Alistair is a specialist in corporate restructuring, insolvency and commercial litigation. His expertise spans front-end transactional restructuring, comprehensive insolvency advisory work and insolvency-related and Corporations Act litigation. 

He advises a broad range of stakeholders including restructuring and turnaround professionals, insolvency practitioners, financiers, debt and equity holders, and hedge funds—on all aspects of financial distress, insolvency and special situations. 

Alistair works across the full spectrum of mandates, whether acting for companies, buyers, sellers or exit side strategies, both domestically and internationally. He has particular cross-border experience in Asia, having practiced in Hong Kong, where he is also admitted to practice law.

His industry experience is diverse, covering mining, oil and gas, electricity, agribusiness, healthcare, property and aviation.

Recognised for his collaborative approach, calmness under pressure, strategic insight and ability to distil complex issues into actionable solutions, Alistair is focused on delivering strong, outcome-based results.

He is also a specialist in sports law in particular in the Australian Football League (AFL), where he acts for the West Coast Eagles in both commercial and football matters; and is a regular guest lecturer in the MBA program at the University of Western Australia Business School, where he lectures on distressed finance.

Work highlights

Virgin Airlines Restructure

Administrators of Virgin (Deloitte) in the restructure and sale of Virgin Airlines to Bain Capital, one of the largest restructures in Australia, including in relation to maintaining Australia operations and security disputes.

Altura Mining

Receivers (Korda Mentha) of Altura Mining, an ASX-listed lithium miner, in a restructure with secured senior note holders including Carval, Clearwater and Nomura,involving the sale of Altura’s Pilgangoora lithium project in Western Australia to Pilbara Minerals for A$200m.

Alita Resources

Deed Administrators (McGrath Nicol) of Alita Resources, an SGX lithium miner, in relation to a contested $300m debt restructure and sale of its lithium mining business to Mineral Resources Limited. 

Skyfame Realty Holdings

Convertible bondholders (including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and hedge funds Avenue Partners, DKR Oasis Capital Management and PMA Investment Advisers) in relation to the restructure of a US$200m debtand restoration of securities. Skyfame was a property developer of luxury hotels including the Westin.

Metalform Group

Bondholder group including investment bank Goldman Sachs and Unitas Capital in relation to the restructure of the Metalform Group debt of US$120m.

Forge Group

Receivers and managers (Korda Mentha) of the Forge group of companies, a leading mining services business, in relation to a $200m debt, which included running major litigation for the Receivers.