Ms Stephanie Yeo > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Ms Stephanie Yeo

+65 6517 3796 stephanie.yeo@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Restructuring & Insolvency and Special Situations Advisory Practices.

Position

Partner – Restructuring & Insolvency and Special Situations Advisory Practices.

Career

Her main area of practice is restructuring and insolvency with a focus on formal and out-of-court cross border restructurings.

Matters of significance in which Stephanie has been involved in include:

• Acting as lead counsel for the Japanese bankruptcy trustee in Re Opti Medix (in liquidation) and another matter [2016] SGHC 108, a landmark decision recognizing the trustee’s appointment over two British Virgin Islands companies that was nominated for Most Important Recognition Decision in the Global Restructuring Review Awards 2017.
• Acting as one of the lead partners in the US$3.3 billion restructuring of Pacific International Lines which involved a combination of an in-court restructuring of over US$1 billion through one of the largest and most complex schemes of arrangement to be sanctioned by the Singapore court since the implementation of the new restructuring regime in Singapore as well as an out-of-court restructuring of the company’s remaining debts. The restructuring also involved a US$600 million investment by Heliconia Capital Management through a combination of debt and equity instruments.
• Acting for the ad hoc committee of bondholders in respect of the cross-border restructuring of Noble Group Limited.
• Acting for and advising the judicial manager of Altus Shipping & Logistics Pte Ltd, an international conglomerate which involved a novel credit-bid structure for the acquisition of the assets.
• Acting for the former shareholders of a public-listed multinational pharmaceutical company, in an application to set aside an arbitration award granting damages amounting to more than US$500 million against them: [2018] SGHC 275.
• Acting for Indian Senior Advocate, Mr Harish Salve, in the first application ever made to the Singapore courts for ad hoc admission of an Indian Senior Advocate: [2017] SGHC 28.

Publications & Legal Updates:

• “Opportunity for corporate restructuring amid pandemic” – The Business Times (22 June 2021)
• “The Swift, Silent Restructuring of Pacific International Lines” – The Business Times (15 June 2021)
• Capital Markets Intelligence International Insolvency & Restructuring Report 2021/22 – Singapore chapter 
• The Insolvency Review 8th edition – Singapore chapter
• LexisNexis Practical Guidance Commercial Module: Financial distress, bankruptcy and insolvency 2019
• South Square Digest (March 2017) – “Navigating Singapore’s restructured restructuring and insolvency framework”

Awards & Accolades:

Stephanie’s expertise has been recognised in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession and Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

She has been described as “a young lawyer who is skilled beyond her years”, is “able to balance complexities and sensitivities of the many parties involved in a restructuring matter”. “Her ability to package issues and solutions in easy-to-understand ways is a remarkable skill and one that others aspire to have”.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member of INSOL and has been a facilitator for the Insolvency Law Practice Sessions in the Preparatory Course leading to Part B of the Singapore Bar Examinations since 2015.

Education