The Legal 500

Clifford Chance’s international finance strength underpins its pan-Asian restructuring capabilities. Nish Shetty and Andrew Brereton advised Credit Suisse on the complex $250m restructuring of Continental Chemicals. Brereton advised Barclays, as agent, and the lenders on Jindal Steel’s $250m debt restructuring.

Linklaters Allen & Gledhill’s Philip Badge and Kevin Wong advised Suzlon Energy on its restructuring. Richard Ginks advised HSBC Bank on the Jaya Holdings restructuring.

Allen & Overy is advising financial institutions that invested in the financing of over 50 aircraft under structures arranged by Allco Finance Group, and is assisting with the restructuring of the Transmile group in Malaysia and PT Domas Agrointi Prima in Indonesia. Leading names are Kayal Sachi, the ‘knowledgeable, technically sound’ John Richards, and Jason Humphreys ‘who understands Asian business’.

At Latham & Watkins LLP, Joseph Bevash in Tokyo, Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi and Stephen McWilliams advised on the S$2.65bn Senoko Power Project refinancing. Tjia-Dharmadi and David Miles represented the mandated lead arrangers in Protelindo’s $475m refinancing. Head of the Singapore law practice Sin Chei Liang handles capital and corporate restructuring.

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy’s David Zemans, Jacqueline Chan and Ong Ee-Ing advised creditors of Darma Henwa on the complex restructuring of its $205m syndicated senior secured facility.

Norton Rose (Asia) LLP’s Gervais Green, Guy Spooner, Daniel Yong, and Robert Driver advised on the Arpeni Pratama restructuring. Adam Summerly advised Bio Treat Technology on the restructuring of S$206m convertible unsecured bonds.

O’Melveny & Myers LLP’s Bertie Mehigan, Joel Hogarth, Damien Coles and Ashley Bell acted as sole international counsel to Mobile-8 Telecom Finance Company BV and PT Mobile-8 Telecom Tbk regarding the restructuring of $100m guaranteed secured notes.

Watson, Farley & Williams LLP’s ‘intelligent, practical advisors’ Chris Lowe and Madeline Leong acted for syndicates of banks and financial institutions on the restructuring of facilities totalling $150.4m to subsidiaries of Arpeni Pratama.

White & Case LLP’s William Kirschner represented Lehman Brothers Holdings in the amendment of Norton Gold Fields’ A$40m convertible fixed rate notes. Practice head Kate Allchurch and Guan Feng Chen are recommended.

Carl Dunton at Ashurst LLP acted for investors on the proposed restructuring of fully convertible debentures for an Indian real estate entity, and represented an investor in the capital restructuring of a Philippines-based energy entity

Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow’s James Huang advised Jaya Holdings on its $300m restructuring. Kiat Sent Lee is recommended. Tan Chuan Thye left to join Stamford Law Corporation

Sheela Moorthy and her team at DLA Piper Singapore Pte. Ltd. advise on cross-border restructurings.

Gibson Dunn’s John Viverito, assisted by Erin Rothfuss and Saptak Santra, is assisting with the restructuring of Lehman Brothers’ Asian real estate assets.

Herbert Smith LLP’s Michelle Chen specialises in debt equity matters, attracting debt restructuring instructions across Southeast Asia.

Schick & Associates LLC’s restructuring specialist Sandor Schick represented an international consortium owed $400m by affiliates of Asia Pulp & Paper. Clients recommend him as ‘thorough and analytical, with an exceptional eye for detail’.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP advised on Lehman Brothers’ sale to Nomura Holdings.