Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Based across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, the practice at Corrs Chambers Westgarth has an ‘excellent balance of the commercial and technical’ in its approach to restructuring and insolvency matters. The team has particular expertise in advising hedge funds and private equity firms as creditors in bankruptcy situations. Highly regarded Sydney-based practice head Cameron Cheetham is well versed in structuring and implementing distressed financing transactions in the mining, infrastructure, energy, real estate and financial services sectors. Also based in Sydney, Michael Catchpoole specialises in advising on workouts and distressed and special securities investing strategies.
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Testimonials
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‘A very strong team who provide sound commercial advice. They offer solutions appropriate to the scale of the issue and collaborate well with other advisors and specialists within their firm.’
‘I know that they have my interests at heart and that they will strive to deliver the best commercial outcome which may not necessarily be the same as the best fee outcome for their firm.’
‘Incredibly collaborative firm.’
‘Cameron Cheetham - very commercial and deals with matters in a way that is entirely focused on reaching the right outcomes. ’
‘High quality, commercial, responsive with a strong depth’
‘Excellent balance of commercial and technical.’
Key clients
- BlackRock
- Deloitte
- Macquarie Bank
- KPMG
- Laing O’Rourke
- M.H. Carnegie
- McGrath Nicol
- MA Financial Group
- Allegro Funds
- Infrastructure NSW
Work highlights
- Acting for an ad hoc group of secured creditors that provided A$350m of secured bonding facilities to support the various projects of the Clough group.
- Advising Allegro Funds on a debt and equity acquisition of Slater and Gordon.
- Advising McGrath Nicol on a major formal insolvency, centring on troubles at Dyldam Group, one of Australia’s largest builders and developers of residential apartments.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Cameron Cheetham