. She is a recognised expert in not-for-profit and charity law and governance, and has been practising solely in this field for over 15 years. Her extensive professional experience is supplemented with notable academic writings, including contributions to an academic textbook on public benefit, and peer-reviewed journal articles on charity tax concessions. More recently, she was an expert panel member on a major research project conducted by Professor Rosemary Teele-Langford of the University of Melbourne Law School on “Restoring public trust in charities – reforming governance and enforcement”. Current work projects of Elizabeth’s include:

Judicial advice application in relation to a religious charitable trust

A cy-pres application for an organisation that has numerous historical bequests
Defending a religious organisation against proceedings commenced against it by a former executive employee in the Supreme Court
Advising on structuring for a merger
Payroll tax exemption advice

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