AUSTRALIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Joachim Delaney and Ranjani Sundar, HFW
HFW is a leading global law firm in the aero - space, commodities, construction, energy and resources, insurance, and shipping sectors. The firm has more than 600 lawyers, including 185 partners, based in offices across the Ameri - cas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. HFW prides itself on its deep industry expertise and its entrepreneurial, creative and collabora - tive culture. HFW’s fraud and insolvency group
comprises experienced commercial litigators with a particular focus on dealing with high-val - ue, cross-border matters. The team’s expertise spans a wide range of sectors and industries, and includes litigation on behalf of adminis - trators, liquidators, provisional liquidators and other office-holders, fraud-related insolvencies, fraud investigations and asset tracing.
Authors
Joachim Delaney is an experienced dispute resolution lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in mediation, expert determination, arbitration and litigation. Jo has extensive
Ranjani Sundar specialises in fraud, insolvency and contentious matters, including advising on corporate
restructurings, cross-border insolvencies, counterparty insolvency risk, formal insolvency procedures, preservation of rights under the Personal Property Securities Act, enforcement remedies, and all aspects of commercial litigation. Ranjani has experience in complex litigation led in the state supreme courts in South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales, and in the federal and high courts of Australia. Ranjani’s clients include secured and unsecured creditors, financial institutions, mining companies, property developers, insolvency practitioners (receivers, administrators and liquidators), yacht owners and insurers, and debtor companies and individuals.
experience of commercial, construction and investment treaty arbitrations under the ICC, ACICA, SIAC, LCIA, AAA, UNCITRAL and ICSID arbitration rules, across a diverse range of industries, including energy and resources, construction and infrastructure, as well as telecommunications and information technology. Jo was one of Australia’s members of the ICC Court of Arbitration from 2016 to 2024. She is the Chair of ACICA’s Professional Advisory Council, a member of the ACICA Practice and Procedures Board and the ERA Pledge Steering Committee.
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