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Benjamin Bronzon

Senior Associate
Sydney
About

Benjamin advises on restructuring, insolvency, distressed debt and special situations – working with debtors, financial institutions, funds, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders across the full spectrum of non-contentious and contentious matters both domestically and cross border.

Ben's experience spans financing arrangements, officeholder duties and safe harbour advice, workouts/turnarounds, liability management exercises, schemes of arrangement, receiverships, administrations, deeds of company arrangement, insolvency litigation, security enforcement and liquidations across a range of sectors.

Areas of FocusRestructuring
Professional QualificationsHong Kong (Registered Foreign Lawyer), 2023Solicitor of the High Court of Australia, 2016Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2016
Education
  • Advanced Certification (Distinction), ARITA and University of Technology Sydney, 2021
  • Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law, 2016
  • Bachelor of Laws, Western Sydney University, 2015
  • Bachelor of Business and Commerce (Applied Finance), Western Sydney University 2015

EXPERIENCE

  • Yuzhou Group Holdings on the restructuring of its USD6.7 billion offshore debt liabilities through parallel schemes of arrangement in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.*
  • Yestar Healthcare Holdings Company Limited on the restructuring of USD194.5 million in offshore bond liabilities through a scheme of arrangement in the Cayman Islands.*
  • An ad hoc committee of bondholders of USD senior notes issued by a British Virgin Islands subsidiary within a large Chinese real estate group in relation to recovery strategies and winding up proceedings.
  • Alvarez & Marsal as receivers in relation to the recognition and enforcement of a Singapore receivership order in the British Virgin Islands relating to certain obligor assets under an impaired USD200 million development finance facility.
  • KPMG as voluntary administrators and deed administrators on the successful recapitalisation of LJ Hooker Group entities.
  • Australian Unity on resolving an AUD128 million conspiracy claim arising in a litigation context.*
  • The Star Entertainment Group in relation to disclosure proceedings connected with an AUD350 million liquidated fund.*

*Denotes experience gained at a previous firm.

Languages
  • English

Prior Experience

Prior to joining the firm, Ben was a senior associate in the restructuring practices of well-known law firms in both Australia and Hong Kong, and brings the added perspective of having worked in an institutional banking and credit restructuring role at a Big 4 Australian bank, where he managed distressed portfolios and worked collaboratively with internal and external advisors on complex workouts. This experience enables him to approach distressed situations with a commercial lens, informed by firsthand experience in credit risk, portfolio management and complex matters.

Our clients value Ben for his calm, solutions focused approach, his ability to manage multifaceted stakeholder interests, and his commitment to achieving clear, workable outcomes in challenging circumstances.

Memberships

  • Turnaround Management Association (Hong Kong) – NextGen Board Member
  • Law Society of New South Wales
  • International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL)

Connect

Phone

+61 2 9286 8177
(Work, Sydney)
+61 415 620 929
(Mobile)