Format
Join us in person for this dynamic course
on 4 March 2026 from 9am - 12pm at Grant Thornton, Merchants Square, Merchants Road, Galway H91 ETN2.
Who should attend
The course is targeted at professionals taking on insolvency appointments and acting as Liquidator, and those training or working in the insolvency sector looking to gain expertise in this area.
Course overview
The session will highlight key requirements, best practice and procedures
covering:
- Initial appointment.
- Agreeing the basis of remuneration and passing
resolutions approving the Liquidator’s remuneration.
- Information to be provided to committees of inspection
and creditors.
- Annual and final meetings of creditors.
- Statutory CRO filing.
It will also include compliance matters and the approval of remuneration and
will include potential issues and problems that can arise and how to avoid or
best navigate with these. It will also include some practical examples and a
Q&A session.
Key Learning outcomes
by the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand best practice and compliance on Creditors
Voluntary Liquidations.
- Understanding of statutory filing obligations in a
liquidation.
- Convene a meeting at the commencement of the
liquidation and final meetings.
- Prepare relevant paperwork depending on whether a Committee of Inspection
was appointed or not.
Speaker Bios
Derek Wilson B.Admin. CA
Derek
qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Scotland. As a UK licenced insolvency
practitioner, he specialised in insolvency and restructuring, having had his own
firm and several senior positions within medium sized insolvency practices,
before working within ICAS professional standards department.
Until his early retirement last year, since 2019 he had
been assisting Chartered Accountants Ireland with their insolvency monitoring
programmes in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
He is a currently a member of the
ICAS Authorisation Committee and CAI Professional Conduct
Committee.
Sarah-Jane O’Keeffe, FCCA
Sarah-Jane is a partner at
Azets and the Members’ Voluntary Liquidation lead within the Advisory &
Restructuring Department. Sarah-Jane has over 15 years’ experience in Corporate
and Legal matters.
Sarah-Jane is a member of the Association of Chartered
Certified Accountants, Accounting Technicians Ireland, RII and holds a B.A. in
Business with Law from DCU. She is Co-Chair of IWIRC Ireland and sits on the
Institute’s Insolvency Committee. She is also a licensed insolvency practitioner
and appointment holder having been appointed the first female Examiner in
Ireland by the Circuit Court, and a Liquidator on a voluntary and involuntary
basis to a number of companies. Sarah-Jane was also a contributor to the
Chartered Accountants Ireland’s 2021 publication ‘A Practical Guide to
Examinership’.
Contact us
If you have any questions regarding this or any other CPD course or
requirements, please feel free to contact the team here or call us at (+353) 01 523 3930
Note for Legacy CPA Members
Members who joined Chartered Accountants Ireland following 1 September 2024,
please continue to book on the CPA Portal here to ensure you receive your membership
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