Regional news: Asia-Pacific
Ashurst advising as Norwegian oil services group secures scheme meeting
The holding company for a Norwegian seismic imaging group has secured a single meeting for some of its creditors to vote on an English scheme restructuring US$872 million of debt.
21 December 2020
Swissport enters pre-pack administration as English court accepts COMI shift
AlixPartners directors have been appointed as administrators of Swissport’s Luxembourg-incorporated parent company, after the High Court in London accepted it had shifted its centre of main interests to England and Wales.
18 December 2020
Plea change rejected ahead of Arrium directors claims
Three international banks have been stopped from altering their pleas against former directors of the long-collapsed Australian miner Arrium, ahead of a 10-week trial of three different proceedings brought against them by liquidators, lenders and investors.
17 December 2020
FRP administrators escape negligence claims over Force India sale
Negligence claims brought against two FRP Advisory partners over their administration sale of Formula One team Force India have been thrown out by the England and Wales High Court.
16 December 2020
Alvarez & Marsal hires senior director in China
Continuing its recent hiring spree in Asia, Alvarez & Marsal has hired Standard Chartered’s head of group special assets management in China and Taiwan.
15 December 2020
Century Sunshine’s Cayman JPLs secure Singapore recognition
BlackOak is advising the “light-touch” provisional liquidators of Chinese fertiliser company Century Sunshine Group, who have won recognition in Singapore to seek a restructuring of locally-listed notes.
15 December 2020
PwC appointed as Cayman court winds up Altair
A British Virgin Islands investor has secured the winding-up of Hong Kong-based investment manager Altair Asia in the Cayman Islands, five months after its first attempt to obtain an order was dismissed.
14 December 2020
Rock International scheme sanctioned in BVI and recognised in US
A Texas court has recognised a British Virgin Islands scheme of arrangement for special purpose vehicle Rock International Investments, a day after it was sanctioned.
14 December 2020
Ogier adds new partners in Hong Kong and Guernsey
Offshore firm Ogier has boosted its global restructuring offering with the appointment of three news partners in Hong Kong and Guernsey.
14 December 2020
Baker McKenzie’s Singapore office hires new principal
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow has hired a new local principal from oil major Chevron, to handle restructuring and insolvency disputes with rights of audience before the Singapore courts.
11 December 2020
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