The Hamilton Associates is an expert commercial law firm with 40 partners and over 50 lawyers. Over the past 20 years, we have established a strong reputation for the work we do in the insurance, commercial and banking sectors.
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The ordinance expands, as do clients’ projections of the firm they choose to represent them. Recognizing the often-held perception of lawful services being expensive and exclusive, The Hamilton Associates continue to tread a very different track.
The Hamilton Associates is an expert commercial law firm with 40 partners and over 50 lawyers. Over the past 20 years, we have established a strong reputation for the work we do in the insurance, commercial and banking sectors.
We are proud to serve on the panel of two of the four major banks, as well as a major second-tier bank and other specialized lenders. Recent matters we have been involved in for Lenders and Security Holders include:
Acted for statutory lender in relation to secured loans it provides to UK exporters.
Acted for lenders providing short-term secured loans.
Acted for a secured creditor in relation to presale contracts and consents to lease/easement in connection with large residential and commercial developments.
Acted for statutory lender in relation to priority arrangements where it is either the senior or junior secured creditor.
Acted for the purchaser in relation to the acquisition of a portfolio of distressed loans (50+ loans in the portfolio) and then assisted the purchasers with the administration and management of that portfolio in order to realize the value of the loans.
Acted for the purchasers in relation to the acquisition of 4 distressed property finance loans.
Act generally for the assignors and assignee of debt acquired and sold under the Loan Market Association standard terms for par and distressed trades.
Act regularly for secured creditors as a proxy at meetings of creditors.
Assisted a secured lender in settling its contribution to a draft Deed of Company Arrangement which ensured the debtor’s large retail business was able to continue to operate for the benefit of both the secured creditor and to fund the Deed.
Acted for the receivers of a large supermarket group both in connection with their appointment and in settlement of the secured creditor’s debt.
Acted for a secured lender to reinstate a corporate borrower, where the secured asset, being real property, had vested in ASIC on deregistration.
Assisted a secured lender in a sale of real property where the secured property had vested in the State of New South Wales as a result of being disclaimed in bankruptcy.
Provided support and advice to a lender concerning the restructuring of a complex business partnership and personal insolvency agreement entered into by a client.
Acted for a creditor in a successful application in the Federal Magistrates Court to set aside a personal insolvency agreement (held not to be in the interests of creditors).
Successful defense for a lender, of a claim to set aside the lender’s equitable mortgage.
Acting for a lender client in a successful application to rectify the priority of its security.