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.
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Key clients

  • Bank of Beijing
  • Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Co., Ltd.
  • China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited
  • Aquarian Credit Funding LLC

Work highlights

Advised China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited after Luck Gain defaulted on payment of matured bonds and Ping An therefore explored possible enforcement actions.
Advised Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Co., Ltd. as petitioner and the majority shareholder of the debtor company with its successful just and equitable winding up following a shareholder dispute and potentially fraudulent transactions that were entered into by the debtor company’s minority shareholders and related parties causing a loss of in excess of US600m to the client.

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Practice head

Naomi Moore; Trinh Hoang