Robert Child
Ashurst LLPPraised as ‘thorough, prompt, and transparent’, the team at Ashurst handles a broad range of cross-border mandates, including financial restructurings, formal insolvencies, distressed investing and trading, schemes of arrangement, security enforcement and insolvency litigation. With demonstrable experience across the financial services, oil and gas, renewables, real estate and e-commerce sectors, the practice is led by Robert Child, who continues to build ’a strong reputation in the Singapore market’. Senior associate Karan Puri is another key contact in the group.
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Testimonials
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‘Thorough, prompt, and transparent. Ashurst is dynamic.’
‘Robert Child stands out. He has quickly built himself a strong reputation in the Singapore market. He is highly regarded amongst the region’s insolvency practitioners and financial institutions, building himself an enviable client base.’
‘The firm made a strong push into the region with the hiring of Robert Child to lead the restructuring and special situations team in Singapore. Extremely responsive, great strategic thinking and commercial mindset.’
‘Robert Child is an excellent leader, with an extremely capable team surrounding him. He is approachable and always ready to provide concise and reliable advice which cuts through the fluff.’
Key clients
- MIE Corporation
Work highlights
- Advising an ad-hoc group of holders of HK$1,950mln 6.95 percent cash settled equity-linked securities due 2026 issued by Logan Group Company Limited in the ongoing restructuring of US$6bln in offshore debt of the Logan group of companies.
- Advised HKEX listed (and Cayman Islands incorporated) MIE Holdings Corporation on its successful debt restructuring.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Robert Child