Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow has a large team of restructuring and insolvency experts, drawn primarily from its dispute resolution and banking and finance teams. The group frequently advises debtors, financial institutions and a number of accountancy firms. The firm has experienced further growth in engagements from private credit funds and is increasingly active in the special situations market. The Singapore-based team works closely with colleagues from across Asia Pacific and other global offices. Dispute resolution specialists such as Asia Pacific dispute resolution head Nandakumar Ponniya and Emmanuel Chua are noted for cross-border contentious restructurings and insolvencies. The team is able to advise on Singapore law and has rights of audience before the Singapore courts. Chair of the global financial institutions group and head of finance and projects in Singapore, Emmanuel Hadjidakis has a background in creditor-side restructuring matters.
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- 'Deep legal expertise and knowledge of the construction and engineering sectors.'
Key clients
- Universal Terminal
- UT Singapore Services Pte. Ltd.
- PT Bank Negara Indonesia
- Thai Airways International Public Company Limited
- PT Bank Central Asia Tbk
- Gulf Energy Development Public Company Limited
- PT Garuda Indonesia Persero Tbk
- Tessa Therapeutics Ltd
- United Overseas Bank Limited
- VMS Investment Group
Work highlights
Advised Garuda on its cross-border restructuring recognition efforts following its Indonesian PKPU proceedings.
Advised on a domino of proceedings in the wake of the well-publicised collapse and insolvency of Hin Leong Trading.
Advised a consortium of local institutional holders on the default on international sovereign bonds issued by the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
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Practice head
Nandakumar Ponniya
Other key lawyers
Emmanuel Chua; Emmanuel Hadjidakis