Restructuring/Insolvency

Hamilton Locke fields a versatile practice, acting on a broad spectrum of formal and informal restructuring issues. The law firm represents a range of clients including appointees, corporate borrowers and creditors. Its team advises on receiverships, administrations, liquidations and workouts, with noted experience in advising individual directors on liability and contentious issues.

"Hamilton Locke has practical experience in complex financings, restructurings and cross-border structures."

"They are extremely bright and entrepreneurial but without the ivory tower."

Hamilton Locke advised QIAGEN on debts owned pursuant to convertible notes and a licence and commercialisation agreement with Ellume.

Zina Edwards is based in Sydney and brings to her principally restructuring-focused practice extensive international experience in advising an impressive variety of financial services providers and non-bank lenders on restructurings, turnarounds and portfolio sales. "She leads her team from the front, resulting in accurate drafting and structuring first time and on time. Zina isn’t afraid to take the time to pick up the phone to understand client problems and pioneer tailored solutions to these problems."

Nick Edwards maintains a broad restructuring and insolvency practice from the Sydney office, tackling both contentious and non-contentious mandates for creditors, debtors, insolvency practitioners and individual executives and handling issues arising from sectors as diverse as those of fashion, resources and the media. "Nick is a creative thinker and is able to come up with complex solutions cost-effectively."