James Hewer is a senior associate in our Business Restructuring and Insolvency team in Australia. James brings eleven years' extensive experience, acquired in both London and Sydney, in delivering work-out strategies to financiers and other investors in relation to international and domestic lending exposures and investments in distressed businesses.

James assists banks, funds, specialist financiers, other lending institutions, creditors and insolvency practitioners across a variety of secured and unsecured exposures, both in relation to work-outs and turnarounds, and in relation to formal insolvency processes such as liquidation, receivership and voluntary administration. James also guides our corporate clients in navigating their statutory duties during times of financial difficulty. James has particular in-depth knowledge in relation to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009, particularly in its application to insolvencies, enforcement action and structuring of turnaround transactions.

James is a professional member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association, having achieved the highest rank in the Advanced Certificate in Insolvency course in New South Wales for 2014.

James spent the first seven years of his career working in an international law firm in London, which enabled him to expand his knowledge and experience of complex, cross-border restructurings and insolvencies.