Available This Autumn
We kept enrollment small because these aren't lecture-based courses. You'll work through actual formation scenarios, review real documentation, and get hands-on with the systems businesses use daily.
Essential Business Structures
September 15 – December 7, 2025 • Monday & Wednesday evenings
This one's for people who need to understand the basics before they commit to a structure. We'll walk through sole traders, partnerships, companies, and trusts—what each actually means for liability, tax, and daily operations.
- Structure comparison using real NSW business examples
- Tax implications broken down without the jargon
- Compliance requirements you'll actually encounter
- When to use (or avoid) each business type
- Registration walkthrough with ASIC systems
Complex Entity Configuration
September 22 – December 14, 2025 • Tuesday & Thursday evenings
For anyone dealing with multi-entity setups, trust structures, or planning growth that involves subsidiaries. We get into shareholding arrangements, director duties, and how different structures interact.
- Trust deed analysis with actual case reviews
- Holding company configurations that work
- Corporate governance requirements in practice
- Asset protection strategies (realistic ones)
- Multi-state registration considerations
Thijs Veldhuizen
Lead Instructor
Spent fifteen years handling formations for everything from tech startups to family trusts. Now teaches what actually happens after you lodge the paperwork.
Callum Breckridge
Advanced Topics
Previously worked with mid-market restructures and group consolidations. Brings real documentation and war stories from complex setups.
Who's Teaching These Courses
Both instructors come from hands-on practice, not theory. Thijs handles the foundation program and Callum takes the advanced track. They've both dealt with the messy reality of business structures—not just the textbook version.
What We'll Actually Cover
- Real formation documents you'll use (not sanitized examples)
- Common mistakes that cause problems months later
- How different structures handle typical business scenarios
- What compliance actually looks like week to week
- When to get professional help vs. DIY
- Tax structure implications for Australian businesses
The courses run for twelve weeks because that's how long it takes to properly work through formation scenarios. We limit enrollment to twenty-four people per program so everyone gets direct feedback on their questions. Classes meet twice weekly in the evenings—you'll spend about three hours per session plus maybe two hours of review work between meetings. It's structured but not rigid. If something needs more time, we adjust.