Naomi Moore

Partner

Global Co-Chair, Restructuring

Naomi Moore - brilliant, tenacious and extremely hardworking.

— Testimonial, Legal500 Asia Pacific

Emailnaomi.moore@dlapiper.com

Call+61 2 9286 8173

Sydney

About

Areas of FocusRestructuring Finance Financial Services Energy and Natural Resources Real Estate

Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2000Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2004Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong, 2009

EXPERIENCE

Representing a former ASX listed Australian based gold producer, TenSixty Four Limited, in connection with its voluntary administration and restructuring through a deed of company arrangement involving the renegotiation of financial and operational agreements with affiliated entities including tolling arrangements in the Philippines.
Representing an Australian private credit fund with respect to the recovery of a secured loan owed by an Australian headquartered group with various offshore assets including US listed securities and business and operations in Europe.
Representing a Singapore headquartered upstream oil & gas company on its bid for the acquisition of offshore oil and gas assets in Thailand through an Australian receivership sale process.
Advising a US headquartered global provider of coworking space on Australian law issues in connection with its USD 4 billion financial restructuring through chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the United States.
Advising CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. as international brand owner and secured lender on the voluntary administration and liquidation of its Australian master franchisee, CJ's QSR Group, which operated and sub-licensed approximately 50 branded quick-service restaurants across Australia.
Advising a Chinese financial institution as a significant creditor of a Chinese real estate group in connection with a large scale cross border restructuring, including advising on schemes of arrangement and restructuring issues.
Advising a US headquartered global manufacturing group in connection with distressed critical supply chain operations in mainland China.
Representing a global institutional bank as senior secured lender in relation to the voluntary administration of a manufacturing business including the sale of secured property by the administrators.
Representing the voluntary administrators of Australia’s second largest airline, Virgin Australia Holdings Limited (Administrators Appointed), as special noteholder liaison counsel to liaise with holders of various tranches of notes in excess of AUD 1.9 billion.*
Representing an ad hoc committee of noteholders of US$420 million senior notes issued by China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Limited, a Bermuda incorporated HKSE listed provider of renewable energy solutions through parallel schemes of arrangement in Hong Kong.
Representing an international hedge fund in connection with secured loans in multiple Korean real estate financing transactions, including secured loans, enforcement of security interests, credit bids, restructurings, refinancings and debt purchases.*

*Denotes experience from previous firm.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Education

University of Technology Sydney, LL.B. (Hons), 1999

University of New South Wales, B.A., 1995

Publications

Hong Kong Chapter of INSOL International publication on "Treatment of Secured Claims in Insolvency and Pre-Insolvency Proceedings III", 31 March 2026
President Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs – Should we prepare for more financial distress and restructuring?, 09 April 2025
Big waves in restructuring: Sino Ocean plan sanctioned in England and Hong Kong, 21 February 2025
Insight: Japan to introduce a new type of security interest the ‘Enterprise Value Charge’, 29 November 2024

Seminars

Prior Experience

Prior to joining DLA Piper, Naomi was a partner of an international law firm in Hong Kong, and has previously worked for international law firms in Hong Kong, London and Australia.