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What the Team is Known For

Simpson Grierson is recognised for its accomplished handling of all aspects of restructuring and insolvency work and is frequently engaged to advise on insolvency disputes and complex receiverships. The team regularly works on complex debt restructuring matters, acting for both receivers and banks. Simpson Grierson boasts an impressively deep bench of experts, with offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, who have a range of specialist knowledge, including in the agriculture, construction, financial services and retail sectors.

Work Highlights

  • Simpson Grierson acted for PwC as receivers and managers of the Cloudy Bay group of companies, which operated a commercial fishing business.

Strengths

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Simpson Grierson has deep expertise and experience, which shows in the advice they provide. They also have the size and scale to deal with larger matters.

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Notable Practitioners

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Steve Flynn
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Steve Flynn
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Steve Flynn is a special counsel at Simpson Grierson's Wellington office and is a greatly respected veteran player in the restructuring, insolvency and securities spaces. He continues to take leading roles in the representation of leading insolvency practitioners on key receivership and liquidation mandates.
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James Caird
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James Caird
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James Caird is based in Simpson Grierson's Auckland office, where he acts on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency law. He is particularly well-known for his handling of both contentious issues and the property-related aspects of insolvency mandates.

James has a good strategic mindset and can see how to resolve matters.

He’s very pragmatic and well-versed in recent case law and how that plays out in reality. He’s really great.

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Josh Cairns
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Josh Cairns
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Josh Cairns is active across the spectrum of insolvency and restructuring law, focusing closely on formal insolvency and complex debt restructuring mandates. Based in Wellington, he is singled out for his voluntary administration-related expertise.

Josh is really pragmatic and good at what he does. He brings clarity and is very good at identifying risks.

Josh is able to take advice and break it down into plain English. He provides consistently clear commercial advice.

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Steve Flynn
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Steve Flynn
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James Caird
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James Caird
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Josh Cairns
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Josh Cairns
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