The Singapore International Commercial Court (the "SICC"), a division of the General Division of the High Court and part of the Supreme Court of Singapore, was established in 2015 as a trusted neutral forum to meet increasing...more
Following an overhaul of the Singapore insolvency regime which came into force on 30 July 2020, the insolvency and restructuring framework was consolidated in the omnibus Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018...more
Adip Mittal v Offshore Holding Company Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 239 is the first Singapore case dealing with when a director can apply for the winding up of a company....more
Under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, a transfer of shares in a company made after the commencement of winding up of that company by the Court is void unless otherwise ordered by the Court. While this...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
Re Alan Tantleff dealt with an application for recognition of US Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings in Singapore. The Singapore High Court held, among other things, that a REIT could not rely on the UNCITRAL Model Law on...more
In Re Kobian Pte Ltd the Singapore High Court, for the first time, exercised its discretion to decide that a scheme of arrangement proposal put forward by a company was not feasible and ultimately did not grant the scheme...more
Micro and small companies will be able to use a “Simplified Insolvency Programme” to be introduced by proposed amendments to Singapore’s Insolvency, Restructuring, and Dissolution Act 2018 (IRDA)....more
The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (the "IRDA") came into force on 30 July 2020. The consolidation of all personal and corporate insolvency and debt restructuring legislation into a single statute, along...more
In Re PT MNC Investama TBK [2020] SGHC 149, the Singapore High Court provided guidance as to what is sufficient for a foreign company to establish standing to avail itself to the Singapore restructuring regime. Specifically,...more