With a broad commercial focus, Norton Rose Fulbright supports clients across the full spectrum of restructuring and insolvency matters, including workouts, receiverships, voluntary administrations, complex restructurings, special situations, lending and insolvency litigation. Alex Mufford advises major domestic banks on restructuring debt facilities, while Scott Atkins acts for leading lenders, practitioners and government bodies on sensitive and high-stakes bankruptcy matters. Steven Palmer has experience advising on both contentious and non-contentious issues. Natasha Toholka is known for her work in finance litigation, regulatory investigations and insolvency, often in high-profile matters.
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Testimonials
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- 'Steven Palmer is one of the best restructuring and insolvency legal minds in the country, whilst always remaining focused on the commercial outcome and implications for the clients.'
- 'Natasha Taholka continues to build her practice with the support of the banks and non banks lenders.'
- 'Smart, commercial, creative, but always with you on the engagement from start to end. They also work well to tap into and access the appropriate specialist skills and services from a strong multi-disciplinary legal firm.'
- 'They play well as a team nationally and understand the strengths of each member within the team.'
- 'They look at the commercial side of legal issues and don't get bogged down in just the legal considerations.'
- 'Natasha Taholka and her team are very efficient and also takes a commercial view of legal matters.'
Key clients
- Asian Development Bank
- BDO
- Brooke Bird
- Certes CT Pty Ltd
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts
- Cor Cordis Pty Ltd
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
- Ernst & Young Australia
- FTI Consulting
- General Motors Company
- Grant Thornton Australia Limited
Work highlights
Advising the Commonwealth Government on all aspects of the voluntary administration of Australia’s largest regional airline and ASX listed company, Regional Express Holdings Limited.
Advising General Motors in relation to their decision in February 2020 to exit Holden's sales, engineering and design operations in the Australian and New Zealand markets.
Advising the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, as the major financier of leading Australian beauty and wellness company BWX, in relation to the business’ financial arrangements and proposed restructure.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Alex Mufford
Other key lawyers
Scott Atkins; Steven Palmer; Natasha Toholka