Nick Lancaster began his Insolvency and Restructuring career in 2017 at Rodgers Reidy after working in business services. Nick is a Certified Practising Accountant, a member of the Australian Restructuring & Turnaround Association, and has extensive experience in conducting corporate and personal insolvency appointments and consulting, restructuring, and turnaround engagements.

Nick is highly involved in the profession and has previously been the Chairperson of CPA Australia’s Young Professionals Committee, the Secretary of Queensland University of Technology’s Young Alumni, and was nominated as a finalist for the Australian Institute of Credit Management’s Young Credit Professional of the Year Award (Queensland Division).

Career Highlights and Key Expertise

Nick has managed a wide variety of insolvency appointments and other engagements, including working on appointments and engagements involving:

• Trading, marketing, and selling real estate agencies, including their rent rolls.
• Trading and sale of hospitality businesses.
• Restructuring a formerly publicly listed company.
• Receiverships over significant assets and legal claims.
• Longstanding family disputes over significant assets.
• Members Voluntary Liquidations of companies owing significant assets.
• Working closely with stakeholders on complex investigations, public examinations, and solvency reports.
• Pursuing voidable transactions, insolvent trading claims, and other legal claims.
• Bankruptcies with significant assets and complex affairs.
• Statutory Trustee appointments required identifying the structure and ownership of assets and selling assets, businesses, and real properties.

Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor of Business (Accountancy).
• CPA Program.
• Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association’s Advanced Certification.

Memberships & Associations

• Certified Practising Accountant.
• Member of the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association.
• Member of the Australian Institute of Credit Management.

Personal Interests

Nick grew up in Hobart before moving to Brisbane to complete his high schooling at St Joseph’s Nudgee College and university education at Queensland University of Technology. When he is not in the office or at a networking function, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs.