Expertise Based Abroad
Provided by Julian Kwek
Julian heads our Indonesia Group and Corporate Restructuring & Workouts Practice. He focuses on cross-border mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, debt workouts, and corporate restructuring. Julian has been consistently ranked as a leading individual in his field for many years by leading legal publications.
In Indonesia, Julian advises foreign investors and Indonesian groups divesting equity or entering into joint ventures with foreign investors. He also advises high net-worth individuals and families in Indonesia particularly after the Tax Amnesty in Indonesia and the adoption of Automatic Exchange of Information pursuant to Common Reporting Standard.
Julian has been covering Indonesia since 2000, and he has been involved in many mining projects in Indonesia. On average, Julian makes about 15 to 20 trips a year to Indonesia.
On the debt workouts and corporate restructuring front, Julian and his team have advised on most of the largest workouts in Indonesia and also on most of the defaults involving PRC companies listed in Singapore.
Over many years, Julian has developed close working relationships with several State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in the People’s Republic of China. He has advised many PRC SOE and PRC private enterprises over the last 20 years and some of them on a retainer basis.
LL.B. (Hons), University of Wales College of Cardiff; Called to Bar of England & Wales, Middle Temple; Admitted to the Singapore Bar
Julian has been covering Indonesia since 2000, and he has been involved in many mining projects in Indonesia.
On the debt workouts and corporate restructuring front, Julian and his team have advised on most of the largest workouts in Indonesia and also on most of the defaults involving PRC companies listed in Singapore.
Over many years, Julian has developed close working relationships with several State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) in the People’s Republic of China. He has advised many PRC SOE and PRC private enterprises over the last 20 years and some of them on a retainer basis.
• Member, Law Society of Singapore
• Member, Singapore Academy of Law
• Member, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
• Honorary Secretary, Workforce Advancement Federation
Julian speaks and writes English and Mandarin Chinese and is conversant in Bahasa Indonesia.
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