Deloitte has been named the Number 1 firm globally for its corporate reorganisation services in The Deal’s fourth-quarter 2005 bankruptcy league table. The Deal is a leading US corporate finance publication and is available at www.thedeal.com.

Globally, Deloitte was involved in 236 bankruptcy cases as of 31 December, 2005, the highest number of any non-investment banking firm.

Of the 236 cases Deloitte was involved in, 48% were active bankruptcy assignments in Australia, followed by the UK (21%), the US (14%), Ireland (8%), Canada (7%) and South Korea (2%).

Deloitte’s Corporate Reorganisation group leader in Australia, Chris Campbell, commented, “This is a great honour for Deloitte. Our Corporate Reorganisation group in Australia has seen significant growth this year with assignments at Westbus, TEAC, Gowings, Sam’s Seafood, and a number of property developers including Wespoint. We are very proud to be acknowledged as the Number 1 firm globally for our services.”