Our Insolvency & Restructuring Practice provides sophisticated solutions at the crossroads of financial distress and strategic opportunity, covering the full spectrum of corporate recovery matters. We serve as trusted advisors to corporations, secured and unsecured creditors, and court-appointed liquidators, bringing decades of experience to both consensual workouts and contested proceedings.
Our Expertise
- Corporate Restructuring and Reorganisation
- Insolvency and Liquidation Proceedings
- Debt Restructuring and Workouts
- Cross-border Insolvency and Restructuring
- Creditor Representation and Recovery Strategies
- Corporate Governance in Restructuring
- M&A Transactions in the Context of Insolvency
- Insolvency Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Notable Practice Highlights
- Advised on the restructuring of a Hong Kong-based investment company, involving approximately USD 50 million in loans and securities across multiple entities, ensuring compliance and strategic alignment.
- Acted for the provisional liquidators of a global entity, in successfully obtaining a Mareva Injunction to freeze USD 135 million of assets of the entity after it was discovered that the main director of the entity had used this entity to perpetrate an elaborate “Ponzi” scheme.
- Advised a client on restructuring a loan agreement worth SGD 1 million.
- Advised a Philippines multinational corporation on the restructuring of its global operations, including the streamlining of its holding entities in South East Asia.
- Advised on the distribution of assets for a dividend in-specie by a multinational company with operations in Europe and corporate headquarters in Singapore, addressing complex cross-border considerations.
- Represented a Swedish multinational corporation in analysing and addressing tax implications arising from a proposed group restructuring, delivering tailored solutions to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Represented a multinational corporation in establishing its regional headquarters in Singapore and developing a transfer pricing policy, which included critical negotiations with Singapore tax authorities to achieve favourable outcomes.
