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Akin Offices
UNITS 1801-08 & 10, 18TH FLOOR GLOUCESTER TOWER, THE LANDMARK
15 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
CENTRAL, HONG KONG
Hong Kong
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Ms Naomi Moore
Work Department
Partner; Financial Restructuring
Position
As a partner in Akin Gump’s financial restructuring group, Naomi’s practice focuses on cross-border restructurings, insolvencies and workouts as well as finance and alternative credit transactions and distressed investing, most recently in China, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Indonesia, Korea, London, Japan, Singapore, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Having practised in Australia, London and Asia, Naomi has been involved in a number of complex and high-profile restructurings with a particular focus on schemes of arrangement, including representing creditor groups of Noble Group Limited, PT Bumi Resources Tbk and Winsway Enterprises Holdings Limited.
To learn more about Ms. Moore, please visit her full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/naomi-elizabeth-moore.html.
Career
Naomi was recognized in “Banking, Finance and Transactional Law” (2018) and “Women in Business Law, Insolvency and Restructuring” (2017) by Euromoney’s Expert Guides. She was also named “Best in Insolvency and Restructuring” (2016), and has been frequently shortlisted in the same category by Euromoney’s Legal Media Group Asia Women in Business Law Awards. In 2013 – 2019, she has been listed as a leading lawyer in various leading publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, IFLR 1000, Who’s Who Legal, and Global Restructuring Review.
Education
LL.B. (Hons), University of Technology Sydney, 1999; B.A., University of New South Wales, 1995.
Lawyer Rankings
Hong Kong > Restructuring and insolvency
(Leading partners)Having joined the team from Akin in May 2023, co-head Naomi Moore brings her vast expertise on cross-border insolvencies and restructurings to the DLA Piper
practice. The firm leverages the strength in its litigation and finance teams when handling special situations, bank workouts, and bond restructurings. Co-lead Trinh Hoang is an expert in banking law, especially on the restructuring of debt facilities and acquisition finance.
China > Restructuring and insolvency: foreign firms
Through close collaboration with its litigation and finance departments, the DLA Piper restructuring group provides a full-service offering to domestic and international entities from across the energy, pharma, and financial services sectors. The practice has vast experience of handling complex enforcement actions and multi-jurisdictional insolvency disputes, alongside consistently supporting debtor companies and funds in winding-up proceedings and bond restructuring. Based out of Sydney, Naomi Moore co-heads the outfit, standing out for her work on distressed debt and private credit issues, whilst the other co-lead, Trinh Hoang, primarily focuses on special situations financing from the Hoing Kong office.
Australia > Restructuring and insolvency
DLA Piper‘s experienced restructuring and insolvency team boasts ‘significant technical knowledge’, and advises on complex security and priority arrangements, and insolvency structuring issues. Regularly advising cross-border clients in the Asia Pacific region, ‘outstanding’, team head Naomi Moore is a key contact for major cross-border insolvency matters, while Lionel Meehan specialises in major restructuring matters. Amy Nolan assists with performance bond issuing and liquidation proceedings.