Hannah Griffiths
Partner
Hannah is a restructuring and insolvency lawyer with extensive commercial litigation expertise. She provides strategic structuring, restructuring, recapitalisation, insolvency, equity and trusts, and general corporate dispute advice to insolvency practitioners, directors, funders and boards of corporations of all sizes.
Hannah's experience
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Advised FTI Consulting, a business advisory firm in its capacity as administrators of the CX Lavender group, on the sale of the company's key client-related business and associated workforce to Omnicom Oceania via its subsidiary, Clemenger BBDO Pty Ltd.
- Australia
- Professional & Public Services
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Advised Bruce Gleeson, administrator and deed administrator of G S Packaging Pty Ltd, on trading on, debt recovery and a deed of company arrangement. Appeared in Federal Court winding up proceedings, obtaining s 440A(2) orders. Pursued debtor recoveries, including liquidation orders for a $435,000 debtor and negotiated settlements delivering returns to creditors.
- Australia
- Professional & Public Services
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Advised a liquidator on extending limitation periods under s588FF of the Corporations Act and obtaining nunc pro tunc approval to enter a solicitor’s retainer and funding agreement under s477(2B). Matter involved potential voidable transaction claims. [2024] FCA 1131.
- Australia
- Financial Services
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Advised a Chinese engineering contractor, on pursuit of substantial outstanding debt including obtaining gross lump-sum costs orders in favour of the client.
- Australia
- Infrastructure
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Successfully obtained orders from the Federal Court of Australia ([2025] FCA 1065) on an urgent basis for Liberty Primary Metals Australia removing the Greensill Capital UK (in liq) security registration on the Personal Property Security Register – the first substance over form argument in relation to the PPSA
- Australia
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Voluntary and Deed Administrators in a complex external administration of a corporate group with 15 brands, 500 staff, and 50 Australian sites. Drafted a pooled DOCA and provided strategic advice, enabling partial creditor payments that would have been nil in liquidation.
- Australia
- Professional & Public Services
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Acting for a confidential company on complex personal property security issues, secured creditor priorities, and a standby letter of credit. The matter is further complicated by legal challenges to the letter’s authenticity in an Asian court, which impacts related Australian proceedings.
- Australia - China
- Infrastructure
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Acted for a German manufacturer after its Australian dealer entered voluntary liquidation, advising on debt recovery, PPS interests, WHS compliance, asset sales, customer liaison, and business continuity-successfully safeguarding the client’s interests and market reputation.
- Germany & Australia
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Acted for the Voluntary Administrators and later Liquidators of Riverina Solar Pty Ltd (In Liquidation), which held key land and connection rights with TransGrid. Advised on strategic options to maximise the long-term viability of the Riverina Solar Farm Project.
- Australia
- Professional & Public Services
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Acted for a UK retailer facing potential liquidity issues of an Australian third-party platform used for local sales. Advised on strategic steps to maintain platform operations, collaborating closely with UK and Australian teams to ensure business continuity.
- Australia - United Kingdom
- Retail & Consumer
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