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JWS takes restructuring and insolvency partner from Clayton Utz
National law firm Johnson Winter Slattery has strengthened its restructuring and insolvency practice in Perth with the...
20 May 2025
By Grace Robbie
Former Hogan Lovells managing partner joins Hall & Wilcox
The former Australian managing partner of global firm Hogan Lovells, which exited the Australian market last year, has...
17 April 2025
By Jerome Doraisamy
Insolvency cases that will define the profession in 2025
As 2024 proved to be a pivotal and dynamic time for the insolvency and restructuring field, a BigLaw partner has...
16 April 2025
By Grace Robbie
R&I partner to leave Jones Day for Clayton Utz
National law firm Clayton Utz is set to pick up a partner for its restructuring and insolvency offering, who comes...
30 October 2024
By Jerome Doraisamy
KPMG cuts legal division, 30 jobs in major restructure
The big four firm has announced a restructure of its legal business less than a month after its $80 million consulting...
16 July 2024
By Naomi Neilson
Precedent-setting insolvency cases and their impact on the profession
Johnson Winter Slattery (JWS) has launched the newest edition of its insolvency and restructuring Case Summaries...
08 April 2024
By Lauren Croft
Clayton Utz adds former Baker McKenzie practice head
National law firm Clayton Utz has appointed Baker McKenzie’s former head of restructuring and insolvency as a...
19 March 2024
By Grace Robbie
Pinsent Masons launches Aussie restructuring and insolvency practice with new team
Following the decision of national practice Gilchrist Connell to exit the restructuring and insolvency space, a...
06 December 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Former Clayton Utz partner joins Gilbert + Tobin with team
National law firm Gilbert + Tobin has appointed a partner from fellow BigLaw practice Clayton Utz, who will serve as...
05 December 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Addisons adds partner, senior associate
Sydney-based firm Addisons has moved to bolster its insolvency and restructuring and commercial litigation and dispute...
01 June 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
DLA Piper hires new head of restructuring for APAC
Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed a new head of restructuring for the Asia-Pacific region, who will be working...
17 May 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Companies will face larger financial headwinds than in the GFC,’ says insolvency partner
One partner foreshadows the bleak outlook for companies for 2023, predicting a sharp rise in...
24 March 2023
By Jess Feyder
Waitsia Stage 2 gas project contractor goes into voluntary administration
Mitsui and Beach Energy have been advised on the voluntary administration of the contractor responsible for the...
22 March 2023
By Lauren Croft
‘Set-off is dead in the water as a defence to a preference claim’ following High Court ruling
A recent judgment handed down by the High Court has confirmed that a set-off cannot be used by a creditor as a defence...
15 February 2023
By Jess Feyder
Roofoods advised on Deliveroo Australia’s voluntary administration
Roofoods has been advised on the voluntary administration of its Australian subsidiary, Deliveroo...
25 January 2023
By Jerome Doraisamy
Camp Australia undergoes restructure
BigLaw firm Clayton Utz has advised out-of-school care provider and educator Camp Australia on its successful debt and...
21 November 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
NRF appoints Australian partner as global co-head of financial restructuring and insolvency
BigLaw firm Norton Rose Fulbright has appointed Sydney-based partner Scott Atkins as its global co-head of financial...
11 October 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
Insolvency and restructuring appointments on the rise
Insolvencies leapt in July as Australian businesses struggled to cope with economic conditions. Lawyers Weekly spoke...
22 August 2022
By Jess Feyder
VIDEO: Entering ‘a period of unrest’
In the first instalment of Legal Firesides, award-nominated lawyer Trevor Withane speaks about the state of affairs in...
15 August 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
‘Uncharted waters’: Skills shortage driving SMEs to the brink
With supply chain problems and rising inflation, an inability to find workers is the last straw for many, says...
28 July 2022
By Jerome Doraisamy
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