Ellie Khor
LinkedinLawyerEllie joined Holley Nethercote in 2023 and advises in the areas of commercial law and financial services law. Ellie previously worked at a national top-tier firm, with a focus on commercial litigation, regulatory inquiries and investigations, large-scale property transactions and general commercial law.
Favourite Quote
“The most courageous act is to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel
My Thoughts
Licensing 101: The Fit and Proper requirement
10 Feb 2025When applying for an AFSL, applicants must be prepared to meet the fit and proper requirement – a test that assesses competence, financial soundness, legal compliance and moral character. ASIC will not grant the licence…
What happens when the applicant does not give consent?
15 Mar 2024The ASIC Corporations and Credit (Reference Checking and Information Sharing Protocol) Instrument 2021/429 (the Protocol) sets out the reference checking and information sharing requirements that apply to financial services licensees and credit licensees. Under the…
Anybody home? The importance of checking whether your corporate clients have been deregistered
17 Oct 2023There is no express obligation for a financial services provider to monitor its client lists for deregistered companies. However, the recent case of ASIC v Westpac [2022] FCA 515 has demonstrated the importance of…