Restructuring & Insolvency
Restructuring With Clarity. Insolvency With Confidence.
When the stakes are high and the path is uncertain, we provide clarity and direction.
In times of financial distress, sound legal guidance is essential to protect value, manage risk, and support recovery. We advise companies, creditors, boards, insolvency practitioners, and financial stakeholders on the full spectrum of restructuring and insolvency matters, delivering strategies aligned to each client’s unique commercial realities and objectives.
Our team delivers clear, commercially grounded advice on both informal restructurings and formal insolvency appointments, including voluntary administration, liquidation, receivership, and bankruptcy. We collaborate closely with financial advisers, insolvency experts, and cross-border partners to provide seamless, end-to-end support in complex, high–stakes situations.
Whether navigating a distressed asset sale, litigating voidable transactions, or advising on safe harbour protections, we focus on delivering practical outcomes that preserve value and minimise reputational and legal exposure.
Drawing on technical strength across corporate, regulatory, M&A, litigation, and finance, we remain at the forefront of Australia’s evolving insolvency landscape.
How we can help
We advise creditors, companies, boards, insolvency practitioners, and investors across the full spectrum of restructuring and insolvency matters, including:
- Voluntary administrations, liquidations, and receiverships.
- Deeds of Company Arrangement (DOCA) strategy and negotiation.
- Informal workouts, debt restructuring, and refinancing.
- Director and board advisory, including safe harbour protection.
- Pre-insolvency risk mitigation and turnaround strategy.
- Insolvent trading, voidable transactions, and recovery actions.
- Dispute resolution and insolvency litigation.
- Creditor rights and priority issues.
- Bankruptcy and personal insolvency matters.
- Distressed asset sales and acquisitions.
- Restructuring of distressed investments and cross-border assets.
- Cross-border insolvency advice under the UNCITRAL Model Law.
- Asset protection and security enforcement.
- Regulatory investigations and compliance issues.
- Stakeholder engagement and communications strategy.
We help clients manage complex restructuring and insolvency situations end–to–end, safeguarding assets, securing commercial stability, and charting a clear course to recovery and future opportunity.
