Pravin has almost 20 years’ experience in complex large-scale commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on corporate insolvency and reconstruction.

Pravin has represented numerous corporate clients across a range of industries, including automotive and transport, infrastructure, energy and resources and financial services.

Pravin has significant expertise in complex commercial disputes, including contract disputes, disputes between participants in the energy and resources industries (including with regulators), negligence claims, misleading and deceptive conduct claims, directors and professional liability claims, commercial leasing disputes, shareholder disputes, product liability issues, corporate insolvency and reconstruction, government litigation and disputes involving the Personal Property Securities Act.

In the corporate insolvency context, Pravin has advised insolvency practitioners, banks, secured creditors and unsecured creditors on issues surrounding external administrations of companies and managed investment schemes, proof of debt claims, insolvent trading claims, enforcing security interests and post-liquidation sales of businesses. He also has considerable experience in bringing and defending voidable transaction claims (including unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions and unreasonable director-related transactions) and prosecuting claims for breaches of directors’ and auditors’ duties.

Pravin is currently Deputy Chair of the Victorian chapter of the Law Council of Australia’s Insolvency & Restructuring Law Committee.

Pravin is also a Professional Member of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) and is currently serving as a member of ARITA’s VIC/TAS Committee.

Work highlights

PwC Australia - Gunns Group

For the liquidators of the Gunns Group of Companies in pursuing voidable transaction claims and claims against former directors and auditors of the Gunns Group.

BDO Australia – Crown Group

For the provisional liquidators of the Crown Group.

Grant Thornton – Revolution Roofing and Nexteel Group

For the secured creditor and the receivers and managers regarding disputes arising in the conduct of the receivership.

PwC Australia – LNG Group

For the administrators of the LNG Group regarding the external administration of the LNG Group.

Cor Cordis – Colmont School

For the administrators and liquidators of the Colmont School.

Prime Trust

For the Prime Trust’s liquidators of in relation to claims arising from Prime Trust’s collapse, including its directors and auditors.

Pravin is regularly recognised as a leading restructuring and insolvency lawyer and a leading commercial litigator and dispute resolution lawyer.

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