Anna is an experienced restructuring and insolvency lawyer specialising in complex restructuring, insolvency and distressed debt transactions.
She has acted for banks, special situations groups, insolvency practitioners, creditors and debtors on prominent insolvency and distressed situations within the Australian market.
Her expertise includes advising on informal workouts, formal insolvency appointments, all aspects of security enforcement and the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth).
Anna is a member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association, and the Turnaround Management Association and INSOL International.
In 2023, Anna completed the Corporate Director Certificate at Harvard Business School
Key deals
Qenos Group
Acting for the administrators and deed administrators of the Qenos Group of companies.
Ten Network
Advising the Ten Network and its Board on its restructuring initiatives (Insolvency and Restructuring Deal of the Year Finalist at the 2018 Australasian Law Awards, Winner of Large Company Turnaround of the Year at the 2018 TMA Awards).
Paladin Energy
Advising a JP Morgan led ad hoc group of convertible bondholders (Insolvency and Restructuring Deal of the Year at the 2019 Australasian Law Awards, Winner of Restructuring Deal of the Year at the 2018 TMA Awards).
Slater & Gordon
Advising on its A$727 million restructure and recapitalisation via inter-conditional schemes of arrangement (Insolvency and Restructuring Deal of the Year Finalist at the 2018 Australasian Law Awards, Winner of Mid-size Company Turnaround of the Year at the 2019 Turnaround Management Association Awards).
Restructuring and Turnaround
Experienced in all aspects of financial and operational restructuring and turnaround and has worked closely with clients to create value in distressed situations. |
Formal Insolvency and secured creditor recovery
Anna has acted in many of Australia’s largest corporate insolvencies and has specialist experience in all aspects of secured creditor recovery, including from distressed debt and legal counsel roles at a major Australian bank.