Restructuring/Insolvency | Asia-Pacific

Allens houses a complete restructuring and insolvency offering, fielding experts in workouts and debt trading as well as insolvency litigation and securities enforcement actions. The team operates in a number of sectors including mining, infrastructure and financial services. The firm has extensive experience advising clients, including creditors, borrowers and insolvency practitioners, on high-profile and multi-jurisdictional restructures and insolvencies. Its key clients include PwC, ISPT and Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

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.

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.

MinterEllison offers specialist expertise in the handling of complex insolvency matters, including liquidations, administrations and debt restructurings. The firm acts for a plethora of public bodies and insolvency practitioners on a diverse range of insolvency-related mandates and also has extensive experience in unwinding managed investment schemes. Additionally, MinterEllison assists corporates in financial distress. Its key clients include Ernst & Young, Rio Tinto and NAB.

Norton Rose Fulbright offers a great depth of expertise in corporate restructures, turnarounds and insolvencies, and strong cross-border capabilities. The firm is also noted for its ability to assist on contentious insolvency matters. The team acts on high-profile corporate collapses and restructurings for global corporations, supported by expertise in distressed debt sales and refinancing. Norton Rose is regularly instructed by banks, non-bank lenders and insolvency practitioners, and frequently acts for clients in the mining, retail and financial services sectors. Its key clients include Asian Development Bank, General Motors and KordaMentha.

The Baker McKenzie team stands out for its ability to bring regional and global resources to bear on complex cross-border corporate insolvencies and restructurings. The firm also maintains an established domestic practice, acting on large liquidations and receiverships. Baker McKenzie's litigation expertise ensures consistent strength in contentious insolvency matters for a client list that includes creditors, debtors and insolvency practitioners. Its key clients include Commerzbank, Garuda Indonesia and Sev.en Global Investments.

The Corrs Chambers Westgarth practice is especially noted for effective handling of securities enforcement litigation and distressed debt refinancings. The team deploys industry-specific knowledge on restructurings, insolvencies and workouts in the mining, real estate, logistics and financial services sectors. Its clients include overseas hedge funds and private equity houses, as well as companies in distress and leading insolvency advisers and banks. Its key clients include Infrastructure NSW, McGrathNicol and Laing O’Rourke.

Dentons fields respected practitioners offering broad distressed debt, restructuring and insolvency expertise to major banks, insolvency practitioners and trustees. The team handles all stages of financial distress, administrations and liquidations and, thanks to the firm's global network, is well placed to handle multi-jurisdictional bankruptcies. The firm is able to assist clients on litigation as well as non-contentious matters. Its key clients include BNY Mellon, KPMG and PwC.

Jones Day offers a range of services across the restructuring and insolvency spectrum, both on a consensual basis and through formal insolvency proceedings, including schemes of arrangement, receiverships, liquidations and administrations. The team is particularly focused on cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, including the use of the US Bankruptcy Code to gain relief in Australian insolvencies. Its clients include creditors and appointees, and the firm advises on debt restructuring as well as insolvency litigation. Key clients include KordaMentha, Wexted Advisors and McGrathNicol.

K&L Gates's broad practice advises on corporate collapses and workouts, creditor restructures, administrations and liquidations, as well as debt recovery, including securities enforcement. The team is able to draw upon wider expertise from the firm's global presence and to scale up its offering to service multi-jurisdictional mandates. The firm acts for a broad clientele, including major domestic and international banks, trustees and asset purchasers as well as appointees. K&L Gates is active in a range of sectors including financial services, wealth management and construction. Its key clients include American Express, Westpac and KPMG.

Mills Oakley covers a wide range of restructuring and insolvency-related issues, including priority and perfection disputes, employee entitlement arrangements, debt and equity restructures and the administration of managed investment scheme interest. The firm is active in a range of sectors including finance, construction and manufacturing. The team is further noted for proficiency in debt recovery and security enforcement litigation. Its key clients include Grant Thornton, KPMG and FTI Consulting.

Gadens offers a broad range of experience catering predominantly to the SME market. The firm provides insolvency advice to banks, corporates, administrators and liquidators and handles related litigation. Gadens handles mandates in a diverse range of industries, including retail, property, and food and beverages. The team often acts on the insolvencies of investment funds and distressed companies and also assists banks with recovery actions. Its key clients include Dye & Co, ANZ and FTI Consulting.

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. Its key clients include Evolution Traffic Management and Dye & Co.

Hogan Lovells' solid practice advises clients on a wide range of insolvency matters, including voluntary administrations, liquidations, debt restructuring and risk advisory. The firm acts for appointees, distressed companies, funds and other stakeholders. Its team is well placed to assist clients on cross-border mandates. Key clients include BDO Australia, RSM Australia and McGrathNicol.

Lavan's experienced team offers expertise in various insolvency-related matters in Western Australia. The firm acts for appointees, company directors, creditors and other market participants on restructurings. Its team is able to assist clients with insolvency disputes as well as non-contentious issues, and particularly experienced in the handling of matters linked to the resources sector. Its key clients include Austroid Corporation, KPMG and Jinji Resources Finance.