With more than two decades of experience in restructuring and insolvency, Vincent Pirina has built a reputation for combining innovative thinking with rigorous commercial judgment to deliver outcomes for clients across complex and high-stakes situations.

Vincent works closely with lenders, management, shareholders, accountants, and lawyers, and is known for his commitment to transparency and clear communication throughout every engagement. Having advised on some of Australia's largest and most complex restructuring assignments at leading advisory firms, he identified an opportunity to bring a more personalised, hands-on approach to mid-market clients- offering detailed strategic advice, support through complex negotiations, and practical, workable solutions.

His experience spans the trade-on and sale of distressed businesses, the realisation of secured property assets, independent business reviews, and investigations into corporate failures.

Qualifications & Memberships

• Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Member, Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
• Member, Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA)
• Registered Liquidator

As a Registered Liquidator and co-founding Principal of Aston Chace Group, Steve brings deep expertise across both formal and informal insolvency and restructuring advisory - advising businesses, individuals, and financial institutions on some of their most complex and consequential challenges.

Steve works across all industry sectors, with particular depth in construction, hospitality, retail, agriculture, property, legal and financial services, including managed investment schemes. His experience spans the full range of insolvency appointments, and he has guided numerous businesses through successful restructuring outcomes involving financial distress, stakeholder disputes, and contested litigation.

His litigation experience is extensive, encompassing asset tracing and recovery, public examinations, and the pursuit of voidable transaction and insolvent trading claims for the benefit of creditors.

Steve is known for his collaborative approach and his commitment to keeping clients informed and engaged throughout every stage of an engagement - values that sit at the core of the firm he co-founded.

Qualifications & Memberships

• Certified Practising Accountant (CPA)
• Member, Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)
• Member, Association of Independent Insolvency Practitioners (AIIP)
• Registered Liquidator

Paul Fury brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate insolvency to his role at Aston Chace Group, where he leads the development and implementation of the firm's technical standards and corporate compliance framework.

As the firm's technical expert, Paul draws on a distinguished career spanning both the legal and insolvency professions. Having practised as both a solicitor and a barrister, Paul subsequently served as a Senior Manager at an independent insolvency firm for nine years- building the depth of expertise that now underpins his advisory role to the firm's principals and broader team.

Paul has extensive experience across the full spectrum of insolvency appointments, including liquidations, voluntary administrations, receiverships, and schemes of arrangement, across a wide range of industries and transaction sizes from large-scale corporate failures to more targeted insolvency matters.

Qualifications & Memberships

• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Law

Allan brings more than a decade of experience in corporate insolvency, combining hands-on appointment work with a distinctive background as a member of the distressed debt and workout team at one of Australia's leading financial institutions.

That dual perspective - having operated on both sides of the creditor-debtor relationship- informs Allan's approach to every engagement. He has a nuanced understanding of the competing priorities at play in distressed situations and applies this to assist Liquidators and stakeholders across a broad range of matters. His experience spans the trading-on and realisation of businesses in external administration, complex commercial negotiations, and contested litigation before the Courts.

Qualifications & Memberships

• Member, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ)
• Graduate Member, Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association (ARITA)
• Bachelor of Commerce, University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Matthew Fierro is a restructuring and insolvency professional with more than seven years of experience advising on complex corporate insolvency appointments and formal restructuring engagements across a range of industries, including retail, financial services, property and construction, and manufacturing.

Matthew brings deep technical expertise to each engagement, with a strong focus on maximising returns to creditors through rigorous asset recovery strategies and enforcement action. His experience encompasses public examinations and legal recovery proceedings, as well as close collaboration with government agencies- including the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations - to advance creditor outcomes in high-stakes insolvency matters.

Qualifications and Memberships: 

• Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ)
• Bachelor of Business (Accounting & Finance), University of Technology Sydney