Director Brendan Olivier advises in the Disputes and Insolvency & Business Rescue practice areas. He specialises in business rescue; structuring of offers of compromise; work-outs and arrangements; winding up procedures; debtor and insolvency recovery actions; and dispute resolutions. Brendan holds a BA LLB from the University of Cape Town and has been a Director at Werksmans since 2012.
Disputes
Insolvency & Business Rescue
Insolvency, business rescue and restructuring
Dispute resolution, including High Court litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
Corporate law
Corporate fraud
Contract and corporate dispute resolution
Represented the Steinhoff Group in the restructuring of financial liabilities and in record-breaking and novel statutory compromise processes of complex, multi-jurisdiction legacy litigation liabilities and debt claims, which became the largest securities-related settlement, outside of North America, of all time
Represented the Steinhoff Group in corporate disputes and in resisting claims instituted against it my multiple creditor groups, and in pursuing claims against various third parties
Represents various banks and other listed entities in litigation and dispute resolution, corporate and regulatory issues, and regarding corporate 'clean-ups' and restructurings
Advisor to various stakeholders in business rescue / distress and insolvency proceedings, including liquidators / business rescue practitioners, security holders, creditors, directors and shareholders
Advising on the impact of the insolvent trading provisions of the Companies Act on the personal liability of directors
Represented various shareholders and directors in respect of disputes involving corporate governance and liability issues, and in distressed entities
Advising foreign and local clients in respect of the effect that relevant legislation will have on securities held by such clients in various companies in business rescue and insolvency proceedings
Advising directors, shareholders, creditors, business rescue practitioners, and liquidators on their rights and obligation in business rescue and insolvency proceedings, and in respect of transactional and dispute resolution matters
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