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Restructuring/Insolvency

About

Provided by Thomson Geer

Thomson Geer's Restructuring & Insolvency team is conscious of the need to deliver a fast, efficient service that prioritises the commercial objectives of our clients.

Our work encompasses a broad range of matters including corporate reconstructions, securities enforcement, voluntary administrations, receiverships, fraud investigations, bankruptcy and liquidation.

Thomson Geer has affiliations with specialist insolvency and accounting firms domestically and relationships with international insolvency lawyers and workout specialists. The firm can call on a network of experts to ensure we give the most comprehensive advice.

The team's clients include banks and subsidiaries, other financial institutions and insolvency practitioners acting on behalf of both secured and unsecured creditors.

 

Our services include:

  • Corporate reconstruction and workouts
  • Cross-border insolvency work
  • Receiverships
  • Insolvency litigation and dispute resolution
  • Major fraud and associated recovery actions
  • Insolvency risk management and minimisation
  • Bankruptcy and liquidation, including acting for the trustee or liquidator in the areas of asset recovery
  • Administrations
  • Schemes of arrangement


Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Restructuring/Insolvency - Australia

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Thomson Geer offers well-established capabilities in restructuring and insolvency matters surrounding secured credit as well as director liability. The team maintains an especially notable track record in the representation of financial services sector clients, and handles all aspects of restructuring and insolvency matters for creditors, shareholders and insolvency practitioners in the SME space, as well as acting on behalf of distressed companies.

Notable practitioners

Neil Hannan is a key contact at the firm.

Work Highlights

Provided by Thomson Geer

  • Thomson Geer acted for the Pistorino group of companies and its directors, who had been appointed pursuant to an Order of the Supreme Court of Victoria.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

The team at Thomson Geer is very commercially savvy and has a great sense of how to engineer a situation to a favourable outcome.

Restructuring/Insolvency respondent
Asia-Pacific

Members

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Michael Barrett

Michael O'Donnell

Neil Hannan

Nick Curran

Norman Fryde

Peter Harrison

Phil Kaunitz

Scott Guthrie