James Marshall is a partner in the restructuring and insolvency group
in Sydney.
James' practice includes: acting for lenders and creditors to help
manage their credit risk; advising parties who are active in the
secondary debt markets; the financial restructuring of distressed
companies; and distressed mergers and acquisitions.
James acts for a number of lending syndicates to distressed
companies and also advises in respect of formal insolvency
administrations. He is currently advising the liquidators of
Babcock & Brown Limited, Allco HIT Limited and Lehman Brothers
Australia. He has extensive experience with creditors' schemes of
arrangement having advised parties involved in the Opes Prime and
Lift Capital schemes of arrangement.
His recent restructuring work includes designing and executing loan
to own strategies for the senior lenders of Colorado Group and
Godfreys Group.
James acts for a number of leading hedge funds and investment banks
and has had significant roles in the Alinta Energy debt/equity swap
scheme of arrangement and in acting for a bidding consortium in
relation to the assets of the Centro Properties Group. He is
active in the growing secondary debt market having transacted both
single credit and portfolio trades on behalf of buyers and sellers
in this market.
He has also recently been involved in advising parties in
relation to significant distressed property and infrastructure
groups including: Redbank Energy; Centro Property Group; Alinta
Energy; Rivercity Motorways and Lane Cove Tunnel; Reliance Rail;
Cross City Tunnel and Redcape/Hedley Group.
James has extensive cross-border experience and has recently
completed the first successful application under the UNCITRAL model
cross border law for in-bound recognition in Australia by the
foreign representative of Samsun Corporation, a Korean shipping
conglomerate which is in formal rehabilitation proceedings in
Korea.
- University of Queensland (Bachelor of Law - Hons)
- University of Queensland (Bachelor of Arts)
- Securities Institute of Australia (Graduate Diploma)
- Partner since 1997