Stephanie Patterson
Special Counsel
Kath Booth
Partner
Jackie Lazar
Lawyer
Andrew Vincent
Partner
Laura Driscoll
Special Counsel
Miriam Asar
Lawyer
Lucy Masters
Lawyer
Melissa Doran
Special Counsel

Lucy Hallwright

Lawyer

Lucy is hard-working and thoughtful in her craft. She approaches her work with compassion, formulating practical and commercial solutions for her clients, and has an ability to convey solutions in a clear and concise way.

She leverages her national and international experience in restructuring and insolvency, security enforcement and commercial litigation, bringing a unique set of skills to cross-border insolvencies. Prior to joining Hamilton Locke, Lucy was at a top tier firm in New Zealand.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Restructuring & Insolvency; Commercial Litigation.

 

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor of Laws – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Bachelor of Commerce – Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
  • Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales and High Court of Australia
  • Admitted to the High Court of New Zealand

 

SELECTED REPRESENTATIONS
  • Advising the Administrators of the Clough Group discretely in relation to safe harbour and directors’ duties.
  • Acting for directors of distressed companies assessing their options and planning a restructure, sale or wind-down as appropriate.
  • Acting on behalf of a group of investors of Halifax Investments on the cross-border appeal heard by the Full Federal Court of Australia and the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, funded by Omni Bridgeway.
  • Advising the Administrators of MediaCloud Pty Limited in an urgent application to extend the period of administration to avoid the company being wound up for failure to execute a DOCA within the statutory timeframe.