Meet the team
Restructuring & Insolvency
Piper Alderman
Adelaide, Australia+4 other locations
- Sydney, Australia
- Melbourne, Australia
- Brisbane, Australia
- Perth, Australia
Team Services
Piper Alderman is a leader in the field of restructuring and insolvency law. Our national team brings years of experience in dealing with complex technical aspects of insolvency to deliver commercial outcomes for our clients. We are all experts in our field and bring a commercial and practical approach in what can so often be a highly charged and inflexible environment.
We act for a broad cross-section of insolvency practitioners; from the Big 4 accounting firms, the large specialist insolvency firms and through to SME insolvency practices servicing the largest part of the market. We act for banks, finance companies and secured creditors in relation to advice and enforcement of securities. We regularly act on the restructure of distressed businesses and advise directors and boards on their duties and obligations including in relation to “safe harbour” trading. We act for creditors and debtors alike and have particular expertise in personal insolvency and bankruptcy law.
Our experience includes acting for listed and unlisted companies across multiple business sectors including:
- Mining
- Property
- Construction
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Technology
- Health
- medical
- Bio-Tech, and;
- Start Ups
We regularly act for offshore interests having assets within Australia and we operate across all Australian State jurisdictions.
In developing resolution strategies and finding optimal solutions to our client’s needs our Restructuring and Insolvency team will regularly work with the integrated resources of our firm, utilising our expertise from our property, construction, corporate, commercial and finance teams.
Our partners are all experts in their fields and have been involved in some of Australia’s largest and most complex insolvency administrations. Recognised as leading lawyers in peer and client reviews such as Doyles Guide to Australian Lawyers and Australian Legal 500, our partners include Fellows of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency & Turnaround Association and members of the Law Council of Australia’s Insolvency & Reconstruction Committee who have been actively involved in the development and reform of insolvency law for over 20 years.
Testimonials
Awards and Recognition
The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: Australia – Restructuring and Insolvency, 2023 edition
"Noted for its ‘strong presence in the insolvency and restructure sectors’, Piper Alderman is entrusted by a number of small-to-mid-cap Australian businesses out of its offices in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Melbourne-based practice head Michael Lhuede is a seasoned contentious practitioner who regularly appears before the various courts in a range of complex matters. In Adelaide, Mike Hayes notably assists clients in the hospitality, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and retail industries with a variety of insolvency work." In the 2023 edition of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Piper Alderman was recognised across 12 areas of law including Restructuring and Insolvency. A number of our team members were highlighted as recommended or key lawyers for this category including: Mike Hayes, Michael Lhuede and Cheryl Weston.
THE BEST LAWYERS IN AUSTRALIA, 2024 EDITION
In the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia, 54 of Piper Alderman’s lawyers are recognised across 43 legal areas including the following, in which our Restructuring and Insolvency team members were recognised for: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Reorganisation Law and Litigation.
Doyle's Guide
Piper Alderman has been Recommended as a Third Tier Insolvency and Restructuring Law Firm in Victoria in 2023. A number of team members are also recognised such as Joanne Hardwick, Mike Hayes and Michael Lhuede.
AUSTRALASIAN LAWYER FAST FIRM 2023
Listed since 2021 as an Australasian Lawyer Fast Firm, recognising Australia's fastest growing law firms.