Advising on the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) including the creation, validity, enforcement and priority of security interests, retention of title arrangements and competing security claims.
Security review and risk assessment.
Structuring, negotiating and drafting deeds of company arrangement and creditors' trust deeds.
Conducting public examinations and investigations.
Litigating insolvent trading, voidable transaction and recovery claims.
Advising on and implementing restructuring and turnaround strategies for distressed businesses.
Advising on issues relating to the insolvency of corporate trustees, including rights of indemnity and access to trust assets.
Acting in fraud and asset recovery proceedings.
Advising on and litigating intellectual property disputes, including trademark and design matters.
Acting in shareholder, partnership and contractual disputes.
Advising directors, insolvency practitioners and creditors on strategic insolvency and restructuring issues.
Experience
Acting for voluntary administrators in the successful restructuring of Australian bag retailer Crumpler.
Acting for liquidators in the collapse of the ASX Listed Hastie Group Limited.
Acting for a food container manufacturer in the successful prosecution of a design infringement in the Federal Court to protect its statutory monopoly.
Acting for liquidators in relation to realisation of assets of Made Establishment, including its flagship fine-dining restaurant, Press Club and Jimmy Grants souvlaki stores.
Acting for a director/shareholder of a digital marketing business in Supreme Court oppression proceedings to achieve a successful buyout of the business.
Acting for a shareholder in a disputed but successful application to terminate the winding up of a company.
Supervising the execution of a search and seizure order in aid of remedies against an employee wrongfully diverting business opportunities.
Presenter for Leo Cussen Institute on various aspects the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).
