Spearheaded by John Marsden, the offering at Johnson Stokes & Master consistently advises banks, trustees, and bondholders on the whole gamut of restructuring and special situation matters. The team has niche expertise in contested restructuring negotiations and complex enforcement actions, while increasingly managing trust asset claims adjudication and multi-jurisdictional schemes of arrangement. Marsden specialises in financing transactions and non-performing loan disposals, Terence Tung focuses on cross-border insolvency disputes, and Ivy Wang stands out for her work with banks regarding recovery options.
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Key clients
- China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited
- Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited
- China Development Bank
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- KPMG
- Baker Tilly
- Ernst & Young
- FTI Consulting
- International Finance Corporation
- Malayan Banking Berhad
Work highlights
- Acting for the Bank and Financial Creditors to the Debtor Group. The total debt of the Debtor Group is currently estimated at $10,000,000,000 and we represent financial creditors accounting for more than 50% of this debt.
- Represented Citicorp International Limited in its capacity as the Trustee of bonds issued by beleaguered property developer Logan Group Company Limited, and in its capacity as Petitioner in multiple insolvency proceedings commenced in Hong Kong and in the Cayman Islands.
- Advising the provisional liquidators in connection with Changgang Dunxin's restructuring.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
John Marsden
Other key lawyers
Terence Tung; Ivy Wang