WongPartnership LLP, Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic

About

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Our Restructuring & Insolvency Practice focuses on value preservation and creation for financially challenged companies, creditors and investors in both contentious and non-contentious situations.

The team combines extensive litigation experience and in-depth knowledge of the market to structure transactions and reorganisation plans together with our Special Situations Advisory Practice which brings capital markets and financing expertise to all our complex high profile engagements. This targeted and sophisticated interdisciplinary approach ensures our stakeholders are fully advised on the whole spectrum of issues that arise in heavily leveraged situations including debtor-in possession and multiple part financing, inter-creditor claims, necessary recovery and “make whole” actions, cross-border disputes, asset acquisitions and disposals, alleged breaches of fiduciary duty, protection of creditors from liability, adoption and renegotiation of key contracts and the formulation and implementation of restructuring plans that align solutions across the entire group’s capital structure. We have advised on every significant listed company restructuring in Singapore and regularly advise stakeholders in pivotal cross-border restructurings in ASEAN.

The wealth of restructuring and dispute resolution expertise the team brings includes practitioners who are thought leaders and office bearers in various restructuring and arbitration institutions and organisations.

Chambers Review

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Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic - Singapore

Band 1

What the team is known for

WongPartnership has a market-leading team in Singapore handling complex restructurings involving multiple jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region and further afield. The firm is especially visible representing debtors in out-of-court restructurings and advising the holders of distressed investments, judicial managers and liquidators in insolvencies. The team offers broad expertise in contentious and non-contentious restructuring matters and is able to leverage expertise from the firm's disputes and corporate teams to provide a full-service legal offering. The practice advises clients from a broad range of industries including energy, technology and shipping, among others. The firm counts Grant Thornton and FTI Consulting Singapore are among its clientele.

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Work Highlights

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WongPartnership advised Pacific International Lines on the restructuring of its debt worth approximately USD3.3 billion.

Strengths

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"WongPartnership is a firm with significant depth of skill and expertise in restructuring and insolvency matters. The team listen carefully to the explanation of the situation, ask probing questions to clarify, and provide considered and practical advice."

Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic respondent
Asia-Pacific

"WongPartnership's team are well gelled and work very well to get results. They've handled the most complex issues, and so they have great legal and business savvy."

Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic respondent
Asia-Pacific

"WongPartnership's team are well gelled and work very well to get results. They've handled the most complex issues, and so they have great legal and business savvy."

Restructuring/Insolvency: Domestic respondent
Asia-Pacific

Notable Practitioners

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Manoj Sandrasegara

Band 1

Manoj Sandrasegara is particularly adept at handling cross-border matters from Singapore and has experience working on major restructurings in the shipping industry, as well as acting for judicial managers in liquidation proceedings.

"Manoj has a very commercial view on restructuring and brings to bear his relationships beyond the legal discipline. He is among the most prominent restructuring lawyers in Singapore and is at the forefront of law development."

"Manoj is a great leader with strong connectivity and tremendous business sense. He is very easy to work with and down to earth."

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Smitha Menon

Band 2

Smitha Menon has a notable presence in Singapore's legal market, acting for a broad range of parties, including judicial managers and liquidators, as well as trustees, creditors and debtors, on restructuring and insolvency mandates.

"Her ability to navigate varied stakeholder groups is phenomenal."

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Joel Chng

Up and Coming

Joel Chng is a well-recognised lawyer in Singapore, particularly active on large restructurings acting for creditors, debtors, trustees and judicial managers.

"He is extremely technical in his approach and does not let the details distract from the bigger picture. He is commercially savvy."

"He is responsive and offers insightful views during the engagements."

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Stephanie Yeo

Up and Coming

Stephanie Yeo is well regarded in Singapore for working on complex restructurings, including cross-border matters. Her experience includes matters in the shipping sector.

"Stephanie is my go-to person for the most complex legal matters. She is very sharp, able to simplify complex matters, and very responsive. She has a bright future."

"She is extremely strong in integrating legal and commercial considerations. She is willing to undertake novel approaches to problems."

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