Pravin Aathreya

Pravin has 15 years’ experience in complex large-scale commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on corporate insolvency and reconstruction.

Pravin has represented numerous corporate clients across a range of industries, including automotive and transport, infrastructure, energy and resources and financial services.

Pravin has significant expertise in complex commercial disputes, including contract disputes, disputes between participants in the energy and resources industries (including with regulators), negligence claims, misleading and deceptive conduct claims, directors and professional liability claims, commercial leasing disputes, shareholder disputes , product liability issues, corporate insolvency and reconstruction, government litigation and disputes involving the Personal Property Securities Act.

In the corporate insolvency context, Pravin has advised insolvency practitioners, banks, secured creditors and unsecured creditors on issues surrounding external administrations of companies and managed investment schemes, proof of debt claims, insolvent trading claims, enforcing security interests and post-liquidation sales of businesses. He also has considerable experience in bringing and defending voidable transaction claims (including unfair preferences, uncommercial transactions and unreasonable director-related transactions) and prosecuting claims for breaches of directors’ and auditors’ duties.