Minter Ellison Rudd Watt's insolvency specialists are leaders in their field. They regularly advise lenders, trustees, receivers and liquidators, as well as companies going through restructurings and work outs. They have advised receivers on some high profile receiverships, including the receivers to the Central North Island Forestry Partnership.
Mark Sandelin and Sean Gollin lead the firm's national insolvency practice.
Both are very experienced litigators who typically advise lenders, trustees, receivers and liquidators as well as companies undergoing restructurings and work outs and their associated secured creditors and stakeholders.
They head a multi-disciplinary insolvency team that consists of work out and insolvency specialists with expertise in corporate advisory, finance, insolvency and litigation.
Our team has an in-depth knowledge and experience of the issues facing companies with liquidity issues, lenders, trustees of debt issuers, receivers and liquidators.
We advise on all aspects of business restructuring and insolvency including:
debt rescheduling
corporate restructurings and work outs
loan book factoring and securitisation
advising trustees of debt issuers
analysis of validity, voidability and risk
security enforcement and recovery
liquidations, receiverships and statutory management
directors duties and liabilities
cross-border issues
The IFLR 1000 Directory (2007 edition) recommends Minter Ellison Rudd Watts as one of the leading firms in New Zealand for restructuring and insolvency advice:
"Minter Ellison's insolvency group ranks as one of the most experienced, thanks to the track record of its lawyers. Among these, practice leader Sean Gollin is a highly regarded market practitioner, as is Mark Sandelin."
Recent Corporate Recovery and Insolvency publications: