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A focused course, tailored for you

Building the Independent Restructuring and Turnaround Advisory Practice for Australian Mid-Market (Safe Harbour + DOCA + VA + Receivership + Turnaround + Engagement Economics)

Build the independent restructuring and turnaround advisory practice for Australian mid-market in 10 weeks. Safe Harbour + DOCA + VA + receivership + turnaround + engagement economics.

Independent restructuring and turnaround advisors face Australian mid-market shifting dynamics: ASIC scrutiny, Safe Harbour application, DOCA execution, VA practice, receivership coordination, turnaround mandate complexity, and engagement economics that work. Advisors who build the modern practice take the senior CRO and mandate work. Here is the 10-week build.

$199 one-time

Tailored to your situation. Access within 24 hours. 30-day money-back.

Includes a hand-built implementation playbook delivered alongside course access, generated for your specific situation.

Why this course

Independent restructuring and turnaround advisors (boutique restructuring firms, solo Chief Restructuring Officers, mid-tier restructuring firms, fractional CROs at distressed firms) in Australia compete with Big4 Australian restructuring practices (the firm Restructuring Services Australia, the firm Turnaround and Restructuring Australia, the firm Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy Australia, the firm Deals Restructuring Australia) and specialist firms (FTI Consulting Australia, McGrathNicol, BDO Restructuring Australia, Grant Thornton Australia Recovery and Insolvency, Cor Cordis, Hall Chadwick, Worrells, Pitcher Partners) on mid-market and mid-cap engagements.

Clients (mid-market firms under distress, mid-cap firms under turnaround mandates, PE portfolio companies under transition, family-business firms under generational transition with stress, public companies under shareholder activism with distress overlay) ask for Australian Safe Harbour application (Section 588GA Corporations Act enacted 2017 protecting directors from insolvent trading personal liability if pursuing course reasonably likely to lead to better outcome), DOCA (Deed of Company Arrangement) execution under Part 5.3A of the Corporations Act, VA (Voluntary Administration) practice including 588FA preference recovery, receivership coordination, turnaround mandate execution, AICD director-duty advisory, ASIC engagement framework, ATO engagement framework, secured-creditor engagement framework, employee-entitlement framework under FEG (Fair Entitlements Guarantee), supply-chain stakeholder management framework, customer continuity framework, and engagement economics that work for independent practice.

Advisors who build the modern practice take the senior CRO and mandate work. Advisors who stay on classic IP-only patterns watch the senior work shift to peers.

This course teaches the 10-week build of the independent restructuring and turnaround advisory practice for Australian mid-market: Safe Harbour framework, DOCA framework, VA framework, receivership framework, turnaround framework, engagement economics, and the client engagement model. Twelve modules with deliverables. Plus a hand-built implementation playbook for your specific practice and client mix.

What you walk away with

A documented Safe Harbour framework.
A DOCA framework.
A VA framework.
A receivership framework.
A turnaround framework.
An engagement economics framework.
A client engagement model.
A 10-week build plan.

The 12 modules

Module 1. Australian restructuring landscape 2026

Detailed walkthrough of the Australian restructuring landscape in 2026: post-2024 insolvency trends, ASIC enforcement trends, Big4 Australian restructuring practice positioning, specialist firm positioning (FTI Consulting Australia, McGrathNicol, BDO Restructuring Australia, Grant Thornton Australia, Cor Cordis, Hall Chadwick, Worrells, Pitcher Partners), regulatory landscape (Corporations Act Part 5.3A and Part 5.3B and Section 588GA, AICD Director Duties Statement, ASIC Regulatory Guide 217 on Safe Harbour, ARITA Code, AFSA, ATO Strategic Compliance), and the strategic-level decisions facing advisors.

Module 2. Safe Harbour framework

Build the Safe Harbour framework: Section 588GA Corporations Act application, AICD Safe Harbour Statement integration, ASIC Regulatory Guide 217 application, course-of-action assessment framework, qualified-restructuring-advisor engagement framework, board-resolution framework, ongoing-monitoring framework, Safe Harbour failure framework, and the integration with broader director-duty advisory.

Module 3. DOCA framework

Build the DOCA framework: DOCA proposal framework, DOCA creditors meeting framework, DOCA execution framework, DOCA performance framework, DOCA termination framework, holding DOCA framework, and the integration with broader administration management.

Module 4. VA framework

Build the VA framework: VA initiation framework (board resolution, secured creditor consent considerations), Part 5.3A practice framework, first creditors meeting framework, second creditors meeting framework, administrator-decision framework (DOCA + winding up + control returned), 588FA preference recovery framework, 588FB uncommercial transaction recovery framework, 588FE insolvent transaction recovery framework, 588FG unfair loan recovery framework, and the integration with broader administration practice.

Module 5. Receivership framework

Build the receivership framework: receiver appointment framework, receiver-manager framework, receiver-and-manager framework, court-appointed receiver framework, controller framework, fixed and floating charge framework, sale of assets framework, employee continuity framework, customer continuity framework, supplier continuity framework, and the integration with broader receivership practice.

Module 6. Turnaround framework

Build the turnaround framework: turnaround diagnosis framework, turnaround plan framework, 100-day plan framework, cash-management framework, working-capital management framework, vendor renegotiation framework, customer-retention framework, employee-retention framework, operational-restructuring framework, balance-sheet restructuring framework, and the integration with broader CRO practice.

Module 7. Stakeholder management framework

Build the stakeholder management framework: ASIC engagement framework, ATO engagement framework, ARITA engagement framework, secured-creditor engagement framework (Big4 banks, regional banks, non-bank lenders, private credit), trade-creditor engagement framework, employee-engagement framework, employee-entitlement framework under FEG (Fair Entitlements Guarantee), customer-stakeholder management framework, supplier-stakeholder management framework, shareholder-engagement framework, public-media management framework, and the integration with broader stakeholder strategy.

Module 8. Director-duty advisory framework

Build the director-duty advisory framework: insolvent-trading duty framework (Section 588G), care-and-diligence duty framework (Section 180), good-faith and proper-purpose duty framework (Section 181), not-improperly-use-position duty framework (Section 182), not-improperly-use-information duty framework (Section 183), AICD Director Duties Statement integration, and the integration with broader director-duty advisory.

Module 9. Restructuring transactions framework

Build the restructuring transactions framework: pre-pack sale framework, distressed-M&A framework, debt-for-equity swap framework, scheme of arrangement framework under Part 5.1, simplified small-business restructuring under Part 5.3B framework (for eligible small businesses), and the integration with broader transaction strategy.

Module 10. Engagement economics

Build the engagement economics framework: hourly vs flat-fee vs retainer vs equity-component vs success-fee engagement structure, CRO engagement structure, observer engagement structure, advisor engagement structure, Court-appointed engagement structure, ATO-appointed engagement structure, ARITA-engaged engagement structure, sub-contractor model, AI-augmented productivity, and the practice-economics framework.

Module 11. Client engagement model

Build the client engagement model: client-CEO engagement framework, client-CFO engagement framework, client-board engagement framework, secured-creditor engagement framework, ATO engagement framework, ASIC engagement framework, ARITA engagement framework, and the integration with broader account management.

Module 12. Your 10-week build plan

Week-by-week plan with weekly deliverables. Weeks 1-2: Australian restructuring landscape + Safe Harbour framework. Weeks 3-4: DOCA framework + VA framework. Weeks 5-6: receivership framework + turnaround framework. Weeks 7-8: stakeholder management framework + director-duty advisory framework. Weeks 9-10: restructuring transactions framework + engagement economics + client engagement. Deliverable: independent restructuring and turnaround advisory practice.

How this addresses your situation

Specific modules that map to what you said you are dealing with.

Module 1 covers the landscape.

Module 2 produces Safe Harbour.

Module 3 covers DOCA.

Module 4 covers VA.

Module 5 covers receivership.

Module 6 covers turnaround.

Module 7 covers stakeholder management.

Module 8 covers director-duty advisory.

Module 9 covers restructuring transactions.

Module 10 covers engagement economics.

Module 11 covers client engagement.

Module 12 covers the 10-week build plan.

What you get with this course

The 12-module course delivered as text plus downloadable templates.
Templates and worked examples for Safe Harbour framework, DOCA framework, VA framework, receivership framework, turnaround framework, stakeholder management framework, director-duty advisory framework, restructuring transactions framework, engagement economics framework, client engagement model.
A hand-built implementation playbook generated for your specific practice and client mix.
Three worked examples of independent restructuring and turnaround advisory practices at peer Australian firms.
Scripted talking points for the client board and secured-creditor engagement.

What you will have in hand by Day 1, Week 1, Month 1

Day 1: Safe Harbour framework scaffold drafted.

Week 4: DOCA + VA designed.

Week 8: Receivership + turnaround + stakeholder management + director-duty advisory operational.

Week 10: Practice in operation.

Before and after

Before

Your independent practice loses mandates to Big4 Australian restructuring practices and to specialist firms. Safe Harbour advisory is reactive. DOCA + VA + receivership practice is on classic patterns. Turnaround mandate execution lags. Senior CRO and mandate work goes to peers shipping the modern practice.

After

An independent restructuring and turnaround advisory practice for Australian mid-market is in operation. Safe Harbour framework, DOCA framework, VA framework, receivership framework, turnaround framework, stakeholder management framework, director-duty advisory framework, restructuring transactions framework, engagement economics framework, client engagement model are all designed.

What happens if you do not address this

Advisors without the modern practice miss senior CRO and mandate work. Post-2024 insolvency trends continue; ASIC enforcement on director duties intensifies.

Who it is for

For independent restructuring and turnaround advisors, principals at boutique restructuring firms, senior restructuring consultants at mid-tier firms, fractional Chief Restructuring Officers, and senior insolvency practitioners.

Who this is NOT for. Pure tax-focused advisors without restructuring scope. Practitioners at firms with no Australian mid-market business. Pure debt-recovery practitioners without turnaround scope.

How it arrives

Text-based course via LMS, plus downloadable templates and worked examples and the hand-built implementation playbook.

Time investment. Roughly 18 hours of reading and 60 to 120 hours of advisor effort across the 10-week build.

Why $199 is the right number

External Australian restructuring practice consultants (Big4 Australian restructuring practices, specialist firms like FTI Consulting Australia, McGrathNicol, BDO Restructuring Australia, Grant Thornton Australia, Cor Cordis, Hall Chadwick, Worrells, Pitcher Partners) charge $200K-$1M for practice-modernisation programmes. $199 buys the focused playbook plus the implementation document for your specific practice.

FAQ

Will this replace hiring a restructuring specialist?

Partially. It teaches the modern practice. You may still want specialist input for complex multi-class scheme of arrangement.

What if my clients are primarily PE-backed (not family-business)?

Modules 9 and 11 cover PE-backed-anchored patterns.

Does this cover Part 5.3B simplified small-business restructuring specifically?

Module 9 covers Part 5.3B in depth.

What about cross-border restructuring (Singapore, Hong Kong, US Chapter 15 recognition)?

Modules 7 and 9 cover cross-border patterns.

What is in the implementation playbook for me specifically?

Safe Harbour framework tailored to your specific client mix; turnaround framework matched to your typical mandate type; a 10-week build plan.

30-day money-back guarantee. If after a week of working through the materials this is not what you needed, reply to the receipt email and a full refund is processed. No questions, no forms.

Within 24 hours your account in the learning environment is provisioned and the tailored implementation playbook is delivered alongside it.