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Restructuring and insolvency

Charlotte Carey

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MinterEllisonRuddWatts

MinterEllisonRuddWatts brings experience in handling distressed situations for clients across a range of industries, including agribusiness, construction, energy, mining, health, and crypto. The firm is regularly approached by bank and insolvency practitioners for domestic and international matters. Based in Auckland, security enforcement expert Sean Gollin and Michael Langdon, who is well-versed in cross-border matters, spearhead the group. Richard Gordon advises trading banks on debt recovery, while Charlotte Carey is experienced in litigation surrounding restructuring and insolvencies.
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Banking and Finance

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Charlotte is an experienced lawyer with a varied background across a range of areas including banking, dispute resolution, and property matters.

She provides advice to many of New Zealand’s largest trading banks, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners, the Crown, and large corporate borrowers. Charlotte has particular expertise in insolvency, debt recovery and enforcement, and realisation of securities. She assists with initial enforcement and recovery issues and related proceedings, and regularly deals with receiverships and liquidations, farm debt mediations, and personal property securities issues.

Charlotte has a separate transactional banking practice with wide-ranging experience acting for both borrowers and financiers in general corporate financing, property and construction financing, asset financing, and syndicated transactions. She also has an interest in sustainable finance transactions. Having recently completed a year-long secondment with Kānoa – Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Charlotte has also gained experience acting for the Crown on numerous project financing transactions, and a necessary understanding of Public Finance Act considerations.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Good cross over between commercial and dispute resolution disciplines in restructuring.'
  • 'Strong mid-market position.’
  • ‘Michael Langdon is a good communicator, easy to work with.’
  • ‘Close knit team with a good mix of youth and experience, all highly capable.'
  • 'All members have proven easy to deal with and commercial in their approach.'
  • 'They are in the top few in NZ restructuring and insolvency firms.’
  • ‘Sean Gollin leads the high calibre Minter Ellison restructuring and insolvency team. He is vastly experienced and capable, and has a highly capable and loyal team.’
  • ‘Good insolvency team giving good service.’

Key clients

  • ANZ
  • ASB
  • BNZ
  • Westpac
  • Rabobank
  • HSBC
  • PwC
  • Deloitte
  • KPMG
  • BDO
  • KordaMentha
  • Grant Thornton
  • LPF Group Limited

Work highlights

Acting for the liquidators of Mainzeal in proceedings brought against its former directors for breach of directors’ duties.
Acting for PwC, in relation to the receivership of a large early childhood education business.
Advising Grant Thornton on the liquidation of Mapei New Zealand.