Laura Coleclough in Melbourne and Trevor Withane in Sydney lead ‘a talented and responsive team’ of litigation and insolvency specialists at Ironbridge Legal. Withane has long-standing international expertise (especially in the UK) and is in demand for his ability to navigate contentious insolvency, liquidations and other related actions such as freezing orders in addition to broader commercial cases. Also with a career that started with London firms, Coleclough’s background includes Court of Appeal and Supreme Court actions in London, especially in the banking/financial services sectors while ’top quality‘ senior associate, Patrick Gallego is highly rated for his insolvency and general litigation skills.
Testimonials
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'This team is talented and responsive, and great value both practically and cost-wise. I cannot recommend Trevor highly enough.'
‘Top quality associates (Patrick Gallego).'
'Very knowledgeable on all aspects to do with company liquidations.'
'Communication is great. The writing of response letters is well researched with lots of cases supporting their view point.'
Key clients
- Sydney Fish Markets
- Robert Bosch (Australia) Pty Ltd (Bosch)
- Creative Property Holdings
- PwC
- SV Partners
- Deloitte
- Cor Cordis
- Rogers Reidy
- Grant Thornton
- Raft Consulting
Work highlights
- Acting for PwC as liquidators of The Co-Op Bookshop, launching mothership unfair preference proceedings against 29 defendants.
- Acting for a former banking executive to obtain an urgent freezing order concerning an investment by the client into a fund to trade in FOREX.
- Represented Creative Property Holdings in respect of a dispute in relation to the financing of a significant development project in Launceston, Tasmania.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Trevor Withane, Laura Coleclough