Author

Peter J Keenan

Before retiring I worked in Australia as an insolvency specialist, in both corporate and personal insolvency administrations from 1979 to 2013.  I was a Chartered Accountant and a member of CPA. I was a Registered Liquidator for 18 years, until I decided in May 2013 to focus on research and writing about insolvency and related matters.

I have also had extensive experience in taxation (in the ATO and in private practice); bookkeeping and accounting (in industry and in private practice); fraud investigation (with the Commonwealth DPP); and forensic accounting.

Since becoming an insolvency specialist I have written a great deal about the subject generally and have developed an  academic interest in:

•  the laws  governing business and personal insolvency;
•  the theories and policies behind them;
•  the way in which those laws are administered and enforced;
•  the customary and expected procedures that insolvency practitioners (e.g. liquidators) should follow;
• conflicts of interest and malpractice;
• the causes and symptoms of business failure;
• the prevention and cure of business failure;
• the behaviour of banks and other lenders;
• the behaviour of company directors.

My website, which provides free documents and information, is www.insolvencyresources.com.au.

In this blog I will be publishing news, raising practical and policy issues in insolvency and taxation, and encouraging helpful discussion and advice.  Please join me.

Peter J Keenan

Email: insolvency.practitioner@gmail.com