We have one of Australia’s leading insolvency teams. We have worked on some of Australia’s most complex and high-profile insolvencies, and regularly work with Australia’s large and mid-market banks, accounting firms and corporates in the area of insolvency.

Using a multi-disciplinary approach, we advise on all aspects of insolvency including restructuring, turnarounds and management of creditors. We have leading practices in employment, banking and financial services, commercial disputes and commercial transactions, which enables us to deliver full-service insolvency advice.

We advise on:

• bankruptcy, receivership, voluntary administration and liquidation;
• corporate recovery and workout arrangements, and schemes of arrangement;
• applications to the court for the appointment of a liquidator, provisional liquidator and receiver or trustee;
• debt moratoriums, standstill agreements and refinances;
• employment issues stemming from insolvency;
• property and leasing issues arising out of insolvency;
• distressed and insolvent trading;
• security enforcement;
• white collar crime and breaches of directors’ duties;
• corporate reconstruction;
• priority issues arising out of competing interests of employees, creditors, registered and unregistered securities, liens and insolvency practitioners’ fees;
• the sale of property and businesses for insolvent entities;
• Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) and retention of title issues;
• management of businesses and assets; and
• mergers, acquisitions and due diligence.