Roger is a leading adviser to banks and other creditors with exposure to companies experiencing financial stress. His work includes assisting in the restructure of loans to distressed companies and advising banking syndicates and other lenders of their rights in respect of problem loans.
His current and recent work includes acting for the 25 Bank Syndicate lender group in relation to the restructure of AUD$3.2 billion loans to Babcock & Brown, as well as acting for the banking syndicate on the restructure and collapse of ABC Learning Group Limited, for the mezzanine lender group on the restructure of I-MED and for the bank syndicate regarding AET&D (formerly Babcock & Brown Infrastructure). Other recent matters include advising individual lenders and banking syndicates regarding the restructure or collapse of Allco Finance Group, Commander Communications, Centro Property Group, Goodman Group, Loy Yang, Reliance Rail and Yellow Pages New Zealand.
Roger is also involved in making submissions to the Federal Government on behalf of the Australian Bankers Association and several of the major Australian banks with respect to insolvency law reform. These submissions also cover the areas of directors' liability for insolvent trading and the ranking of shareholder claims in insolvency following the High Court decision in the Sons of Gwalia case.
Roger is listed in the AFR's Best Lawyers 2012 guide as an expert in Insolvency and Reorganisation. He is also described as a "Leading Individual" in Restructuring & Insolvency by The Asia Pacific Legal 500 2012, 2011 and 2010 and is recognised as a "Recommended Individual" for Banking: lenders and borrowers in PLC's Which Lawyer? 2012, 2011, Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 and in Chambers Global 2011. He is also listed as a pre-eminent insolvency and reconstruction lawyer in Doyles Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2011.