Hogan Lovells takes full advantage of its global reach to assist clients in multi-jurisdictional insolvency matters. The team’s workload includes a range of matters, ranging from debt-to-equity swaps, distressed debt trades and non-performing loans. Scott Harris leads the team and draws on 30 years of experience, with notable expertise in the real estate, transport, agribusiness and mining sectors. Bryan Paisley advises both lenders and borrowers on financings, including leveraged acquisition finance transactions and distressed refinancing.
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Key clients
- Kansai Electric Power
- Litigation Trustee of Speedcast International
- BDO Australia
- RSM Australia
- McGrathNicol
Work highlights
- Acting for Kansai Electric Power in relation to its majority ownership stake in the Bluewaters Power Station, a privately owned coal-fired power station in Collie, Western Australia.
- Acting for the Litigation Trustee appointed to administer certain assets held for the benefit of certain unsecured creditors of Speedcast in Speedcast’s US Chapter 11 bankruptcy case.
- Acting for Andrew Sallway and Helen Newman in their capacity as liquidators of MB Australia (in liquidation), which operated Max Brenner stores in Australia.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Scott Harris