About

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Our Restructuring & Insolvency Practice focuses on value preservation and creation for financially challenged companies, creditors and investors in both contentious and non-contentious situations.

The team combines extensive litigation experience and in-depth knowledge of the market to structure transactions and reorganisation plans together with our Special Situations Advisory Practice which brings capital markets and financing expertise to all our complex high profile engagements.  This targeted and sophisticated interdisciplinary approach ensures our stakeholders are fully advised on the whole spectrum of issues that arise in heavily leveraged situations including debtor-in possession  and multiple part financing, inter-creditor claims, necessary recovery and “make whole” actions, cross-border disputes, asset acquisitions and disposals, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, protection of creditors from liability, adoption and renegotiation of key contracts and the formulation and implementation of restructuring plans that align solutions across the entire group’s capital structure. We have advised on every significant listed company restructuring in Singapore and regularly advise stakeholders in pivotal cross-border restructurings in ASEAN.

The wealth of restructuring and dispute resolution expertise the team brings includes practitioners who are thought leaders and office bearers in various restructuring and arbitration institutions and organisations. 

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Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Singapore

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What the Team is Known For

WongPartnership has a market-leading team in Singapore handling complex restructurings involving multiple jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region and further afield. The firm is especially visible representing debtors in out-of-court restructurings and advising the holders of distressed investments, judicial managers and liquidators in insolvencies. The team offers broad expertise in contentious and non-contentious restructuring matters and is able to leverage expertise from the firm's disputes and corporate teams to provide a full-service legal offering. The practice advises clients from a broad range of industries including energy, cryptocurrency and shipping, among others.

Work Highlights

  • WongPartnership advised Grant Thornton Singapore on the judicial management of Xihe Holdings.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Smitha Menon
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Smitha Menon
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Smitha Menon has a notable presence in Singapore's legal market, acting for a broad range of parties, including judicial managers and liquidators, as well as trustees, creditors and debtors, on restructuring and insolvency mandates.

Smitha is the leading light of the restructuring bar. She's an advisor par excellence, a superb advocate and a brilliant tactician in negotiations.

Smitha Menon is technically strong and responsive and always provides good advice. She is one of the best experts in the market.

Joel Chng
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Joel Chng
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Joel Chng is a well-recognised lawyer in Singapore, particularly active on large restructurings acting for creditors, debtors, trustees and judicial managers.

Joel Chng provides practical and insightful guidance that supports the decision-making process.

Stephanie Yeo
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Stephanie Yeo
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Stephanie Yeo is well-regarded in Singapore for working on complex restructurings, including cross-border matters. Her experience includes matters in the fintech sector.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic

Smitha Menon
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Smitha Menon
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Joel Chng
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Joel Chng
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Band 4
Stephanie Yeo
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Stephanie Yeo
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Band 4

Members

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Jason Chua

Joel Chng

Kevin Ho

Lawrence Foo

Lionel Leo

Sean Yu Chou

Stephanie Yeo

Clients

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ABN AMRO

Crest Capital

DBS

Deloitte

EY

FTI Consulting

Google

HSBC

Judicial Managers of Xihe Holdings Pte Ltd

KKR

Keppel

Miclyn Express Offshore

Navis Capital

Noble

OCBC

Pacific International Lines

Petrobras Global Trading

PwC

Squarepoint

Wirecard Asia Holding Pte Ltd

Industries

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Automotive Manufacturing

Commodities

Construction

Finance

Offshore Marine Services

Oil & Gas

Pharmaceutical

Power

Real Estate

Shipping

Water Desalination