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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong
In 2017, Singapore adopted the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (Singapore Model Law), to aid in the recognition of, and assistance to, foreign insolvency proceedings...
Herbert Smith Freehills
In a move that facilitates the seamless integration of cross-border insolvency proceedings between Singapore and Indonesia, Singapore's International Commercial Court has for the first time...
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
In Hang Huo Investment Pte Ltd v Wong Pheng Cheong Martin [2024] SGHC 32, the High Court found that the receiver and manager's fees of S$1,358,142.50...
Herbert Smith Freehills
A defendant group has appointed international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills to defend against clawback claims totalling US$950 million made by the FTX Bankruptcy Estate.
WongPartnership LLP
In Loh Cheng Lee Aaron and another v Hodlnaut Pte Ltd (Zhu Juntao and others, non-parties) [2023] SGHC 323, the General Division of the High Court of Singapore clarified that a company's obligation to pay cryptocurrency to its creditors may, ...
Covenant Chambers
In this article, we address some questions you may have if you are a creditor of a Singapore company that has entered or is entering into liquidation or winding up due to insolvency or otherwise.
Covenant Chambers
If you are a director or owner of a company in substantial debt, financial distress or becoming insolvent, you may want to do your best to resuscitate the company.
Setia Law
Bethel Chan and Lee Jin Loong recently published an article with Chambers Expert Focus discussing the Singapore Courts' stance on foreign solvent liquidations ...
Setia Law
In June 2023, Setia Law's Bethel Chan and Lee Jin Loong published an article discussing the Singapore Court's treatment of foreign solvent liquidations under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-border Insolvency in Re Ascentra Holdings, Inc [2023] SGHC 82.
Herbert Smith Freehills
If an internally maintained sanctions list returns red flags, but the entity is not on an official sanctions list, is that sufficient to justify activating a sanctions...
Herbert Smith Freehills
Singapore's highest court has definitively held that foreign insolvency, restructuring or liquidation proceedings concerning solvent companies should be recognised in Singapore...
Withers LLP
In this article, we discuss a recent case which reflects how the Singapore Courts favour the restructuring of businesses while giving regard to creditors' interests.
Singapore Winding Up Proceedings Dismissed With Costs Because Applicant Should Have Arbitrated First
Herbert Smith Freehills
The Singapore High Court has dismissed a winding-up application by a prospective creditor where the basis of the alleged outstanding debt was subject to a contract containing arbitration clauses...
Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen senior associate Amelia Tan has received two industry accolades, having been elected as co-chair of the International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation...
Rajah & Tann
Singapore's bankruptcy and insolvency laws have been undergoing a structured reform in order to modernise the insolvency regime. As part of this reform, the personal bankruptcy regime...
Rajah & Tann
The questions of who has priority over a bankrupt's assets and precisely when the priority arises are
important ones in bankruptcy.
Carey Olsen
The advent of a ‘crypto winter' in early 2022, characterised by a sharp decline in the value of cryptocurrency assets and significant market volatility, has caused major...
Rajah & Tann
When a company is being wound up or is in judicial management, the Court may – upon the application of the liquidator, the judicial manager, or a creditor...
Rajah & Tann
Businesses are increasingly spreading their footprint across jurisdictions, be it through the diversified
locations of their assets or operations. What this means is that, if and when the need...
Rajah & Tann
In the course of corporate insolvency, there are certain obstacles that must be navigated in order to progress from initiating a winding up application to the actual winding up of the company.
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