Dispute Resolution and Litigation

Angelo Conti

Principal
Angelo Conti

Angelo is a Principal, Lawyer and Practice Team Leader in Madgwicks’ Dispute Resolution and Litigation team, recognised for his expertise in insolvency, complex commercial disputes and corporate advisory matters.

With extensive experience in high-profile corporate collapses, Angelo combines technical precision with a pragmatic, commercially driven approach. He acts for financial institutions, credit funds, insolvency practitioners, creditors, lenders and large corporates, as well as high-net-worth individuals and family groups.

Known for resolving matters once considered unsolvable, Angelo helps clients under financial strain assess their position, negotiate with stakeholders and restructure their affairs to achieve sustainable results. He frequently draws on his network of advisers, financiers and industry specialists to deliver integrated, strategic solutions.

Angelo also advises on regulatory compliance and investigations and has been engaged by multiple investors to recover funds from failed investment scheme.

Focus Areas

  • Banking and finance
  • Borrowers, lenders, guarantors & directors’ actions
  • Building, construction and infrastructure
  • Capital raising and corporate finance
  • Construction and project funding
  • Debt recovery and creditor rights
  • Insolvency and reconstruction
  • Loan agreements and security documentation
  • Property finance
  • Regulatory compliance and investigations
  • Securities and loan recoveries enforcement

Notable Matters

  • Assisted in advising the purchaser in relation to the Jeanswest voluntary administration.
  • Advised a lender in relation to the liquidation of a builder on a large-scale apartment development and working with other parties to appoint a new builder.
  • Assisted a 50% shareholder in a landowner of a significant building on the CBD fringe after his co-shareholder went missing and the lender to the building appointed receivers and managers. Angelo used his litigation skills to have his client take control of the entity, refinance and terminate the receivership.
  • Acting for a significant shareholder in failed property investments seeking recovery of over $20M (ongoing).
  • Assisting a client in an IBAC investigation and subsequent criminal proceeding.
  • Acting for Vasco Trustees in relation to appointment of receivers and managers and provisional liquidators in relation to the IPO Wealth group of companies.
  • Acting for several groups of investors in multi-million dollar claims against trustee involving the iProsperity Group (ongoing).
  • Acting for Plaintiffs in relation to appointment of provisional liquidator in connection with a failed investment scheme including obtaining freezing orders (ongoing): Supreme Court of Victoria Proceeding No. S ECI 2020 04338, In the matter of Dysin Investment Partners Pty Ltd (ACN 609 479 138), DIP Anthony Street Pty Ltd (ACN 620 408 353) and DIP Holdco Pty Ltd (ACN 609 390 570).

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