Restructuring/Insolvency
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Australia
Band 2
About
Provided by Clayton Utz
The Clayton Utz team, led by Nick Poole, excels in traditional insolvency work, financial restructuring, operational turnaround, workouts, strategic planning, and risk mitigation.
Our national team, recognised for its extensive industry knowledge and depth of experience, is highly active in the distressed turnaround, restructuring, and workouts space. We have handled some of the most challenging and innovative insolvency matters across various industries in Australia. Our scalable practice group ensures that we can address engagements of any size. We remain at the forefront of significant restructuring and insolvency matters, developing strategies to capitalise on opportunities and minimise insolvency impacts.
Our strength lies in using insolvency tools and experience to generate positive outcomes, offering truly commercial advice. We collaborate seamlessly with other practice groups within the firm, partnering to maximise opportunities during insolvency. Our expertise encompasses working with creditors, debtors, banks, hedge funds, and insolvency practitioners on all aspects of corporate distress, insolvency, and recovery.
Chambers Review
Clayton Utz's comprehensive national offering maintains its longstanding strength in contentious insolvency. The law firm also handles restructuring and workouts and acts for both lenders and corporate borrowers with regard to financial restructurings and distressed financing. The team advises banks, insolvency firms, investment funds, corporate clients and government clients on high-profile litigation and restructures. Clayton Utz has a broad range of industry expertise, with a particular focus on the construction and property development, retail, energy and natural resources, and financial services sectors. Its key clients include WBHO Construction Proprietary, Deloitte and FTI Consulting.
Work Highlights
- Clayton Utz acted for FTI Consulting partners on the administration and sale process of Collection House.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They think ahead with the strategy and consider the possible solutions. They're very strong and have shown that they can handle complex matters."
"The Clayton Utz team are clearly experts in this area, and we have great trust in the legal advice given."
"They think ahead with the strategy and consider the possible solutions. They're very strong and have shown that they can handle complex matters."
"The Clayton Utz team are clearly experts in this area, and we have great trust in the legal advice given."
Notable Practitioners
Cameron Belyea is based in Perth and is particularly active in the energy and natural resources sector, regularly advising administrators and corporate boards on restructurings, including deeds of company arrangement and safe harbour planning.
"He has a very strong command of restructuring and receivership under Australian law. He's very organised and a clear communicator."
Ranked Lawyers at
Clayton Utz
Australia
Members
Provided by Clayton Utz
Alistair Fleming
Brett Cook
Gareth Jenkins
Head of Department
Scott Sharry
Industries
Provided by Clayton Utz
Aviation
Banking & Financial Services
Consumer & Retail
Energy & Resources
Government
Infrastructure
Private Capital