Catherine Crawford

Represented the sponsor in a Bitcoin-linked put option product

Acting for insolvency practitioners in relation to voluntary administrations, deeds of company arrangement, liquidations, bankruptcies and receiverships, including in relation to competing priority claims, the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth), deeds, duties, breaches of directors’ duties and disclosure obligations.

Acting for individuals and corporate entities at public examinations undertaken by liquidators.

Acting for corporate clients in various complex and contested recovery matters.

Prosecuting and defending voidable transaction and insolvent trading claims, including unfair preference, unfair loan, unreasonable director related transaction and uncommercial transaction claims.

Acting for major Australian banks in respect of complaints made by customers to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority.

Acting for a major Australian bank in the receivership and subsequent liquidation of BBY, an ASX listed Australian stock broking firm.

Acting in banking and finance and insolvency disputes for the major Australian banks, including mortgagee and loan debt defaults, security realisation and insolvencies, advising in-house counsel, drafting deeds of settlement, appearing in court, and the day to day conduct of matters to conclusion, with settlement, judgment, winding up or bankruptcy.

Advising Kerry Ingredients, a global ingredients group, on its AUD225 million disposal of one of the largest prepared bakery businesses in Australia, Pinnacle Bakery, to private equity group Pacific Equity Partners.

Acting in numerous court applications, including applications seeking the appointment of a liquidator, bankruptcy proceedings, injunctions and other discrete applications.