Alison’s expertise includes:

• Acting for insolvency practitioners on all types of external administration appointments including advisory and litigious work
• Prosecuting and defending claims under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and the Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) including voidable transaction claims and insolvent trading claims
• Conducting public examinations
• Advising on contractual and general commercial disputes including property and lease disputes, breach of contract claims, debt recovery matters and equitable and trust-based claims
• Advising on shareholder disputes
• Advising on debt and secured asset recoveries for financial institutions, secured lenders and other creditors
• Drafting and advising on deeds of company arrangement
• Advising on directors’ duties and anti-phoenix provisions

• Advising the voluntary administrators of a leather accessories company in relation to voidable transactions, various trading issues and obtaining urgent orders in the Federal Court.
• Advising the liquidator of an education provider company in relation to a priority dispute over company funds.
• Advising a major bank lender in relation to enforcement options following the insolvency of a major customer.
• Advising the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations in relation to the Fair Entitlements Guarantee Scheme and circulating assets.
• Advising receivers on a breach of duty claim in relation to the alleged sale of an asset for less than market value.
• Acting on behalf of a company director defending an insolvent trading claim and prosecuting a cross-claim against the holding company.
• Acting for a liquidator of a corporate trustee seeking orders enabling the liquidator to deal with trust property: Mutton (Liquidator), in the matter of Balsub Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2020] FCA 741.

• Member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA)
• NSW Committee Member of the Women’s Insolvency Network Australia (WINA)
• Member of the Australian Institute of Credit Management (AICM)