Renowned for its specialism in complex bankruptcy reorganisations and out-of-court restructurings, the King & Wood Mallesons practice has vast experience of representing publicly listed entities, large corporate groups, and financial institutions. The team displays significant cross-sector expertise, predominantly focusing upon the tourism, real estate and automobile fields, with the Shenzhen-based co-heads Kuncheng Zhao and Li Kai heavily specialising in insolvency and debt restructurings, alongside bankruptcy reconciliation proceedings. The other co-head, Le Wang, is knowledgeable on M&A restructuring from his base in Beijing, while Yanling Liu primarily focuses on debt crisis disposals. Also in Shenzhen, Fuxiang Wang is a litigation expert, and Nanjing-based Zhaohui Hao routinely acts for bond managers on special situation investment and bond default response.

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Key clients

  • The Reorganization of CAISSA Tosun Development Co., Ltd. (“CAISSA”) and its 6 subsidiaries
  • Jointly administrated Reorganization of Brilliance Automotive Group Holdings Co., Ltd and Its 11 Affiliated Enterprises
  • Reorganization of Macrolink Culturaltainment Development Co., Ltd. (“Macrolink”) and its two core subsidiaries
  • Reorganization of Kingland Technology Co., Ltd
  • The Reorganization of Xining Special Steel Co., Ltd. ("Xining Special Steel"), its Controlling Shareholders, and Major Subsidiaries
  • Reorganization of WUHAN DDMC CULTURE & SPORTS CO., LTD. (“the deal” or “the Reorganization”)

Work highlights

  • Assisted in the reorganisation of CAISSA Tosun Development Co., Ltd. (“CAISSA”) and its 6 subsidiaries.
  • Administrated Reorganization of Brilliance Automotive Group Holdings Co., Ltd and Its 11 Affiliated Enterprises (King & Wood Mallesons acting as the executive member of the administrator).
  • Assisted with the reorganisation of Macrolink Culturaltainment Development Co., Ltd. (“Macrolink”) and its two core subsidiaries.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kuncheng Zhao, Le Wang, Kai Li

Other key lawyers

Yanling Liu, Fuxiang Wang, Zhaohui Hao, Xin Wang, Rongjie Hu, Yuhan Shen, He Mao, Zeyu Zhang