Lawyers

Teri Cheng

Work Department

Corporate Restructuring & Workouts

Position

Director, Corporate & Finance

Career

Teri specialises in insolvency and debt restructuring and advises debtors, creditors and insolvency office-holders on various aspects of insolvency and debt restructuring.

Teri has been involved in various major debt restructuring transactions including the US$2.5 billion debt restructuring of Pacific Andes and its subsidiaries. This transaction was awarded the Finance Deal of the Year (Restructuring and Insolvency) at The Asian Lawyer Asia Legal Awards 2017 and the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Award 2017 – Matter of the Year at the Asialaw Asia-Pacific Dispute Resolution Summit 2017.

She also advised Bumi Resources and its subsidiaries in its US$5.23 billion debt restructuring. Specific issues dealt with include restructuring the US$700 and US$300 million guaranteed senior secured notes and some US$375 million worth of bonds. This deal was named the Finance Deal of the Year: Insolvency & Restructuring at The Asian Lawyer Asia Legal Awards 2018 and the Debt Market Deal of the Year (Premium) award in the Asian Legal Business SE Asia Law Awards 2018.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member, Singapore Academy of Law Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Insolvency Practice Committee, Law Society of Singapore

Education

L.L.B (Hons), National University of Singapore (2011) Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore (2012)