Luka PilipovicSenior Manager

Location: Newcastle, NSW 
Phone: (02) 4965 6500
Email: lpilipovic@jirschsutherland.com.au

Luka is grateful to be able to assist all stakeholder impacted by an insolvency event or those requiring early advice and intervention to mitigate the impacts of an insolvency event.

An insolvency event is one of the most significant events any business owner and other stakeholder of the business will have to deal with, both from a financial and personal perspective.

Being able to guide stakeholders through this complex and stressful time provides Luka with a great sense of purpose and personal satisfaction. Luka prides himself in providing common sense, easy to understand advice and enjoys assisting with difficult and challenging engagements.

Areas of Expertise

Luka has gained significant experience working across a variety of industries including:

  • Property, Building and Construction
  • Hospitality and Retail
  • Manufacturing and Mining Services businesses

Qualifications

  • CPA Australia Program
  • ARITA Advanced Certificate in Insolvency – Queensland University of Technology
  • Master of Laws (Applied Law) Majoring in Commercial Litigation – College of Law
  • Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP) – College of Law
  • Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) / Bachelor of Laws – University of Wollongong

Background & Specialist Skills

Luka has significant experience in the Corporate Recovery, restructuring and insolvency space with specialist skills in the areas of:

  • Restructuring advice and crisis management
  • Safe Harbour engagements
  • Pre-lending reviews and Receiverships
  • Voluntary Administrations and Small Business Restructures
  • Insolvency engagements
  • Court appointments on just and equitable grounds
  • Statutory Trustee appointments under s66G of the Conveyancing Act

Seeking timely advice is crucial. Companies will have many options early on in the insolvency curve!

Memberships & Associations

  • ARITA Professional Member
  • CPA Australia Member
  • Graduate Fellow of the College of Law
  • Admitted as a Solicitor in the Supreme Court of NSW

Career & Industry Highlights

  • Safe Harbour review of a specialist manufacturing business in the energy transition space resulting in improved business cashflow
  • Various receivership appointments and sales of Real Property
  • Receivership appointment by a secured lender and sale of specialist industry equipment and trucks.
  • Trade on of a large traffic control business and sale of business / transfer of workforce
  • Trade on of a commercial nursery
  • Trade on of motel and conversion of property to strata apartments resulting in a return to creditors of 100 cents in the dollar
  • Complex shut down of a mining support business including negotiations with customers and debtors, sale of land, complex litigation and multiple secured creditor interests.
  • Shutdown of a large disability support provider
  • Shutdown of a training institute trading throughout Australia
  • Court Appointed Liquidation involving complex phoenix investigation, public examinations and litigation
  • Court appointment on just and equitable grounds involving the complex sale of a large commercial land holding and dealing with various buildings on site which were not approved by council

Community Involvement (If applicable)

  • CPA Newcastle and Hunter Committee Current Chair (Committee member since 2022)
  • Lead committee activities and assist in organising various educational and social functions including industry functions in collaboration with the University of Newcastle.
  • CPA Newcastle Tax Discussion Group Convenor since 2022
  • Organising monthly meetings for local members on various tax and commercial topics
  • Local Football Club committee member and all rounder (true football is only played with a round ball)
  • Get involved in anything from club management matters to barbequing all Saturday and a bit of game day photography

Personal Interests

  • Kids sports and family activities
  • Enjoying a bit of social isolation in my garage gym
  • Taking my dog out for daily walks

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