Based out of the firm’s Hong Kong office, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP has become a go-to for creditors, exhibiting a wealth of experience assisting offshore noteholders of major real estate developers currently subject to bankruptcy filings, such as Country Garden Holdings and China Evergrande Group, with the restructuring of offshore indebtedness. The firm consistently handles high-quality, multi-jurisdictional matters involving Hong Kong, New York, Singapore, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands, and has extensive expertise in enforcement as well as insolvency proceedings. Neil McDonald and Wei-Yang Lim are the co-heads of the team, with McDonald displaying prowess in handling complex, high-value mandates, such as the Kaisa Group restructuring, and Lim playing an instrumental role in acting for the offshore noteholders of CIFI Holdings.
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‘The team has the deepest experience in the market, probably by some margin. As a result, they are able to provide the most informed perspective and have seen it all. Despite their involvement in many complex, high-profile situations in the market the responsiveness and work quality remains very high.’
‘Wei-Yang Lim is very impressive - very smart and capable of handling difficult situations.'
'Neil McDonald is exceptionally experienced.’
Key clients
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of Country Garden Holdings Company Limited
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of China Evergrande Group
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of KWG Group Holdings Limited
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of CIFI Holdings (Group) Co. Ltd.
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of Yuzhou Group Holdings Company Limited
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of China South City Holdings Limited
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of Jinke Property Group
- Hilong Holding Limited
- Ad hoc group of offshore noteholders of Fantasia Holdings Group Co., Limited
- PURE Fitness
- Sapura Energy Group
Work highlights
Represented an ad hoc group of Country Garden’s offshore noteholders in connection with the restructuring of its offshore indebtedness.
Acted for an ad hoc group of Kaisa’s offshore noteholders in connection with the restructuring of its offshore indebtedness.
Assisted an ad hoc group of CIFI’s offshore noteholders with the restructuring of its offshore indebtedness.
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Practice head
Neil McDonald; Wei-Yang Lim
Other key lawyers
Anthony Wijaya