What a difference a decade can make! Since the publication of our first report, "Navigating India: Lessons for Foreign Investors," in 2013, India has undergone a remarkable transformation. The country’s population grew by 100...more
11/21/2023
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In Re Zipmex Pte Ltd and other matters [2023] SGHC 88, the Singapore High Court imported into the Singapore restructuring regime the US concept of an "administrative convenience class" in a scheme voting exercise. This...more
In recent years, Indonesian companies have shown both a greater willingness to use foreign restructuring processes, as well as a greater need to do so given the increasingly sophisticated financing structures and investor...more
In Re Tantleff, Alan [2022] SGHC 147, the Singapore High Court considered for the first time whether the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (30 May 1997) (the...more
Lock-up agreements typically involve the company's creditors committing in advance to vote at the relevant class meeting in favour of the contemplated scheme. Lock-up agreements serve an important commercial purpose of either...more
The automatic stay under the version of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency adopted by Singapore ("Singapore Model Law") is an accessible and powerful tool for protection under the Singapore restructuring regime...more
9/3/2021
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Chinese real estate lenders lift APAC high yield bond issuance after an active Q3 -
Leveraged finance in APAC (excl. Japan) showed signs of recovery in Q3 2020. The high yield market drove the rebound, which was tempered...more
What next for Taiwanese banks and businesses?
The COVID-19 pandemic's severe impact on the global economy dominated news headlines through the first half of 2020. Many commentators believe that Asia-Pacific's financial...more
10/4/2020
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The Indonesian Supreme Court has reinstated the right of secured creditors to file a bankruptcy and suspension of payment (Penundaan Kewajiban Pembayaran Utang or PKPU) process....more
At a time of vast capital outflows (withdrawals from emerging markets in the period 21 January – 24 March were reported by the Institute of International Finance at $83 billion), commodity price falls and wider global market...more
A recent debtor-friendly Indonesian Constitutional Court decision (putusan) raises uncertainty as to a creditor's right to exercise its self-help remedy (parate executie) in respect of assets subject to fiducia security....more