Dentons Rodyk assists a broad range of creditors, debtors, receivers and liquidators on contentious and non-contentious matters, including debt restructurings, bankruptcies, insolvencies and surrounding disputes. Ajinderpal Singh, who regularly acts for liquidators, receivers, judicial managers and trustees, jointly leads the team alongside Kia Jeng Koh, who advises on restructurings, recovery and enforcement mandates, with additional expertise in construction-related mandates. Debby Lim is ‘exceptionally knowledgeable’ in the field of insolvency-related litigation and is another key contact in the group.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Dentons have the right experts in different fields of expertise.'

  • ‘Debby Lim is exceptionally knowledgeable in the restructuring and insolvency field and is able to advise and provide customised solutions to companies in distress.'

  • 'Kia Jeng Koh is well-versed in the field of construction insolvency matters.’

Key clients

  • Perpetual (Asia) Limited
  • Pacific Radiance Ltd
  • Adrian Chan, Saw Meng Tee
  • FinLync Private Limited
  • Bank of China Limited, Shenzhen Branch
  • Kovan Treasures Pte Ltd
  • UHP Holdings Pte Ltd
  • Grant Thornton Singapore Ltd
  • JK Medora & Co LLP
  • L&M Foundation Specialist Pte Ltd

Work highlights

  • Acting for Perpetual (Asia) Limited, the Trustee for the holders of the Perpetual Securities.
  • Acted for SGX-listed Pacific Radiance Ltd in its consensual debt restructuring with the ENAV Offshore Mexico S de RL de CV group which involved inter alia the disposal of 33 vessels to ENAV in exchange for consensual discharge of US$200 million secured indebtedness.
  • Advising and acting for the independent directors of three special purpose vehicles owned by the main shareholders of Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd Singapore, which was previously placed under judicial management for the purposes of a debt restructuring of its liabilities in excess of USD 4 billion.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ajinderpal Singh, Kia Jeng Koh

Other key lawyers

Debby Lim, Siang Pheng Lek, Herman Jeremiah, Mark Seah, Valerie Ong