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Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP Offices
9 STRAITS VIEW
MARINA ONE WEST TOWER #06-07
SINGAPORE 018937
018937
Singapore
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Kwan Kiat Sim
Position
Head, Restructuring & Insolvency
Career
Kwan Kiat is a partner at Rajah & Tann Singapore and heads the restructuring and insolvency practice group, the largest dedicated practice in this area in Singapore. His practice comprises disputes and advisory work, advising lenders and accounting firms in both domestic and cross-border disputes, and he has acted in various banking disputes, liquidations, receiverships and debt restructuring of local and foreign companies.
Kwan Kiat is consistently recognised as a market leading practitioner for his expertise by global legal directories, including Chambers Asia Pacific, Benchmark Litigation, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. He is described as “top notched in the R&I field, very strong technically but also commercial.”
In addition, Kwan Kiat is part of the expert group involved in the ongoing work in UNCITRAL Working Group V (Insolvency Law) on applicable law in insolvency proceedings, and has been appointed by the Singapore Ministry of Law to be the Singapore national correspondent for UNCITRAL CLOUT (Case Law on UNCITRAL Texts).
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
With one of the region’s largest restructuring and insolvency practices, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP assists on the full spectrum of domestic and cross-border matters, contentious and non-contentious alike, and counts lenders and creditors, debtors, liquidators and judicial managers among its key roster of clients. In addition to commodities, consumer goods and financial services, the practice is noted for its expertise in the marine and offshore, energy and oil and gas sectors. Praised as ‘technically strong, practical and commercial’, Sim Kwan Kiat leads the team alongside Chua Beng Chye, who is ‘constantly exceeding expectations’ when advising on bankruptcy and corporate insolvency mandates, and Sheila Ng. Other key contacts include ‘technically strong’ Patrick Ang and Lee Eng Beng SC, who has considerable experience advising on debt enforcement matters and insolvency litigation.
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