Reviewing Liquidator Panel members

ASIC’s Reviewing Liquidator Panel comprises suitably qualified and experienced registered liquidators that ASIC can appoint as reviewing liquidators under section 90-23 of Schedule 2 of the Corporations Act 2001.

Reviewing liquidator’s powers include the power to:

  • interview the external administrator and his/her staff
  • direct any of the parties that he/she has the power to interview to give a written statement about a specified matter
  • direct the external administrator to produce specified books relating to the external administration.

ASIC may appoint a reviewing liquidator:

  • on our own initiative
  • on application by a person with a financial interest in the external administration of the company, or
  • on the application of an officer of the company.

A list of the Panel members is below:

Name

Firm

Simon Cathro

Cathro & Partners Pty Limited

Will Colwell

KPMG

Robyn Duggan

EY

Robyn Erskine

Brooke Bird

Paul Gidley

Shaw Gidley

Alan Hayes

Hayes Advisory

Bradley Hellen

Pilot Partners

Henry Kazar

Cathro & Partners Pty Limited

Peter Lanthois

DuncanPowell

Nigel Markey

Pilot Partners

Michael McCann

Grant Thornton

Stephen Michell

PCI Partners

Geoffrey Reidy

Rodgers Reidy

David Vasudevan

Pitcher Partners

What's new

Insolvency reforms commence on 1 January 2021

Reforms to corporate insolvency laws commence on 1 January 2021 for companies with liabilities less than $1 million.  These reforms include:

-a new debt restructuring process for incorporated businesses

-a new, simplified liquidation pathway for small businesses, and

-a new class of registered liquidator who can only undertake the debt restructuring process.

Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020

Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Regulations 2020

Insolvency Practice Rules (Corporations) Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Rules 2020

 

Industry funding

The Government has introduced new laws that change the way ASIC is funded. Regulated entities will receive an invoice for ASIC’s regulatory services delivered in the prior year. Find out what this means for registered liquidators.

 

Quicklinks

Insolvency Law Reform Act 2016

Releases on insolvency

Liquidator registration applications

Registered liquidator disciplinary decisions

Insolvency statistics

AFSA - ARITA - ASIC joint liaison meetings

 

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Last updated: 02/01/2024 05:52