With three Registered Liquidators, Bent & Cougle Pty Ltd is able to act as:

Bent & Cougle Pty Ltd conduct both Voluntary (director initiated) and Official (generally creditor initiated) Liquidations.

For companies in financial difficulties or creditors seeking to wind up a company we can advise on and assist in conducting Liquidations.

Bent & Cougle Pty Ltd can act as receivers for lenders so as to oversee the operations of a business and/or realisation of its assets to enable the lender to be repaid.

These provisions were introduced in 1993 with the objectives being to:

The process allows a company a moratorium period from essentially all its creditors whilst the administrator in conjunction with the directors and their advisors, investigates the formulation of a proposal for a Deed of Company Arrangement to maximise the return to creditors.

It provides for a settlement between a company and its creditors. A Deed of Company Arrangement may provide for a company to trade on after re-organisation or cease trading but avoid liquidation.

Bent & Cougle Pty Ltd can act for mortgagees who wish to take possession of specific assets over which they have a charge, with a view to being repaid moneys they have advanced.

With experience derived from administering all types of insolvency appointments we are able to: