Ben has over 20 years’ experience as an insolvency and reconstruction lawyer.
Ben acts for insolvency practitioners in their capacity as liquidators, voluntary administrators, deed administrators and receivers, as well as for corporate borrowers seeking to restructure and corporate entities defending claims brought by insolvency practitioners.
Ben has over 20 years' experience acting in various large and complex disputes and Court related matters. He has particular experience in advising insolvency practitioners and secured creditors on insolvency related matters and insolvency recovery actions (acting for both liquidators and defendants), insolvency and other Corporations Act applications, general commercial and contractual disputes, judicial review applications and appeals.
Ben is a past Deputy Chair of the Law Council of Australia’s Insolvency and Restructuring Committee (SA branch).
Work highlights
Beston Global Food Company Limited (Administrators Appointed)
Advising the Administrators on the voluntary administration of Beston and its main trading subsidiary.
Angas Securities Limited
Successful creditors scheme of arrangement.
Civil & Allied Construction Pty Ltd (CATCON)
$35m arbitration regarding the construction of a wind farm in NSW.
Gunns Limited (In Liq)
Publicly listed company in a circa $100 million claim for failing to detect various financial reporting irregularities.
International accounting firm
Defence of a $200 million audit negligence claim of a listed national retail company and its financier.
A national bank
$22 million fraud against the bank, including obtaining freezing orders against various parties.