Simon Cathro

Founder & Managing Principal
Simon has over 25 years of experience in the field of insolvency and corporate restructuring services, including experience involving the ability to assess the financial viability of businesses by conducting an analysis of profitability, business liquidity and strength of forecasting.

Experience involving the management of small, medium and complex formal appointments. His duties included conducting investigations into the affairs of a company, analysing financial trends, assessing business performance and viability, identifying factors leading up to, and causing, the point of insolvency and undertaking recovery actions on behalf of creditors (which includes complex litigation).





Qualifications

  • Registered Liquidator
  • Chartered Accountant – CA Australia
  • Bachelor of Business, Accounting, MLLP, Law, UTS
  • Member of Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association
  • Member of the Turnaround Management Association of Australia
  • Australian Institute of Company Directors
Articles

By Simon Cathro

Litigation finance is reshaping how high-stakes disputes are fought—and who wins. In this episode, Matt Lee from Lindsay Francis Mengen, a specialist in arbitration and former head of Australia’s largest litigation funding operation, shares how litigation funders assess cases, manage risks, and decide whether a claim is worth backing. For

We’re pleased to welcome Chris Bergin to Cathro & Partners. Joining the team in February 2025, Chris brings with him 18 years of experience across a broad spectrum of corporate and personal insolvency matters. His background includes work in voluntary administration, receiverships, liquidations, safe harbour advisory, and complex restructuring assignments.

When a business faces insolvency, one of the most overlooked yet critical aspects is ensuring that administrators and receivers are legally and correctly appointed. In this episode of The Cut, expert insolvency lawyer Nick Christiansen from Sparke Helmore joins the conversation with host Simon Cathro, to break down valid vs.

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