Jo Tay

Practice Areas

Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency

Career

Jo specialises in cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters and structured finance transactions, and practises generally in the area of equity and trusts. She works in both the contentious and transactional spheres, and in matters that involve clients and counterparties from multiple jurisdictions. Jo has been extensively involved in advising financial institutions on the debt restructuring regimes in Singapore, in the context of complex financial transactions.

Professional Memberships

Jo is a Fellow of INSOL International, with Honours in INSOL International’s Global Insolvency Practice Course (2018/2019); Executive Committee Member, NextGen Leadership Programme of the International Insolvency Institute (III); Co-Chair of the Young Insolvency Practitioners’ Committee, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore; and a member of the Turnaround Management Association.

Publications

Jo has authored and co-authored several publications, including:

• Guest Co-Editor, Singapore Academy of Law Journal (Special Issue) on Insolvency (2023), published by Singapore Academy of Law

• Reconciling Singapore's Ambitions as a Debt Restructuring Hub and as a Global Financial Centre (2023) 35 SAcLJ 466, published by Singapore Academy of Law

• Cross border jeopardy: A comparative analysis on key insolvency topics across various jurisdictions, published by Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice

Languages Spoken

English; Mandarin