Scott Butler > Hall & Wilcox > Brisbane, Australia > Lawyer Profile

Hall & Wilcox Offices

Hall & Wilcox
Level 18
240 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD 4000
Australia
Visit website 61 7 3231 7700 61 7 3231 7799

Scott Butler

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Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Position

With over 25 years’ experience, Scott is a leading commercial dispute resolution lawyer with a broad practice working with clients, company directors, and advisers in a range of sectors.

Scott combines his industry knowledge with strong technical and dispute resolution skills to provide innovative, commercial, and cost-effective solutions.

Specialising in restructuring and insolvency, Scott is recognised as one of Queensland’s leading and most experienced lawyers in this field. As an expert in distressed turnarounds and restructures, Scott often works collaboratively with other turnaround and restructuring professionals, assisting with and documenting corporate restructures, and advising company directors in relation to their duties.

Scott is a former chair of the Insolvency and Restructuring Committee of the Law Council of Australia. Scott is a Fellow of INSOL International and an expert in cross-border insolvency law.

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Australia > Restructuring and insolvency

Leveraging its wide-ranging national expertise, Hall & Wilcox boasts a ‘very strong’ team known for handling breach of contract, negligence, and deceptive conduct matters. ‘Exceptional practitioner’ Mark Petrucco jointly leads the team with Scott Butler, Wayne Kelcey, Hector West, often acting for liquidators and construction companies in the full range of insolvency matters. Megan Scott routinely advises on complex shareholder issues and cross-border voluntary administrations.

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