About Joseph
Joseph Hansell is a specialist in corporate recovery, restructuring and turnaround management in Australia, advising corporates, lenders and capital providers. Joseph has industry expertise in retail, property, manufacturing, aviation, managed investment schemes and financial services and products.
For 22 years, Joseph has worked on a range of corporate restructuring and recovery matters (receiverships, voluntary administrations and liquidations) which have involved the trade on and sale of distressed businesses, conducting independent business reviews, investigations into corporate failures and litigation for the recovery of debts, antecedent and insolvent transactions.
Joseph has developed extensive experience in corporate advisory matters which have primarily involved providing strategic advice, assisting in negotiations and developing solutions with respect to a range of reconstruction and turnaround proposals.
Joseph is valued by his clients in evaluating business operations and finances, liquidation analysis, liquidity forecasting, analysing collateral, covenant renegotiations and providing advice on options and contingency planning.
Relevant Experience:
- Autocare Services – Voluntary Administrator of Australia’s market leading vehicle logistics business - The business was recapitalised by way of a Deed of Company Arrangement and placed on a sustainable platform for the future
- Settlers Lifestyle – Trade on and sale of a national five-asset retirement village portfolio, in a market facing significant structural change and during the initial stages of COVID-19 ($25 million)
- Surfstitch Group (ASX: SRF) – listed global eCommerce surf, skate, snow retailer - advisor and Voluntary Administrator - contingency planning, trade on, M&A of subsidiaries, settlement of legal proceedings and a DOCA
- One of world largest hard coking open-cut coal miners - advisor to the board with respect to solvency and the adequacy of $2.3 billion in debt facilities
- KJM Contractors - Receiver and Manager of a large vertically integrated manufacturing and transport operator to the oil and gas sector - Trade on a sale of business and property to recover $70 million in debt
Awards & Recognitions:
- Who’s Who Legal: Global Elite Thought Leader, 2022
- Lexology: Client Choice Award, Restructuring and Insolvency, 2021
Certifications
Certified Accountant
Registered Liquidator
Justice of the Peace
Associations
Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association
Turnaround Management Association
Education
B.Bus., Accounting and Finance, University of Technology Sydney
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Contact
T: +61 2 8247 8058
joseph.hansell@fticonsulting.com -
Office
Level 22, Gateway
1 Macquarie Place
Sydney, NSW 2000
Australia
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Expertise
Corporate Finance
Restructuring / Turnaround Services