Proposed improvements to the Hong Kong corporate insolvency regime *

Hong Kong - May 3 2013
The new Hong Kong Companies Ordinance is planned to come into operation in the first quarter of 2014. This wholesale renovation of the law governing…

Co-authors: Chris Dobby , Bryan O'Hare, Holly Yuen, Karen Chan.

Debtor-in-possession proceedings in Japan - an opportunity for distressed investors or a cautionary tale? *

Japan - March 11 2013
There has been a rise in distressed situations in Japan in recent years – since 2010, Elpida Memory, Inc. ("Elpida"), Victor Company of Japan, Limited…

Co-authors: Rachel Lao, Philip Hyde, Richard Bleackley, Jonathan Green.

Loan trading under LMA documentation - a guide for traders and in-house counsel *

Hong Kong - July 24 2012
This note is prepared to give traders and in-house counsel legal and practical guidance on the steps to execute a secondary loan transaction under the Loan Market Association documentation.

Co-authors: Rachel Lao, Stuart Tait , Rosie Ma .

Cross-border guide to restructuring and insolvency *

China - November 9 2010
This note outlines the various formal insolvency proceedings available in the People's Republic of China (excluding for purposes of this guide, the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao and the territory of Taiwan) ("PRC").

Co-authors: Kurt Tiam, Rachel Lao, Thomas Man, Jin Wang, Andrew McGinty.