redchip lawyers

Helena Mrmos

Senior Associate

Phone: (07) 3852 5055
Fax: (07) 3852 2559
E-Mail: helenam@redchip.com.au

Helena has extensive experience in insolvency and general commercial litigation.

Helena has extensive experience in both personal and corporate insolvency as well as general Corporations Law matters, which range from simple matters such as issuing and setting aside statutory demands and winding up applications, through to:

• Acting for creditors in the Supreme and District Court against liquidators for uncommercial transactions, voidable transactions,
• Acting for and against liquidators in actions against directors for insolvent trading
• Validation of administrators’ and liquidators’ appointment,
• Appointment of provisional liquidators,
• Applications for approval of remuneration,
• Deregistration of companies and  release of liquidators,
• Conducting public examination,
• Acting for directors of companies in proposing a deed of company arrangement,
• Advising directors of their duties under the Corporations Act
• Advising receivers, administrators and liquidators with respect to their duties, powers and responsibilities.
• Obtaining freezing orders
• Disputes between company directors and shareholders
• Minority and majority oppression claims
• Advising directors as to their duties, powers and responsibilities.

In addition to corporate insolvency and general corporations law matters, Helena has acted for trustees in bankruptcy on most matters under the Bankruptcy Act, as well as debtors, for example defending s139ZQ notices, preferential payment claims etc.

Helena also has extensive experience in general commercial litigation, for example:

• Prosecuting and defending disputes concerning business contracts;
• Disputes in relation to loan agreements, guarantees and mortgages
• Partnership disputes;
• Acting for employers and employees in a restraint of trade action;
• Matters involving breaches of confidentiality
• Dispute under the Property Law Act;
• Matters under the Judicial Review Act;
• Disputes in relation to real estate and personal property,
• Obtaining freezing orders
• Injunctions
• Misleading and deceptive conduct claims under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Ct) and Fair Trading Act;
• Breach of copyright under the Copyright Act 1968
• Matters involving breaches of trust and advised both trustees and beneficiaries of their rights and responsibilities;
• General debt recovery matters