Insolvency & Reconstruction
Maddocks Insolvency and Reconstruction team advises insolvency practitioners, banks, financial institutions and secured creditors regarding corporate administrations, liquidations and receiverships, business recovery and reconstruction strategies.
We are experienced in advising companies, trusts and individuals who are confronting financial challenges which may lead to insolvency or possible personal liability.
We have also acted in numerous corporate reconstructions - designing, developing and implementing the legal processes and procedures regarding significant mergers, acquisitions and corporate reconstructions, both in Australia and internationally.
Our lawyers advise insolvency practitioners, banks, financial institutions, company directors and secured creditors in all areas of insolvency and corporations law including:
- voluntary administration
- receiverships
- liquidations
- securities
- investigating accountants' reports
- enforcement
- recovery strategies
- corporate reconstructions and restructuring
- negotiations with secured creditors
Our aim is to counter adverse circumstances and achieve the most beneficial result for clients in often complex situations. This requires a clear, solution based methodology combining a willingness to listen to and address clients' concerns, high levels of technical skill and experience, employed with a sense of pragmatism, lateral thinking and absolute efficiency.
Our insolvency team draws upon the experience and expertise of lawyers from our commercial, litigation, property, employment and taxation practice groups, to deliver a comprehensive service.
Our solutions are strategic, specific to individual client needs and designed to provide swift, commercially viable solutions.
Our association with the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Australia and the Insolvency and Reconstruction Committee of The Law Council of Australia keeps us up to date with, and involved in, relevant legal developments in this area, both nationally and internationally.