About Danielle

Danielle is recognised as an expert in the areas of restructuring and insolvency, advising on business and debt restructuring, formal insolvencies and recovery actions.

Danielle acts for corporations, directors, lenders and insolvency practitioners, having worked across a wide range of industries, including construction, real estate, aviation, retail and the agricultural industry. She has particular expertise in managed investment schemes and has been involved in a number of cross-border transactions, primarily between the United States, United Kingdom, China and Hong Kong.

As a skilled litigation and commercial lawyer, Danielle’s clients experience practical and commercial advice regarding dispute resolution and asset recovery.

Danielle is a professional member, fellow, board director and Deputy President of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA). She is actively involved in thought leadership, by regularly presenting at sessions for ARITA, TMA, AICM, CreditWise and LegalWise. She has also contributed to publications such as the ARITA Journal, Lawyerly, Lawyers Weekly and Lexology.

Experience

• Restructuring
  • Advising Limitless Technology (an offshore PE firm) on a successful and complex debt and equity restructure of its investment LVLY (a national flower and gifting business).

  • Advising on the successful debt and equity restructure of Real Pet Food, involving a number of Asian creditors and noteholders.

  • Acting for the administrators of cloud based broadcaster, MediaCloud Pty Limited (DOCA), on its successful restructure and sale to Telstra.

  • Acting for the administrators of a large mining services employer, on a successful restructure.

  • Acting for the administrator of Rapid Securities Limited, part of the Rapid Loans Group, on its restructure and recapitalisation.

  • Acting for the DOCA proponent on the Dr Roebucks Group, on its restructure and sale to Laser Clinics Australia.

  • Acting for a global lender in respect to Schemes of Arrangement of Jindal Power and Steel (Australia) Pty Limited and Wollongong Steel Limited.

  • Acting for Mulberry UK and its appointed Receivers, McGrath Nicol, advising them on a receivership appointment due to issues with the franchise model in Australia and NZ. The receivership restructured the Australian and NZ businesses ensuring Mulberry has a presence in Australia and NZ, all employees maintaining their roles and ongoing trading conditions.
• Litigation

  Advising and acting for a class of investors of Halifax Investments Services Pty Limited (In Liquidation) in a joint hearing before the Federal Court of Australia and High Court of New Zealand and on its subsequent appeal, acting for the appellants in both the Australian and New Zealand appeals.
  

• Insolvency
  • Acting for all directors of Melbourne Rebels Rugby Union Pty Limited (Administrators Appointed).

  • Acting for the Receivers appointed to Callaghers Real Estate and Kellys & Co Real Estate agencies.

  • Acting for the Receivers appointed to national wholesaler and fresh produce provider the In2Food Group.

  • Acting for the liquidators appointed to the STA Travel Group (In Liquidation).

  • Acting for the administrators and liquidators of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group (Australia) Pty Limited (In Liquidation).

  • Acting for McGrathNicol, in their capacity as Receivers appointed to Openpay Pty Ltd, on a receivership appointment and sale of its asset, Opypro.

  • Advising the founder shareholders in Go-To Enterprise Holdings Pty Limited (Go-To), following the appointment of KPMG as Receivers Appointed over the Australian operations of ASX-listed BWX, after FTI Consulting was appointed as voluntary administrators.
• Banking
  • Advising a domestic bank on its position on a restructure of global commodity trader Noble Group Limited.

  • Acting for global investment bank on the restructure of Emeco Holdings Limited and merger with Orionstone and Andy’s Earthmovers.