Insolvency and Securities Enforcement

When businesses encounter financial pressure, whether as creditors or debtors, strategic decision-making becomes critical. Our team helps clients assess trading relationships, strengthen security positions, and manage exposure to uncertain or distressed debt. We support businesses in navigating financial distress with practical solutions that protect operations and stakeholder interests through every stage of the economic cycle.

We bring experienced restructuring capability and expertise. Our team can provide advice on the commercial considerations and legal requirements for Safe Harbour protections, as well as guiding companies through the development and implementation of an appropriate restructuring plan.

HWLE’s Restructuring and Insolvency team is recognised nationally for its depth and reach. With specialists in every Australian jurisdiction, we advise across the full spectrum of restructuring and insolvency matters, from secured and unsecured exposures, formal and informal restructures as well as strategic acquisitions. Our team includes dedicated PPSA experts.
Our clients include Australian banks, financiers, investors, business directors and local and international insolvency practitioners. We are proud to have played a role in many landmark cases.

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Insolvency and Securities Enforcement

Our experience

  • Major Australian banks Managing credit exposures across a range of industries and acting in related litigation arising out of such credit exposures (including claims concerning unconscionable conduct and/or fraud).
  • Major Australian banks Issuing of demands and acting in the enforcement process in relation to securities held.
  • Insolvency practitioners Acting for the administers and deed administrators in all aspects of McWilliam’s Wines Group Limited.
  • Insolvency practitioners Acting for the administrators and liquidators of Queensland Nickel.
  • Insolvency practitioners Acting for secured and unsecured creditors and other stakeholders in relation to collapses of Carabella Resources, Aurora Metals, Mallee Resources Limited, EQ Constructions, Bounce Foods, Force Corp, PJM Management Pty Ltd, the Keystone Group of Companies, Oroton, Dick Smith, Channel 10, LM Investments, the Hastie Group of Companies, Koko Black and Pluton Resources.
  • Corporate businesses and boards Providing advice in relation to protecting their interests in a distressed or insolvency situation.
  • Company directors Advising on safe harbour provisions during company restructures, to protect directors from personal liability for insolvent trading.