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.

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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.

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Scott Bache specialises in advising financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity funds, financial advisers and turnaround professionals on the full range of restructuring matters, including corporate restructuring, distressed mergers and acquisitions and special situations investing. He also advises clients on a broad range of insolvency issues, security enforcement and general banking litigation. He has over 20 years experience working in Greater China.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Scott Bache, Donna Wacker

Other key lawyers

Khim Keoy, Phoebe Lo, Thomas Walsh, Yvonne Shek, Hinny Leung