AUSTRALIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Alastair Gourlay, Lewis Grimm, Joanne Dwyer and Kathryn Sutherland-Smith, Jones Day
Joanne Dwyer is a senior lawyer with more than 30 years’ experience advising the financial services industry, with a focus on superannuation, and also extensive experience advising
Kathryn Sutherland-Smith is a senior insolvency and restructuring lawyer, admitted to practice in Australia and New York. Over the past decade, she has structured and implemented
managed funds, including establishment of new funds, assisting with applications and variations of AFSLs, and regulatory advice and compliance. Joanne is ranked in the 2025 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific for Superannuation, and is the chair of the Superannuation Committee of the Law Council of Australia and a member of the Queensland Regional Council of FINSIA (Financial Services Institute of Australia).
multibillion dollar global reorganisations through schemes of arrangement, external administrations, and proceedings under chapters 11 and 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. She has handled complex insolvency litigation and represented debtors and creditors in an array of out-of-court restructuring matters, including distressed M&A deals, capital markets transactions and refinancings. Kathryn works with private credit institutions, ad hoc creditor groups, companies experiencing financial distress and external administrators across a range of industries.
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