Clifford Chance houses a specialised and dedicated restructuring and insolvency practice led by Shaun Langhorne, who leads the team alongside Nish Shetty, a top dispute resolution practitioner with a background in restructuring and insolvency cases. The group continues to land many of the biggest mandates in Southeast Asia and the broader Asia Pacific region, particularly in insolvency and insolvency litigation. It remains especially active in India, where the group continues to advise private capital houses on structuring investments and transactions with additional downside protection. Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam are also key markets for the team. The group represents all major stakeholders in restructuring and insolvency situations, including debtors, creditors and financial advisers. The team frequently works alongside colleagues in other offices, particularly Hong Kong and London; it was engaged alongside the London office to advise Prosafe on its financial restructuring.
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Profile
Work Department
Litigation, dispute resolution & risk management, Restructuring & insolvency
Position
Nish Shetty specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international arbitration, restructuring & insolvency and regulatory work. He regularly advises on complex cross-jurisdictional disputes including arbitrations and is widely recognised as a leader in the field of dispute resolution in the region.
Career
Admitted as a Solicitor in Singapore 1995
Admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales 2000
Joined Clifford Chance as a Partner 2009
Joined Clifford Chance Asia 2012
Languages
English, Tamil, Hindi and conversational Gujarati
Memberships
Nish is on the panel of arbitrators of most of the key arbitral institutions in the world.
He is the founder and ex-chairman of the SIAC’s Users Council, the Co-Chair of the Council of Arbitration of MCIA and the first in Asia to be appointed as a Judge of Appeal on the FIA International Court of Appeal in Paris.
He is also inducted in the Hall of Fame for arbitration in Legal 500 and named as a Thought Leader for Arbitration by Who’s Who Legal 2021.
Education
National University of Singapore (LLB) 1994
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Key clients
- Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
- Prosafe SE
- Kroll
Work highlights
Advised the Sri Lankan government on its sovereign debt restructuring.
Engaged to advise Prosafe SE on the forthcoming restructuring of its financial indebtedness.
Assisted the liquidators on the liquidation of China Evergrande Group and its subsidiaries.

