Our approach to insolvency and restructuring brings to bear the significant experience and diverse resources of our Greater China offices, including substantive knowledge in cross border corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits, real estate, intellectual property, tax and litigation. We bring to our client innovative solutions to restructuring problems.
We have unparalleled experience in advising liquidators, debtors and creditors in relation to the key insolvencies and restructurings of recent years.
How we can help
Insolvency litigation- Preference and fraudulent trading claims
- Directors’ and officers’ breaches of fiduciary duties
- White collar criminal representation and investigation
- Employment related disputes
- Lender liability claims
- Liquidation and receivership court appointment
- Cross border recovery of assets and issues relating to insolvency
- Representation of receivers, creditor’s committees, financial sponsors, distressed investors and bond holder committees
- Out of court restructures
- Restructure, mergers and acquisitions
- Asset sales
- Debtor in possession financing
- Restructure, mergers and acquisitions
- Financing and re-financing in acquisition of companies and assets
Representative experience
Counsel for a majority creditor in applying for provisional liquidation of a Hong Kong listed company
Act for a financier in white knight scheme to acquire a listed vehicle
Counsel for the administrators of listed companies in China based asset disposal
Represent receiver in professional negligence claims for sales proceeds and management of development projects
Advise senior management of listed companies in receivership/ liquidation
Represent various creditors and liquidators in assets tracing and recovery
Act for a majority shareholder of a listco in Hong Kong to take over management control of the listco for the purpose of restructuring of the listco
Apply for and conduct Section 221 Companies Ordinance examination of directors
Advise the trustees in bankruptcy on the arrangement with the majority creditors for funding to pursue asset recovery actions out of jurisdiction, preparing the necessary documentation and securing sanction from the Court