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Insolvency & Reconstruction

We offer a range of services to those affected by impending insolvency, or those seeking advice to deal with insolvency. Regularly cited in Doyle’s Guide and Best Lawyers, the firm has benefitted from over 25 years’ continuous experience in this complex and always developing area of law.

We have experience in acting for all of the different parties to the insolvency cycle (both individual and corporate), including assisting directors, creditors, banks, individuals, small businesses and insolvency professionals.


Some of the services provided by our Insolvency and Reconstruction group are:

  • corporate reconstruction and workouts
  • receivership
  • liquidation
  • voluntary administration
  • credit recoveries
  • securities enforcement
  • bankruptcy
  • personal insolvency agreements

team

Kym Ryder

Kym Ryder | Partner

Kym has practised law for more than 25 years in South Australia. In that time, he has acted in various insolvency matters and disputes, and has provided advice to a range of businesses, associations and individuals, including in the business of sport.

Kym is a former director of the Adelaide Crows Football Club, a fellow of the Australian Reconstruction, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA), a member of the Banking and Financial Services Law Association, and a former Deputy Chair of the Law Council’s Insolvency and Reconstruction Law Committee.

Samuel Black

Samuel Black | Partner

Samuel has more than 15 years’ experience practising primarily in the areas of insolvency (corporate and personal) and commercial litigation.

He regularly acts for Insolvency Practitioners (in all of their various capacities), businesses, financiers, directors, shareholders and individuals (including those in financial distress).

Samuel is a fellow and former SA/NT committee member of the Australian Reconstruction, Insolvency Turnaround Association, a committee member of the Law Council of Australia Insolvency and Restructuring Committee (SA) and the Women’s Insolvency Network of South Australia.

Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly | Partner

Michael has practised for more than 15 years specialising in the areas of commercial litigation and insolvency. He acts for businesses and their owners, directors and individuals, landlords and tenants, administrators, liquidators and trustees in bankruptcy.

Michael is a member of the Australian Reconstruction, Insolvency Turnaround Association and the Women’s Insolvency Network of South Australia.

 

 

Ellen McGettigan

Ellen McGettigan | Senior Associate

Ellen practises in all areas of dispute resolution and civil litigation with a particular focus on insolvency and reconstruction, and building and contract disputes.

She advises and acts on behalf of liquidators, trustees, company officers, creditors and debtors in all types of insolvency and civil litigation matters.

Ellen is a committee member of the Women in Insolvency Network SA (WINSA), and a member of both the Women Lawyers Association of SA and the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA).

Allison Yang

Allison Yang | Solicitor

Allison joined O’Loughlins in September 2023 and was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of South Australia in November 2023.

Allison assists in various areas of dispute resolution and civil litigation matters including debt recovery, insolvency and reconstruction, and building and contract disputes, and she also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Adelaide.