Spearheaded by the Hong Kong-based duo of Richard Woodworth and Denise Fung, Linklaters has vast expertise in acting for debtors, banks, and bondholder creditors in financial distress, whilst regularly overseeing multi-jurisdictional restructurings of offshore liabilities. The firm has recently developed its specialism in navigating enforcements and exits of financial investments in special situations, with Woodworth being an expert in complex financial debt restructurings. Fung predominantly focuses on the real estate sector, assisting developers in disputes and insolvency matters, while Roberta Cheung handles both contentious and non-contentious issues since joining as counsel in August 2023 from Allen & Overy.
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Key clients
- China Aoyuan Group Limited
- Co-ordination Committee of lenders to Logan Group Company Limited
- CIFI Holdings (Group) Company Limited
- Central China Real Estate Limited
- Yuzhou Group Holdings Company Limited
- Ad hoc group of bondholders of Times China Holdings Ltd
- Ad hoc group of creditors of Sunac China Holdings Limited
- Greenland Global Investment Limited
- Ad hoc group of investors of Sino-Ocean Group Holding Limited
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Richard Woodworth; Denise Fung
Other key lawyers
Roberta Cheung