ARITA President Mike Hayes also joined the firm's insolvency practice in Adelaide
Keypoint Law has enhanced its charities and not-for-profit offering with the hire of consulting principal Joanne C Grant in Sydney.
Grant has worked with Catholic Church entities such as the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and Catholic Dioceses in NSW and Australia, religious orders, and Anglican and other denominational bodies. She was previously general counsel for Sydney Catholic Schools, where she managed the legal functions of 147 Catholic primary and secondary schools across the Archdiocese of Sydney.
She has advised on the launch and incorporations for charities and not-for-profits and school systems. She has also provided guidance on corporate governance and regulatory and requirements.
Grant has advised education organisations on matters across the full education lifecycle. Her clients have included aged care facilities, hospitals, and domestic and international charities and not-for-profit organisations.
In addition, she has tackled matters involving the purchase and sale of commercial and residential property (freehold and leasehold), property subdivision, property development, construction, environment and planning, leasing and due diligence. She has also handled the buying and selling of businesses. Her other areas of expertise include IP, privacy, data protection and cybersecurity.
As a private practitioner, Grant was a partner at Holman Webb and at Makinson d’Apice Lawyers, where she headed up the charities and not-for-profits practice, according to LinkedIn.
Keypoint Law also strengthened its national insolvency practice by bringing in Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association President Mike Hayes as a consulting principal working from its Adelaide office.
Hayes had been a partner at Piper Alderman, where he tackled high-profile and complex insolvency matters across several jurisdictions, for nine years. A seasoned commercial litigation and dispute resolution lawyer, he concentrates on insolvency, recoveries and restructuring.
He has guided liquidators, receivers and trustees with respect to all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency. He has also acted for company directors defending insolvent trading claims and creditors in voidable transaction disputes.
