Friday, 13 March 2026
Dealing with a Liquidation: from the Inside and Out
- Practical and strategic considerations for directors, shareholders and creditors
- What to expect
- How to protect their position
- Managing s 261 interviews
Presented by Bridgette White, Barrister, Bankside Chambers
Chair
Bill Gambrill, Special Counsel, MartelliMcKegg Lawyers
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the practical and strategic considerations for directors, shareholders and creditors when a company enters liquidation
- Identify strategies to protect clients’ positions throughout the liquidation process, including preparing for and managing s 261 interviews
Presenters
Bill Gambrill, Special Counsel, Martelli McKegg Lawyers
Bill is a commercial litigation lawyer at Martelli McKegg, solicitors in Auckland. Admitted in 1992, Bill worked in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, before moving to Dubai in 2005. Bill joined Martelli McKegg from Dubai at the beginning of 2020. His New Zealand career has been in the fields of insolvency proceedings, directors’ duties claim, trust litigation, conflict of laws and enforcement of foreign judgments. Bill is a member of the Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association of New Zealand, and a fellow of the Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of New Zealand (AMINZ).
Bridgette White, Barrister, Bankside Chambers
Bridgette is an experienced commercial, regulatory and insolvency litigator. She has expertise in complex contractual and commercial disputes, regulatory investigations, enforcement activity and prosecutions (including by the Serious Fraud Office, Commerce Commission and Financial Markets Authority), fair trading and consumer protection claims as well as insolvency claims (including breaches of directors' duties). Throughout her career, Bridgette has acted on a range of high-profile cases and investigations across a diverse range of industries, including agricultural, manufacturing, construction, consumer and financial markets. Before joining Bankside, Bridgette was a senior litigator at Russell McVeagh. She has appeared in the District and High Courts and the Court of Appeal (as both sole and junior counsel) and has experience in mediations and arbitrations. Bridgette is recognised as a leading insolvency and restructuring lawyer in New Zealand by Best Lawyers 2024 Guide.
