Before joining Cooper Grace Ward, Andrew worked for over 17 years in large national firms representing a wide selection of public sector, institutional, corporate and private sector clients, including boards and executives in large scale and complex commercial litigation, regulatory investigations and in some of Australia’s largest corporate insolvencies.
Andrew acts across a spectrum of sensitive and ‘bet the company’ matters, including ASIC investigations and civil penalty proceedings.
Andrew has extensive experience acting for banks, financial institutions, funds and private lenders in all aspects of their commercial recovery activities including providing strategic (pre-appointment) advice, preparing security reviews, issuing of notices, preparing appointment documents, acting in court and AFCA disputes and in mediations, negotiating settlements, and obtaining urgent relief.
Andrew acts in the full array of contentious and non‑contentious insolvency matters for creditors, insolvency practitioners and executives, including matters relating to contracts and property rights, statutory and general law duties, reporting, remuneration, personal property securities law, mortgages, the conduct of meetings, adjudication of claims, creditor entitlements and trusts.
Cooper Grace Ward acknowledges and pays respect to the past, present and future Traditional Custodians and Elders of this nation and the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Fast, accurate and flexible entities including companies, self-managed superannuation funds and trusts.