Biography

Emma acts for major Australian banks and financial institutions, non-bank lenders, equipment financiers and leading insolvency practitioners. Her banking clients include Bank of Queensland, Westpac, National Australia Bank, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and La Trobe Financial. Her insolvency clients include Romanis Cant and PKF Australia.

Emma advises on banking and finance litigation, security enforcement, secured and unsecured recoveries, and possession of secured property. She manages high-volume recovery programs for banks and financial institutions, advising on facility and security documentation, commercial and retail property issues and PPSA priority disputes. Her insolvency practice covers corporate and personal insolvency proceedings, including receivership and liquidation, voidable transactions, undervalue transactions, unfair preferences and insolvent transactions. She also acts in commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, property disputes and debt recovery.

Emma brings more than 15 years of experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with particular depth in banking and finance litigation and insolvency. Her practice spans Supreme Court proceedings in Victoria, Federal Court matters and Federal Circuit Court bankruptcy proceedings. She has managed high-volume security enforcement programs for major banks across retail and commercial property portfolios and has acted in urgent injunctive proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria to protect client interests ahead of settlement.

Emma's practice combines institutional banking litigation depth with strong insolvency capability, allowing her to advise clients across the full lifecycle of a distressed debt or insolvency matter from initial recovery strategy through to realisation of assets and voidable transaction recovery. Her experience managing high-volume recovery mandates for major banks gives her an operational understanding of institutional requirements that shapes how she runs individual matters.

Credentials

Academic qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Laws (Monash University)

Memberships:

• Law Institute of Victoria

Emma's experience

Bank of Queensland, Westpac, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank — Security enforcement

Regularly acted for major Australian banks in the enforcement of securities, recovery of debts and possession of secured property across commercial and retail property portfolios, including reviewing facility and security documentation and advising on property issues.

Bank of Queensland — Subpoena opposition

Acted for Bank of Queensland in opposing the scope of documents sought in a subpoena issued to the bank, including successfully negotiating the withdrawal of the subpoena.

La Trobe Financial and Perpetual Corporate Trust — Urgent injunctive proceedings

Acted for La Trobe Financial Asset Management Ltd and Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited in urgent proceedings in the Supreme Court of Victoria to remove Warrants of Seizure and Sale from property titles prior to settlement of the sale of several properties.

BOQ Equipment Finance — PPSA recovery and priority disputes

Acted for BOQ Equipment Finance Limited in relation to the recovery of secured equipment and advised on Personal Property Securities Act priority disputes.

Romanis Cant, PKF Australia — Insolvency administrations

Acted for leading insolvency practitioners in personal and corporate restructuring matters, including receivership and liquidator appointments, asset realisation, and recovery of undervalue transactions, unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions and insolvent transactions.

Foreign judgment — Supreme Court set aside application

Acted for a company in successfully setting aside the registration of a foreign judgment in the Supreme Court of Victoria, being a judgment of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.