Insolvency &
Restructuring
Know your environmental exposure before you accept appointment. Rapid environmental risk assessment that gives administrators, receivers and liquidators a clear, defensible liability position — within days of engagement, not weeks.
Environmental Risk Is a Silent Asset Killer
When accepting appointment over an industrial or manufacturing site, environmental liability is often the risk that nobody has clearly quantified. Contamination, regulatory conditions and historical environmental obligations can directly affect asset realisable value — and in some cases, attach regulatory obligations to an incoming controller or purchaser that weren't visible at appointment.
We work directly with insolvency practitioners, receivers, liquidators and their legal advisors across Southeast Queensland. We understand the insolvency context: compressed timelines, the need for clear risk language rather than technical jargon, obligations owed to creditors, and the difference between a site that needs monitoring and a site that needs immediate action.
Matthew Jeffs has assessed industrial assets under insolvency administration across automotive dismantling, light manufacturing, marina operations, food production, paper manufacturing and sites with legacy chemical storage — and has provided direct verbal briefings to administrators requiring clear liability advice to inform realisation decisions.
What Matters to Your Appointment
Appointment Timelines
The Rapid Environmental Risk Scan can be engaged within hours of appointment and delivers a written report within 7 days. Fixed price. No scope creep.
Creditor Reporting Obligations
Reports written for decision-makers, not regulators. Clear risk classification, plain-language findings and defined liability flags that directly support creditor reporting.
Regulator Notification Requirements
We identify immediate notification obligations under the Queensland Environmental Protection Act that attach to an incoming controller — so you know from day one.
Environmental Authority Conditions
We review existing Environmental Authority conditions, compliance history and any DES enforcement action that affects the asset or ongoing obligations.
Contamination vs Asset Value
We assess whether identified contamination represents a quantifiable liability affecting realisable value, or a manageable risk that can be disclosed and priced into disposal.
Realisation Strategy Constraints
Practical advice on what environmental risk means for your disposal options — sale as-is, conditional sale, targeted remediation, or regulatory negotiation pathways.
Emergency Response Obligations
We identify active environmental conditions requiring immediate response and advise on regulator notification and containment obligations.
Court-Admissible Standards
All reports include a Statement of Limitation appropriate to scope, purpose and professional standards applicable to the engagement. Defensible from day one.
Call Before You Accept — Or Immediately After
How We Help Insolvency Practitioners
Rapid Environmental Risk Scan
Environmental risk position within 7 days. Fixed price. Desktop review, regulatory databases, site walkover. Clear risk classification, liability flag and defensible record from day one. Can be engaged within hours of appointment.
Service Detail ›Environmental Due Diligence
Full structured EDD for sites where the Rapid Scan identifies issues requiring deeper assessment. Liability quantification with defined cost ranges, regulatory pathway advice and written position suitable for legal advice and sale process documentation.
Service Detail ›Contaminated Land Assessment
Phase I and Phase II site investigation where field assessment is required to characterise contamination and define liability exposure before disposal. Regulatory pathway advice and DES liaison where required.
Service Detail ›Drone Site Reconnaissance
CASA-licensed aerial reconnaissance — visible contamination indicators, illegal dumping, drainage to waterways, vegetation stress and site access documentation. Combined with Rapid Environmental Scan for a comprehensive picture.
Service Detail ›Ongoing Environmental Management
For administrations requiring environmental management during the appointment — licence compliance, Environmental Authority reporting, regulatory monitoring and regulator interface. Hourly rate from appointment through to completion.
Enquire ›Emergency Environmental Response
Immediate mobilisation for acute environmental incidents — chemical spills, tank failures, uncontrolled discharges. Regulator notification support, containment advice and documentation. Call Matthew directly on 0422 407 079.
Call Direct ›Relevant Project Experience
Environmental Due Diligence — Distressed Industrial Asset Portfolio
Delivered rapid environmental risk assessments across distressed industrial assets under insolvency administration — automotive dismantling, light manufacturing and legacy chemical storage. Clear written advice to administrators on environmental risk, regulatory exposure and EPA obligations before realisation decisions. Direct verbal briefings to administrators requiring liability advice. In several cases initial desktop assessment led to targeted field investigation before disposal.
Environmental Risk Reviews — Diverse Queensland Industrial Portfolio
Environmental risk assessment and compliance reviews across more than 35 Queensland industrial sites. Four sites subject to regulatory enforcement action — scopes expanded to support clients through complex insurance, stakeholder and regulator negotiations. Demonstrates the sector breadth and rapid-assessment capability that insolvency appointments over industrial sites demand.
Call Before You Commit to the Matter.
The Rapid Environmental Risk Scan can be engaged within hours of your appointment. Fixed price. Report in 7 days. No delays, no surprises.
Matthew Jeffs | admin@emjaytech.com.au