Withers KhattarWong LLP focuses on private investments and financings, advising private investors on acquiring and financing distressed assets and companies throughout Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The firm is also highly skilled in debt restructurings, enforcement actions, and workout strategies. Practice head Justin Yip is a key port of call for multi-national corporations, Singapore-listed companies, local and foreign banks and financial institutions seeking advise on debt restructurings, corporate rescues and special situation transactions.
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Testimonials
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'The team is responsive and strong in the area of restructuring and insolvency.'
‘Justin Yip is technically sound and offers practical solutions.'
- 'Lam Zhen Yu is approachable and sets out clear strategies.'
‘Good knowledge with in-depth service offerings.'
‘Justin Yip and Lam Zhen Yu are a great pair of lawyers, who will go out of their way to help clients and provide sound advice.'
Key clients
- KPMG (as liquidators of ZenRock Commodities Trading Pte Ltd)
- FTI Consulting, as Liquidators of 6 SPVs of Xihe Capital Pte Ltd
- Richard Chua, co-founder of Pluang
- Maybank Singapore Limited
- United Overseas Bank Limited
- Jinhui Shipping and Transportation Limited
- Shanghai Ran Yu Lian Trading Co., Ltd
- The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
Work highlights
Acting for the liquidators (from KPMG) in all aspects of the attempted restructuring and subsequent insolvency of ZenRock.
Acting for FTI Consulting in their capacity as the Liquidators of 6 SPVs owned by Xihe Capital Pte Ltd, which collectively own 15 vessels (including unfinished vessels).
Acting for customer-creditor of Zipmex Pte Ltd, a crypto-exchange, and we have been advising him in the 1.5 year debtor-led restructuring of the Zipmex Group, which involved 2 failed attempts to restructure the group via schemes of arrangement.
Practice head
Justin Yip
Other key lawyers
Lam Zhen Yu