Orla McCoy

Orla’s experience includes advising:

• Grant Thornton, as administrators of 19 entities in the Okami Japanese Restaurant group, on the group’s administration and ultimate successful restructure.

• Deloitte as administrators of IG Power (Callide) and its related entities regarding a very complex and highly contentious administration.

• FTI Consulting as administrators of Panoramic Resources group regarding Western Australia proceedings (determined in favour of the administrators) on the scope of a secured party’s security interest.

• The Commonwealth on multiple matters including Spitfire Corporation administration and key legal proceedings.

• FTI Consulting as administrators of Jenny Craig Weight Loss Centres on an expedited sale transaction to a private equity firm, conducted against the backdrop of US Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.

• The administrators of Virgin Australia Airlines on the administration and restructure of the group and sale to Bain. Successful Australian High Court proceedings created the first interpretation, globally, of the CTC treaty.

• Intermediate Capital Group on the successful operational and financial restructure of SCF Group via receivership and contemporaneous administration, followed by a credit bid and debt for equity conversion.

• Commonwealth (CDWR) on the application by the liquidators of RCR Tomlinson involving complex questions of the Corporations Act and PPS law and statutory priority arising out of the distribution of a $100 million fund.

• Pacific National on the receivership and administration of Scott’s Refrigerated Logistics.

• A significant commercial counterparty of Speedcast International Limited on a distressed M&A transaction arising following the US Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

• Significant corporate finance clients on strategy and process for the remediation of defective PPS registrations, including making applications to Court for rectification of thousands of invalid registrations.