ROMANIS CANT

Jason is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, a registered Tax Agent and boasts in excess of 20 years of experience assisting business operators, with a focus on the Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) market.

Adding value to the relationship is of vital importance. He goes over and above the requirements of compliance, process, and reporting to connect with the people and understand the business. By understanding the challenges and opportunities facing his clients, Jason is able to provide long-term strategies for success.

Jason services a broad base of clients by providing structuring advice, strategic business and planning advice and cash flow strategies, together with keeping an eye on the compliance and lodgement tasks of his clients.

Jason’s experience includes, providing advice in relation to:

Property transactions and developments
Foreign subsidiaries operating in Australia
Retail and manufacturing activities
Accounting support for matrimonial breakdown, and
General business issues.
He assists his clients to maximise the returns on their investment while navigating the complex regulatory environment in this country.

Jason enjoys nothing more than sharing in the success of his clients.

James has over twenty years’ experience advising private and family businesses in the SME market whilst being a member of CAANZ (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) and a registered Tax Agent.

He specialises in corporate and commercial advisory, taxation, financial reporting, structuring, superannuation and asset protection. James also has significant expertise in forensic accounting, having prepared numerous business valuations across a wide range of industries. He has provided litigation support in commercial disputes and family law matters, and prepared expert witness reports for various courts under the instruction of solicitors.

James is passionate about developing good working relationships with his clients and believes that good communication and understanding of his clients’ needs are the key to achieving helping them reach their goals.

Outside of Romanis Cant, James is a Director of not-for profit entities including Australian Community Support Organisation Ltd (ACSO) and McCormack Housing Ltd. James is also the Chair of ACSO’s Finance, Risk and Audit Committee.

Manuel is a Registered Liquidator, Registered Bankruptcy Trustee a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association.

At the time of becoming registered, Manuel was the youngest Liquidator and Bankruptcy Trustee in Australia.

Manuel is a hands-on operator and has particular experience in small to medium business turnarounds having traded on 30+ distressed businesses in different industries including:

Manufacturing
Agriculture
Printing
Telecommunications
Software and Tech
Hospitality and Hotels
Medical equipment
Cosmetic surgery
Retail
Pharmacy
Manuel has undertaken a number of large and complex bankruptcies and also a significant number of Personal Insolvency Agreements with over 95% of the agreements being accepted by creditors.

Manuel is also experienced with forensic accounting assignments (such as business valuations), solvency reports and assessments of loss and damage having filed expert reports for matters in the Supreme Court and Federal Court.

Manuel has successfully worked on a significant Safe Harbour assignment of a large residential builder with turnover in excess of $200million. The Safe Harbour assignment allowed the successful turnaround of the business, which is continuing to operate.

When not at work, Manuel enjoys travelling overseas, travelling to wine regions as well as snow regions, playing golf and watching just about every sport there is to watch!

Tony is a founding partner of Romanis Cant and has over 30 years of experience in providing insolvency services, litigation support and advisory services.

Tony is a Registered Liquidator, an Official Liquidator of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a Trustee in Bankruptcy. Tony is also a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association.

Tony’s experience includes numerous complex insolvency administrations and company workouts over a wide range of industries, preparation of investigating accountant’s reports for financiers and solicitors and other litigation support, as well as business valuations and profitability assessments. These assignments have been undertaken at the request of solicitors, major banks, shareholders, financiers and statutory authorities and conducted to the benefit of all stakeholders.

Tony has previously been involved in a number of not-for-profit organisations including local schools and the Australian Community Support Organisation (ASCO) for a significant period of time.