STEP NSW Branch invites you to the next Emerging Professionals Network event, to be held on Tuesday 27 May 2025 at Hamilton Locke, Sydney.

The EPN’s focus is to foster engagement amongst professionals of up to 10 years’ experience’ experience by providing opportunities to meet and exchange ideas in an informal networking environment.

The EPN is open to all professional advisors, educators and students with a trusts and estates focus in their practice (including legal, accounting, financial services and trust company backgrounds), whether for private or corporate clients.

With a focus on knowledge sharing and networking amongst emerging trust and estate professionals, this will be an interactive and inclusive event.

The event is being kindly hosted by Hamilton Locke and will include a panel discussion on the topic of 'Partnering with professionals to manage disputes'. The panel will be facilitated by François FF Salama, Barrister, 13th Floor St James Hall, with guest panelists, Jacinta Watkins, Partner – Wills and Estates, Collaborative Professional at ALA Law and Tamara Goodwin, Legal Practitioner Director, Independent Administrator at Glass Goodwin.

The evening will include light refreshments.

DATE: Tuesday, 27 May 2025

TIME: 5:30 - 6:00pm - Arrival and Networking

6:00 - 6:20pm - Speaker Presentation

6:20 - 8:00 pm - Networking and refreshments

VENUE:
Hamilton Locke | Salesforce Tower, Level 37, 180 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000

COST: $20.00 per person

TOPIC: Partnering with professionals to manage disputes

BOOK TICKETS for yourself and your team today. Tickets are $20 per person and include refreshments, networking and a short presentation from an esteemed and interesting speaker.

Ticket sales will close on Monday 26 May 2025.

You are welcome to forward this event to any junior practitioner of your firm, or in your network, who would be interested to attend. We invite you to take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the extended STEP Network and be introduced to the STEP experience!

For further information or assistance, please contact stepnswaustralia@step.org

ABOUT THE PANEL

François FF Salama TEP, Barrister, 13th Floor St James Hall

François FF Salama was called to the NSW Bar in 2006.

He has a diverse commercial litigation practice, but is primarily known for his work across three main specialised areas within the Equity Division of the Supreme Court of NSW:

Succession
Real Property
Commercial, Technology & Construction List

François regularly appears in superior courts at first instance and on appeal across all Australian jurisdictions.

Jacinta Watkins, Partner – Wills and Estates, Collaborative Professional at ALA Law

Specialising in Wills and Estates and Estate Litigation, Jacinta assists clients with family provision claims, contested probate proceedings, and challenges to the validity of a Will. She is a trusted advisor to executors and administrators, guiding them through grants of probate, letters of administration, and the full administration of estates.

Jacinta also brings a strategic and empathetic approach to estate planning, helping clients with everything from complex wills to powers of attorney, enduring guardianships, and advance care directives.

A trained Collaborative Estates Law Practitioner and Collaborative Family Law Practitioner, Jacinta uses the collaborative process to empower clients, keeping their values, needs and family relationships at the forefront of every matter.

Tamara Goodwin TEP, Legal Practitioner Director, Independent Administrator at Glass Goodwin

Tamara is a legal practitioner director of Glass Goodwin Solicitors, a firm specialising in wills and estates law. Tamara is a Law Society Accredited Specialist in Wills & Estates and a STEP member. She regularly acts as a court appointed independent administrator of deceased estates both in NSW and the ACT. She has been recognised as an NSW leading & pre-eminent practitioner in Wills and Estates Litigation and Succession Planning in the 2015 to 2024 editions of the Doyle’s Guide.