Advising both debtors and creditors, Linklaters retains a leading position in Hong Kong’s restructuring and insolvency market. The firm is a go-to adviser on complex restructurings involving Chinese real estate developers, including large-scale financial debt defaults managed through both court-led and out-of-court processes. Co-chair Richard Woodworth brings deep strategic insight into complicated financial debt restructurings, while fellow co-chair Denise Fung is central to the firm’s reputation in contentious insolvency mandates. Bernard Chain is adept at handling complex enforcement, recovery, and restructuring matters. The practice was further strengthened by the arrival of Mark Fairbairn from Fairbairn & Co in November 2024, bringing significant expertise across the restructuring and liquidation.
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‘The Linklaters restructuring term are very experienced and are able to deal with the most complex of cases. They take a commercial and practical approach to matters and seek to find common ground in order to progress matters.’
‘Richard Woodworth is technically astute and very experienced. Roberta Cheung is also technically strong and very responsive and commercial. ’
Key clients
- Country Gardens Holdings Company Limited
- CIFI Holdings Company Limited
Work highlights
Act as international lead counsel to Country Garden Holdings Company Limited on one of Asia’s largest and most complex restructurings, advising on the holistic restructuring of the Group’s over USD 16 billion offshore liabilities.