Regional news: Asia-Pacific

Big Four firm KPMG has significantly bolstered its legal offering in Asia after entering a deal with Southeast Asian network of law firms, a few weeks after announcing the hire of two new turnaround managing directors in London.

12 December 2022

Crossing another hurdle in its restructuring, Hong Kong Airlines has secured sanction of an English restructuring plan, five days before its parallel Hong Kong scheme is due to be heard, after creditors dropped potential opposition.

09 December 2022

Crypto group Zipmex has secured an extension of its Singaporean moratoria, but a local judge criticised its advisers for failing to keep the court informed of developments at its Indonesian subsidiary.

06 December 2022

Ashurst has hired a new partner to its Hong Kong office as part of its plans to capture “rapidly growing” opportunities and client demands in Asia, two months after launching a risk advisory business in the UK.

05 December 2022

Two Irish lessors fighting the US$9.5 billion restructuring of Indonesia’s national airline have failed to wind up the company in Australia after a judge in Sydney found it is "immune" from the jurisdiction of the Australian courts.

28 November 2022

A Hong Kong court has further adjourned the hearing of a winding up petition against Chinese property developer Evergrande on the assurance that the group will provide a restructuring plan for creditors by March next year.

28 November 2022

Updated: Singapore-incorporated, NASDAQ-listed digital asset services firm Eqonex has tapped legal counsel from Kirkland & Ellis and boutique firm BlackOak to advise it on a local debt restructuring, as other entities in the group enter voluntary liquidation in the Lion City and Hong Kong.

25 November 2022

The British Virgin Islands joint liquidators of cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital have sought recognition of their appointments in the Cayman Islands, as a Singapore court ratified a protocol that lays out guidelines for cooperation between the BVI, Singapore and US courts overseeing the fund’s insolvency proceedings.

24 November 2022

A bankrupt businessman’s Hong Kong trustees have won the right appoint their Australian colleagues to sell a property he co-owns in New South Wales, but failed to convince the court to grant them leave to file an amended summons to recoup possible repair costs from the other owner.

24 November 2022

Australia-headquartered litigation funder Omni Bridgeway has boosted its offering in Asia with the hire of one of GRR’s recently named “40 under 40” from Stephenson Harwood in Hong Kong.

23 November 2022