We exist for the directors
who need us most.
Founded because
good businesses were failing needlessly.
For decades, the highest quality restructuring advice was available only to the largest corporates - the ones who could afford the big firms. Smaller businesses, often run by founders who had given everything to build them, were left to navigate the hardest moments of their professional lives without the same level of support.
Brendan Richards founded Rebound Advisory to change that. The same calibre of advice that was once reserved for the top end of town - now available to the businesses that need it most.
Our purpose is simple: to stand alongside directors in their most difficult moments, give them the clearest possible picture of where they stand, and help them find the best path forward - whatever that turns out to be.
What this means for you
You speak directly to Brendan or Claire - not a junior team. Senior expertise, from the first call.
Advice grounded in deep experience at PwC, KPMG, Ferrier Hodgson, Pitcher Partners, and ANZ.
The same quality of advice once reserved for the largest corporates - now available to you.
Faster, sharper analysis powered by ReboundIQ - without the big-firm price tag.
We travel to you. Wherever you are in Australia, New Zealand, or Asia - location is never a barrier.
The system manages failure.
We prevent it.
Most directors who end up in formal insolvency didn't have to. The research is consistent: viable businesses fail because directors waited too long, because they didn't get specialist advice early enough, and because the system around them is built to manage failure - not prevent it.
We understand why directors wait. There's shame. There's the hope that things will turn. There's the fear of what an advisor might say. We've heard it all - and we've never once judged a director for the situation they found themselves in.
We are the people you call when you think you might be losing your business. The ones who have been through this a hundred times. Who don't flinch. Who say: "Here's what's actually going on. Here's what we can do. Here's how we get through this."
Intervene early.
Preserve more.
Most restructuring engagements begin too late. By the time a formal process is triggered, recoveries have already eroded - for the business, for its people, and for the creditors who backed it.
Rebound Advisory works with directors at the earliest signs of distress. Our goal is a consensual restructure - not a formal appointment. That means more options, lower cost, and significantly better outcomes for everyone involved.
Directors who engage before formal insolvency becomes unavoidable almost always achieve better outcomes - for themselves, their people, and their creditors. The earlier the call, the more we can do.
We come to
wherever you are
Location is never a barrier to receiving the advice you need. Rebound Advisory operates across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia - we travel to our clients, not the other way around.
Whether you're in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Singapore, or Hong Kong - if your business needs help, we will be there.
Australia
New Zealand
Asia Pacific
Wherever You Are
Financial distress is often
a symptom, not the cause.
This matters because financial fixes that don't address the underlying operational reality rarely hold. A restructured balance sheet sitting on top of a broken operating model, a disengaged workforce, or a deteriorating client experience will fail again.
Brendan and Claire address both the financial and operational dimensions of distress. That integrated approach is what makes Rebound Advisory genuinely different from any other firm in this space.
People who understand
what you're carrying
When you speak to Rebound Advisory, you speak directly to Brendan or Claire. No junior teams. No handoffs. Just senior advisors who have seen this before - and who genuinely care about what happens next for you.
Brendan founded Rebound Advisory after more than 25 years at the highest levels of the restructuring profession - at PwC, KPMG, and Ferrier Hodgson - because he saw too many good businesses fail for want of the right advice at the right time.
Earlier in his career, Brendan led a team of senior professionals at NAB managing the bank's workout portfolio - giving him a rare perspective on how lenders assess distressed borrowers, what they need to see, and how to structure solutions that work for all parties.
Brendan is known for his directness, his calm under pressure, and his ability to cut through complexity to find what matters most. He doesn't flinch. And he doesn't give up on a business until every option has been genuinely explored.
Claire brings a perspective that is genuinely rare in the restructuring profession. Her career has taken her from KPMG and Pitcher Partners to ANZ - meaning she understands financial distress from both sides of the table. She knows how lenders think, what they need to see, and how to structure solutions that work for everyone.
A significant part of Claire's career has been spent working with agricultural and agribusiness clients - family farming operations, rural supply chains, and regional food producers navigating the particular pressures of seasonal cashflow, commodity price volatility, and the weight of multi-generational legacy.
Directors consistently describe Claire as someone who makes them feel heard, understood, and - for the first time in a long time - genuinely hopeful.
In the press.
Brendan on Ausbiz.
The post-COVID insolvency surge, Safe Harbour, and the rise of private credit
Brendan speaks with Ausbiz on the forces driving Australia's insolvency cycle - the tax office's change in posture post-pandemic, the promise and limits of Safe Harbour legislation (using Mosaic Brands as a case study), and the increasingly important role private credit is playing in enabling viable businesses to restructure outside formal insolvency.
Running time: approx. 8 minutes
Brendan's thinking.
Straight from LinkedIn.
The Year Everything Compounds: Restructuring Trends ANZ 2026
ATO enforcement. Payday Super. A fuel crisis. Construction collapse. Trade disruption. Arriving simultaneously and compounding. Rebound Advisory's full analysis of the restructuring landscape across Australia and New Zealand in 2026.
The Advisory Pyramid is Collapsing
I used to brief a team of three to build a financial model for a distressed client. It would take a week. Today I can produce the same analytical foundation in an hour or two. This changes the economics of advisory work fundamentally.
84,000 Director Penalty Notices in a Single Year.
The ATO issued more than 84,000 DPNs in FY2025 - a 136% increase on the prior year, covering roughly $2.6 billion in company tax liabilities. Most directors don't understand the regime until it's too late. And too often, neither do their advisers.
"VA is your only option." It wasn't.
An industrial services group. $120m+ in revenue. Ten years of growth built from nothing. VA would have destroyed $50m+ in enterprise value to solve a problem that was actually about trust, not viability.
Why 80% of Voluntary Administrations Return Nothing to Unsecured Creditors
80% of companies that enter Voluntary Administration return absolutely nothing to their unsecured creditors. The question nobody asks is whether VA should have been recommended in the first place.
Most Directors Who Receive a DPN Don't Know There Are Two Types.
One type gives you options. The other takes them all away. The difference comes down to one thing: did you lodge? Not pay. Lodge. A company that lodges its BAS on time and owes $400,000 has a director with options. A company that doesn't has a director whose house is on the line.
What the Big 4 Model Gets Wrong About Experienced Advisors
I spent more than 20 years inside Big 4 and specialist advisory firms. Brilliant restructuring minds - people who could read a room and a balance sheet with equal skill - gone from the market. Not because they lost their edge. Because nobody offered them a way to keep the work without the grind.