Clifford Chance’s restructuring team provides advice and technical expertise to creditors, lenders, coordinating committees, private equity sponsors, insolvency practitioners, and debtors on complex cross-border matters. The Hong Kong-based team comprises restructuring and insolvency specialists as well as experts from other practice areas to offer well-rounded advice to clients. Asia Pacific restructuring and insolvency group head, Scott Bache, specialises in advising financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, and financial advisors on a broad range of restructuring matters. Donna Wacker, who heads the contentious insolvency practice, has expertise advising clients on complex issues around close-out valuations, custodian duties, asset valuations, asset recovery and cross-border insolvency issues. Other key team members include Soo Khim Keoy , Phoebe Lo, Thomas Walsh, Yvonne Shek, and associate Hinny Leung.
Key clients
- FTI Consulting [Consultant]
Work highlights
- Representing the Liquidators of Gatecoin Limited which went into liquidation in 2019 following a hack in which crypto currency assets were stolen from the exchange's hot wallets.
- Advising FTI Consulting in their capacity as liquidators of Trinity Limited, a holding company of the Trinity Group.
- Advised a range of financiers and lessors with respect to the restructuring of Hong Kong Airlines pursuant to a Hong Kong scheme of arrangement and UK Part 26A restructuring plan.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Scott Bache, Donna Wacker