Orla McCoy

Orla is a partner and co-head of our Restructuring and Insolvency group. She has acted on some of the largest Australian (and cross-border) insolvency, distressed workout and debt restructuring matters. With over 20 years of local and international experience, Orla is widely regarded as one of the leading practitioners in her field and is a Fellow of INSOL International.

Clients, including corporates, financial creditors, private capital / funds, insolvency practitioners and the Commonwealth Government seek Orla’s expertise on both debtor and creditor-side corporate restructuring and external administration matters mandates. She acts on formal appointment matters (including insolvency-related Court proceedings), on safe harbour engagements, lender engagements and enforcement, corporate restructuring (including distressed debt investment and loan-to-own strategies) and cross-border insolvency matters.

Orla also has expertise in Personal Property Securities Act law and has acted on a number of Australia’s ground-breaking and legal-precedent setting engagements.