Malcolm has over 15 years’ experience in personal and corporate insolvency plus 7 years business management in the road transport industry with a National carrier in NSW, QLD and WA. He is a strong advocate for negotiated outcomes over formal assignments where possible and is well regarded for his professional values including his cost-conscious mindset, considered and straightforward commercial advice and value-added client outcomes.

Malcolm has worked with boards, bankers and advisers on restructuring and advisory assignments in Agribusiness, Energy & Resources, Healthcare, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Property, Transport and Logistics.

Specialisation

• Advisory
• Insolvency services

Key Projects

• Northam Rentals & Hire, Southern Cross Rentals & Heavy Duty Fitters – court appointment
• Construction – voluntary administration including trade on and sale
• Formal pastoral beef assignments across 4 stations and 2 conditioning farms
• PNG exploration license with operations funded by the secured creditor
• Other major resources assignments involving diverse local and international stakeholder groups
• Adviser to an international lender in circumstances where the property development borrower had ceased to account to the lender. The borrower’s creditors and shareholders were managed through a structured work out program including formal appointments.
• Bankruptcy assignments transferred from AFSA and in other cases at the request of creditors to undertake rigorous investigations (where needed) and attend to more complex property and stakeholder issues.
• Bankruptcy $500,000 preference recovery with the assistance of solicitors and a litigation funder.
• Reviews of personal and corporate structures including trusts to “road test” whether same are effective asset protection measures or open to challenge and divisible amongst creditors in a bankruptcy scenario.

Qualifications

• Registered Liquidator
• Registered Trustee
• Bachelor of Business Accountancy
• Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Professional (RITP)

Memberships

• Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (CA)
• Member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA)

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