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SPECIALIST ADVISORS TO SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES
"We ensure up to date training of our team and are committed to continued professional education in our areas of practice."
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‘Our goal is to deliver you exceptional service based on honesty integrity and ‘smart’ work.’

Our strongest asset is our team of dedicated professionals. We have an uncompromising expectation of our team to perform to their absolute best ensuring you always receive our highest quality in service.

We completely understand that individual circumstances requiring assistance in our professional service areas can often be extremely overwhelming. Our modern business concept has been designed to alleviate these stresses by consolidating our services into one convenient firm.

We want you to depend on our outstanding service for all your business concerns and we want to achieve or exceed your desired results. We are firmly committed to preserving a continued, long term healthy business relationship with you.

Our People

All of our people share our vision and passion for client service. We are proud to work with them and trust that our clients are as well.

 

Michael Quinn – Director:

‘Michael has an outstanding record of achieving success for clients

Michael is qualified in the areas of Law, Accounting and Financial Planning.

As an accountant in public practice since 1998, Michael has been advising small to medium businesses and high net worth individuals in the areas of compliance, taxation, business planning, structures and business improvement. 

Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia in 2001, Michael has since then practiced extensively in the areas of insolvency, general commercial litigation, building and construction litigation and taxation objections and appeals in both State and Federal superior courts.
Michael is an authorised representative of AAA Financial Intelligence (AR No.  336850) and is able to provide financial planning services and recommend financial products to clients.  Please visit our Financial Planning page for more information.

Professional Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Banking & Finance) 
  • Bachelor of Laws with Honours 
  • Master of Laws 
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice 
  • Diploma of Financial Planning 
  • Professional National Accountant designation (PNA) from the National Institute of Accountants 

Professional Memberships

  • Queensland Law Society
  • National Institute of Accountants
  • Insolvency Practitioners Association
  • National Tax and Accountants Association
  • Taxation Institute of Australia

 

Franci Cantatore – Consultant Solicitor

‘Franci continuously earns the respect of her clients and peers through her success’

Franci manages the firm's Gold Coast office. She practices in the areas of commercial and contracts law, litigation, company law and banking and finance, as well as general law matters. Having been in the profession since 1994, Franci has had many years of court experience and has consistently achieved outstanding results for clients in the litigation process.

Franci has lectured in Media Law at Griffith University, published a number of articles in national magazines and publications, and is currently in the process of completing a PhD in the field of Copyright Law at Bond University.

Professional Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Laws with Honours
  • Master of Arts (GU), Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with Merit (ANU)
  • Member of Queensland Law Society

 

Kathleen Quinn – Practice Manager

‘Kathleen is committed to continuous improvement in client satisfaction”

Kathleen has an extensive background in customer service and marketing with a strong focus on client relations. This is the driving force behind the client service focus of Q5. She is available to ensure smooth interaction between Q5 and its valued clients. Kathleen draws on the experiences of her career and remembers that the demands placed on her were both extreme; and extremely fair.  Kathleen wears this like a badge and is constantly striving to ensure that the Q5 team recognises the sense of achievement that comes from and honest day’s work.

Kathleen is committed to ensuring that these values translate into our clients receiving the highest quality service that comes from the synergy created by a motivated team that is focused on giving clients the best outcomes for their legal, accounting and financial planning requirements.


Julie Shanahan - Legal Secretary / Administration Assistant

'Julie focuses on getting the job done efficiently and professionally'

Julie's role in the practice is varied, based on her willingness and want to learn and do as much as she can for clients and Q5.  This attributes to the respect she is given by clients and the like.  Aside from Julie's extensive experience as a legal secretary she also enjoys the responsibility of managing her own conveyencing diary and independently scheduling the diaries of managers, contractors and professional employees. 

Professional Qualifications

  • Commissioner for Declarations