Biography

Trish acts for banks, financial institutions, statutory authorities and corporate clients on contested recovery and insolvency matters, drawing on a background that includes formal insolvency specialist qualifications and three in-house secondments across two of Australia's major banks.

Her practice covers banking disputes across secured and unsecured recoveries in both business and retail contexts, securities enforcement, mortgagee sales and insolvency-related litigation. She manages complex impaired situations through to resolution, advising on strategy, enforcement options and litigation risk across each stage.

Her caseload spans complex impaired credit situations across a broad range of industries, including managed investment scheme collapses, vineyard group insolvencies and export finance exposures. She carries matters involving competing interests in land, breach of mortgagee duties and director liability claims, and manages debt recovery portfolios for government agency clients.

Trish holds formal insolvency specialist qualifications, the ARITA Graduate Diploma of Insolvency, combined with direct in-house bank experience from three secondments across two major Australian banks. That combination gives her an operational understanding of how banks assess, escalate and manage impaired credit that is difficult to develop in private practice alone. She applies that perspective directly to how she structures recovery strategy and litigation advice for institutional clients.

Credentials

Academic qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws (University of Sydney)
• Advanced Certification in Insolvency (Queensland University of Technology and Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association)

Trish's experience

Major bank: competing interests in land

Acting for a major bank in proceedings involving competing interests in land, breach of mortgagee's duties, breach of contract and unconscionable conduct claims, requiring careful management of overlapping legal and equitable issues.

Managed investment scheme collapses

Acting for two banks and an insolvency firm in the administration of significant loan books arising from the collapse of two managed investment schemes, including enforcement strategy, creditor management and recovery proceedings.

Major bank: vineyard group litigation

Acting for a major bank in sensitive litigation involving a group of entities that owned and operated numerous vineyards, managing enforcement strategy, competing creditor interests and reputational considerations throughout the proceedings.

Export financier: impaired exposures

Advising an export financier on its impaired exposures, including preparing training and user guides for operational staff to manage recovery processes consistently and in compliance with the financier's internal requirements.

Government agency: debt recovery portfolio

Managing numerous debt recovery proceedings on behalf of a government agency client across a large and ongoing portfolio.