About

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The ability to provide timely, commercial advice, guidance and support is our strength. Our Restructuring and Insolvency group collaborates closely with our market-leading lawyers in corporate advisory, banking, and litigation, and other international top tier firms on cross-border matters, to deliver the seamless, full-service capabilities our clients require.

We advise fulcrum parties on all stages and aspects of financial distress, from contingency planning, distressed investments, capital, and corporate restructurings, distressed acquisitions and disposals, debt trading, advice on Personal Property Security Act issues, to domestic and cross-border formal insolvency processes. 

We specialise in large-scale restructurings and on high-value and high stakes situations and are known for our ability to find solutions, including to develop innovative legal strategies and bespoke transaction structures that maximise value and minimise downside risk for our clients. Our clients include financiers, sponsors, investors, insolvency practitioners, government, and global corporations, who rely on our expertise to navigate the challenges of corporate distress, distressed debt investing, and external administrations.

With a deep bench of highly regarded practitioners, including renowned experts and practice Co-Heads, Peter Bowden and Orla McCoy, our practice offers unmatched legal counsel across all facets of restructuring and insolvency situations.

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What the team is known for

Gilbert + Tobin assists banks, borrowers, investors and directors as well as major insolvency practitioners in all aspects of high-profile insolvency administrations and liquidations as well as workouts and restructurings. The firm has notable expertise in representing investment funds and bondholders in various distressed situations. The team also advises on distressed debt investing, corporate distress, and related disputes and applications. Gilbert + Tobin is active across a variety of sectors including retail, manufacturing, and energy and resources. Its key clients include Merrill Lynch (Asia Pacific) and KPMG.

Work Highlights

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  • Gilbert + Tobin represented APA Group on the restructuring of its AUD773 million acquisition of Basslink, including Basslink's approximately AUD526 million secured bank debt.

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Notable Practitioners

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Orla McCoy
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Orla McCoy is based in Sydney and regularly advises on high-profile insolvency matters, acting for administrators and receivers as well as government bodies.

"Orla is one of the best in her field. She's a great lawyer, a safe pair of hands you want on a case."

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Peter Bowden
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Peter Bowden is a highly regarded practitioner who acts for creditors as well as administrators, liquidators and receivers on complex restructurings.

"Peter is a tremendous lawyer."

"Peter's technical skills are only bettered by his commercial acumen."

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Orla McCoy
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Peter Bowden
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