Cameron Belyea
Clayton Utz
Partner
Perth
Overview
Recognised as a leading individual in Restructuring & Insolvency, Distressed Investing and Litigation, by Chambers Asia-Pacific, Legal 500, IFLR, Best Lawyers Australia and Doyle's Guide.
With over two decades of experience, Cameron Belyea leads contested debt and capital market engagements, focusing on financial restructuring, control transactions, strategic advisory, tax controversy engagements, contested disputes in court and arbitral proceedings and complex insolvencies. He acts for sponsors, boards, financial institutions, funds, financial and investment banking advisors and turnaround advisers leading corporate restructures.
Notable Work
- Various international funds: advising in relation to the structuring and exit of senior and equity positions across a range of energy, transition, industrial, logistics, mining and services industries. Some transactions structure as debt for equity or other controllership deals, while others involve repackaging of financial instruments, especially offtakes and/or exits of non-performing business units.
- Various ad hoc committees of syndicated lenders: advising in a range of matters spanning energy, logistics and offshore assets. One notable (public) matter involved structuring the Altura/Pilbara toggle spinoff transaction.
- Various companies: advising in respect of confidential safe harbour engagements and in the renegotiation of counterparty agreements, risk analysis and turnaround planning.
- Multinational companies: engaged as Australian counsel on multiple financial restructuring assignments of global businesses with Australian operations.
- Australian Government: engaged to assist with unwinding the Northern Endeavour FPSO from an offshore oilfield.
- Western Australia Government: engaged to assist in the Pindan administration.
- Administrators of Air Mauritius: advising in structuring a creditors trust.
- Acts for all major insolvency practitioners and workout teams in external administrations involving receivers, administrators and liquidators across a range of industries, typically in complex reconstructions or recoveries.
- Acted on a number of reconstructions (mostly confidential) of structured finance schemes, including managed investment structures.
Insights
Navigating new horizons: the evolving landscape of Australian restructuring and insolvency
5 May 2025 | Article
Read Insights
Underpayments – the three questions for directors to ask to uncover the hidden risk
13 Jun 2023 | Article
Read Insights
Media Release: Clayton Utz captures two 'Law Firm of the Year' awards in The Best Lawyers in Australia 2024 edition
20 Apr 2023 | Media Release
Read Insights
A mixed bag for liquidators in High Court decisions on claims of unfair preference or other voidable transactions
9 Feb 2023 | Article
Read Insights
Media Release: Education and reform key to turning around attitudes to turnaround professionals
7 Feb 2023 | Media Release
Read Insights
Australia’s corporate insolvency laws to undergo a comprehensive review
4 Oct 2022 | Article
Read Insights
Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles about to enter Australian funds landscape – so what are they?
26 May 2022 | Article
Read Insights
Failing companies and exclusivity in pre-bids: The Takeover Panel draws the line
31 Mar 2022 | Article
Read Insights
Media Release: Clayton Utz advises Empired Limited on $233 million merger with France's Capgemini
2 Nov 2021 | Media Release
Read Insights
Media Release: Disruption to "creative destruction" a chance for companies to transform From Red to [a new] Black
27 Oct 2020 | Media Release
Read Insights
Directors to get insolvent trading relief, but debt recovery toughened, under temporary COVID-19 measures
24 Mar 2020 | Article
Read Insights
Media release: Clayton Utz advises Patersons Securities on successful $25 million merger with Canaccord
23 Oct 2019 | Media Release
Read Insights
Media Release: Clayton Utz advises Gindalbie on successful demerger of Coda and acquisition by Ansteel
24 Jul 2019 | Media Release
Read Insights
Media Release: Clayton Utz advises Spookfish on successful $137 million scheme of arrangement with EagleView
11 Dec 2018 | Media Release
Read Insights
More streamlined process, wider pool of buyers, for administrators in restructuring following Mesa Minerals decision
3 Dec 2018 | Article
Read Insights
Australian restructuring gets a boost as High Court supports the holding DOCA concept
12 Sep 2018 | Article
Read Insights
New ipso facto regime clearer with final Regulations, but uncertainty for business and insolvency sector remains
26 Jun 2018 | Article
Read Insights
Clayton Utz advises Canada's Copper Mountain Mining Corporation on Altona Mining acquisition and ASX listing
24 Apr 2018 | Media Release
Read Insights
Exemptions to the stay on ipso facto clauses released for comment
20 Apr 2018 | Article
Read Insights
Liquidators of insolvent corporate trustees, the law on distribution of assets has now been settled
23 Mar 2018 | Article
Read Insights
Safe harbour reforms passed, and anti-phoenixing reforms on the way
12 Sep 2017 | Article
Read Insights
Major decision on set-off and security interests in insolvency may lead to significant contractual change
7 Jun 2017 | Article
Read Insights
Clayton Utz features prominently among winners at the 2017 Australasian Law Awards
2 Jun 2017 | Media Release
Read Insights
Fraudsters, gamblers and a mining company: tracing and clawing back funds from third parties
30 Mar 2017 | Article
Read Insights
Find other people to support you
Find People