Mr Patrick O'Grady > Corrs Chambers Westgarth > Sydney, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Level 6 Brookfield Place Tower 2
123 St Georges Terrace
Perth WA 6000
Australia

Work Department

Restructuring, Insolvency & Special Situations

Position

Partner

Career

Patrick has significant expertise and experience in corporate finance, property and development finance, special situations and distressed debt lending, asset finance and complex workout and restructuring arrangements. He is also a recognised expert in surety bonds and credit enhancement products. Patrick is an experienced and trusted adviser to a number of Australia’s leading financial institutions. He also acts for project sponsors and large corporate borrowers and developers.

Patrick also acts for a range of off-shore and local funds and investors who provide capital across the entire debt and equity spectrum. He has experience in structuring and implementing stressed and highly distressed financing transactions. He also has experience in claims trading and secondary debt transactions including traded bonds, the acquisition of syndicated debt at less than par and other secondary investments.

Patrick is a current member of Corrs’ Board and a member and previous chairperson at the Australian Surety Association.

https://www.corrs.com.au/people/patrick-ogrady

Lawyer Rankings

Australia > Insurance

Corrs Chambers Westgarth specialises in policyholder work in the projects and construction space, advising on coverage disputes and the insurance aspects of infrastructure-focused transactions; this work is led by Catherine Oldenburg. Patrick O’Grady acts for insurers and reinsurers which provide surety bond facilities to Australian corporates and handles issues arising from those facilities. Practice head Daniel Marquet is another top litigator.