Alan Scott

• Registered Liquidator
• Registered Trustee in Bankruptcy
• Bachelor of Arts (Accountancy)
• Fellow – Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
• Fellow – Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association
• Australian Institute of Credit Management

Alan has gained corporate insolvency experience across a number of industries including Property and Construction, Energy, Retail, Manufacturing, Logistics, Tourism and Primary Industry.

Alan has been appointed to numerous matters in Australia including:

• Receiver of a shopping centre resulting in successful negotiations with stakeholders, a sale of the property and full repayment to secured creditors.
• Liquidation of a ship builder involving investigations into insolvent trading resulting in prosecution of a company director and ultimately settlement of the claim at mediation.
• Receiver and Manager of a mobile catering service, allowing continuation of trade. This ultimately secured the sale of the group of entities leading to repayment of a portion of debt owing to the bank.
• Trustee of a bankrupt estate of an individual bankrupted by the ATO. After further investigations into the bankrupt’s trusts and actions pursued, this matter resulted in repayment of ATO debt.
• Voluntary Administrator and then Liquidator of a Tier 1 supplier to the motor industry. With the support of major customers, the business traded until sold.
• Trustee of the bankrupt estate of a plastic surgeon resulting in full payment of all debts.
• Liquidator of TFC (2013) Pty Ltd (Formerly “Trims Finance Co. Pty Ltd”) which traded “Trims”. This liquidation included the negotiated settlement of a number of ‘retention of title’ claims under the then new PPSA legislation, the organisation of the closing down sale and recovery of a number of unfair preference claims.
• Voluntary Administrator and subsequently Liquidator of Caring Choice Pty Ltd, a provider of care services to children, disabled persons and the aged. The liquidation has included settlement of a claim against an escrow fund, recovery action of a number of unfair preferences and claims against related parties.
• A review of a partnership of three individual borrowers from a bank subsidiary. Ultimately the financial position of 27 entities was reviewed with the result that the financier recovered all principal and interest on its debt.
• Receiver and Manager of an importer of electronically controlled, back to base waste bins, principally sold to local councils. The administration resulted in full satisfaction of the private financier’s debt.
• Part X Trustee of 3 high profile but unrelated Adelaide businessmen, two of whom were property developers and the other was the owner of a number of diverse businesses which were wound up. Each of the individuals had a number of guarantees amounting to many millions of dollars and each of the Part X proposals were accepted by creditors.
• Trustee of the bankrupt estate of an Australia based investor with investments both within and outside of Australia including the United Kingdom and several countries regarded as tax havens. The bankrupt was an investor in upwards of 50 private companies.

• Receivership
• Liquidation
• Voluntary Administration
• Part X
• Bankruptcy