Gareth Cremen

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation;

Debt Collection;

Administrative Law;

Competition Law;

Business Rescue;

Business Restructuring;

Liquidations;

Directors and Officers Liability Litigation;

Professional Indemnity Litigation.

Professional Memberships

The South African Restructuring and Insolvency Practitioners Association (SARIPA);

International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International);

The Law Society of South Africa.

Personal

Gareth Cremen focuses on debt recovery, business restructuring, business rescue and insolvency and has acted for multinational corporations, local and international banks, business rescue practitioners, liquidators, creditors and listed companies. Gareth has advised these entities on expedited debt recovery mechanisms, debt recovery, business rescue, liquidations and commercial disputes.

Gareth’s expertise extends to banking and commercial litigation, re-structuring (formal and informal), cross-border litigation, director and officer liability, forensic investigations and fraud, disputes between parties, regulation and compliance laws, corporate recovery of debt and providing strategic direction on proposed rules, regulations and laws in the aviation industry. He also has vast experience in matters involving the fiduciary duties of directors’ and officers’ and has successfully pursued and defended matters relating to directors’ and officers’ liability. This includes matters relating to reckless and negligent trading, gross misconduct, and fraud.

Clients

Tshwane Trust Company (Pty) Ltd, in their capacity as the trustees of the South African insolvent estates of foreign individuals and related local companies;

DT Consult RSA (Pty) Ltd and BR360, in their capacity as business rescue practitioners for Limberg Mining Company (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue);

Genesis Corporate Solutions (Pty) Ltd, in their capacity as business rescue practitioners for Arnot Op Co (Pty) Ltd (in business rescue);

Tshwane Trust Company (Pty) Ltd, in their capacity as the liquidators of SA Express Airways SOC (in liquidation);

Public Investment Corporation SOC Limited;

Masana Petroleum Solutions;

Health Squared (in liquidation);

ABSA Bank;

Standard Bank.

Awards