Thomas Kelly

Special Counsel Norton Rose Fulbright Australia
Thomas Kelly

Thomas Kelly

Biography

Thomas Kelly is a restructuring and insolvency lawyer based in Melbourne. He regularly advises corporates, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners.

Thomas focuses on complex disputes involving financial services, insolvency and corporate governance. He has also advised on large debt restructurings and high-profile regulatory investigations.

Drawing on 5 years in London as a financial services litigator, Thomas has unique experience of disputes involving a wide range of financial structures including LMA banking and security documents, supply chain and trade finance, Islamic finance, securitised notes and bonds, negotiable instruments, documentary credits, retail lending, pension funds, cross-border structures and managed investment schemes.

Thomas is experienced in engagements for large organisations involving the coordination of multiple stakeholders and priorities and the project management of major workstreams.

Professional experience

Education

Education

ARITA Advanced Certificate in Insolvency, 2023

Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Melbourne, 2012

Bachelor of Arts (Honours), University of Melbourne, 2012

Admissions

Admissions

  • High Court of Australia 2013
  • Supreme Court of Victoria 2012
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer (England and Wales)

Publications

Publications

Chapter on the administration stay in Lightman & Moss on the Law of Administrators and Receivers of Companies (6th edition, 2017) (with Radford Goodman).

Languages

Languages

  • English
  • French

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