Zoe specialises in complex restructures, corporate workouts and insolvency. She advises corporates, boards, insolvency practitioners, creditors and sponsors in distressed situations, across various sectors including energy, construction, retail, mining and infrastructure.
Zoe's recent matter highlights include:
- Qenos: advising a strategic buyer on all aspects of the acquisition and controlled restructuring and shutdown of the Qenos Group of companies operating Australia’s only polythene (plastics) business on real property sites in Botany, NSW and Altona, Victoria.
- Barbeques Galore: advising the secured lender on the prospective recapitalisation, sale and controlled winddown of this well-known Australian retail chain.
- Navinci: advising the receivers on the accelerated recapitalisation of this pilot simulator business.
- Zen Energy: advising the administrators and liquidators of this significant energy retailer on its safe energy transition and the controlled winddown of its operations.
- Disability Services Australia: advising this NDIS provider on its financial position, and subsequent administration and recapitalisation. The transaction achieved a 100% return to creditors and no disruption to its important services provided to more than 1,700 participants.
- EncoreFX: advising the administrators and liquidators of EncoreFX on all aspects of the external administration including landmark Federal Court directions proceedings which clarified the application of certain client money provisions in the Corporations Act.
Zoe was previously Chair of the New South Wales TMA NextGen Committee and remains an active participant in the industry.
