About

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Our Corporate Restructuring & Workouts Practice and its key members have been consistently ranked as industry leaders by international independent research houses and publications for many years. With over 30 lawyers, our team is one of the largest dedicated restructuring practices in the country.

Our lawyers have a very diverse skill set, spanning dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and finance. This equips us to deal with the complex issues that arise in workouts, the rehabilitation process, and solvent reorganisations. Our experience includes the divestment of non-core assets, distressed mergers and acquisitions, and debt trading under LMA rules. Our unparalleled strength in litigation also means our clients are represented by some of the most formidable advocates in Asia.

The Corporate Restructuring & Workouts Practice stands out for its regional focus and cross-border capabilities. We have been involved in the major workouts in Indonesia for the past 10 years and they continue to make up a significant amount of our work. Most of our matters involve debt and equity securities quoted in Indonesia, Singapore, or the United States. Consequently, we are experienced with the capital market regulations and the bankruptcy codes of various jurisdictions such as the Indonesian PKPU regime and the United States Bankruptcy Code including exchange offers, liquidations, and restructurings under Chapters 7, 11, and 15.

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Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Singapore

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What the Team is Known For

Drew & Napier has an outstanding Singapore-based legal team with an excellent track record of representing debtors, as well as liquidators and creditors, in complex restructurings and insolvency cases. The firm is highly active on contentious and non-contentious restructurings, particularly those with a cross-border element. The team is active on behalf of clients from a range of industry sectors, including shipping, energy, oil and gas, and construction. The lawyers are well-placed to advise clients on asset recovery, as well as schemes of arrangement and judicial management.

Work Highlights

  • Drew & Napier assisted several entities related to Rhodium Resources in relation to Agritrade International's restructuring.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Blossom Hing
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Blossom Hing
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Blossom Hing remains a market-leading lawyer in Singapore, working for debtors and creditors on high-value contentious restructurings and liquidations.

Blossom is one of the stalwarts of the sector.

Blossom Hing's level of status and reputation before the judges benefits me as a client. She is a fantastic advocate for clients.

Julian Kwek
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Julian Kwek
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic
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Julian Kwek is an experienced lawyer in Singapore with particular expertise in matters relating to Indonesia and China. He acts for creditors and shareholders on insolvencies and company restructurings, especially within the shipping and oil industries.
Wei Meng Chan
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Wei Meng Chan
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Chan Wei Meng is a respected lawyer in Singapore. He acts for debtors and lenders on significant restructurings, often involving corporations in the shipping, engineering and energy sectors.
Mohan Gopalan
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Mohan Gopalan
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Mohan Gopalan in Singapore has a broad practice acting for a full range of clients on debt restructuring and investments. He is active in the energy and shipping industries, among others.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic

Blossom Hing SC
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Blossom Hing SC
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Julian Kwek
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Julian Kwek
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic
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Wei Meng Chan
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Wei Meng Chan
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Mohan Gopalan
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Mohan Gopalan
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Members

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