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Jim McKnight

Jim is a Managing Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial Restructuring Group. He is the former Head of Restructuring at Fort Street Advisers and former Head of Asia Pacific Restructuring and Debt Advisory at UBS Australia.

Jim is recognised as a market leader in restructuring and recapitalisations. Over the last 20 years he has been responsible for many landmark restructuring and recapitalisation transactions in Australia and Asia, including for Virgin Australia, Wiggins Island Coal Export Terminal, Centro Retail Trust, Network Ten, Pacific Brands, GPT and BrisConnections.

Prior to relocating to Australia and joining UBS, Jim worked in the UK specialising in insolvencies, turnarounds, and restructurings.

Jim is a Chartered Accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.