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Lee Hishammuddin Allen & Gledhill

Restructuring & Insolvency

Restructuring & Insolvency
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Restructuring & Insolvency

Our team comprises of dedicated insolvency and restructuring lawyers with a wide range of experience in voluntary and contentious restructuring and insolvency matters, including administration workouts in as far back as the period during the Asian financial crisis. Our team’s decades of experience spans a wide range of industries and sectors, including aviation, construction, engineering, hospitality, steel, rail and securities.

We have a deep understanding of how different stakeholders operate by advising and working closely with a whole range of stakeholders, from corporate debtors to commercial lenders/ creditors in various insolvency matters. With notable practitioners and extensive experience in large and complex restructurings and insolvencies, domestic and cross border, we have the expertise and ability to achieve the best results for our clients.

The team’s notable experience includes creditors’ voluntary liquidation of one of the largest paper mills in the region and the former owner of the national carrier, contested receivership of property investment companies owned by an international private equity fund, contested judicial management of entities in the public infrastructure industry, liquidation of a major steel manufacturer in Malaysia and scheme of arrangement for an air transport company.

Partners Specializing in this area

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Andrea Chew Mei Yng

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Andrea Chew Mei Yng

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Andrew Chang Weng Shan

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Andrew Chang Weng Shan

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Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi

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Andrew Chiew Ean Vooi

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Key Experience

Liquidators of MAS

Advising the liquidators of Malaysia Airlines System Berhad (In creditors’ voluntary liquidation) (“MASB”) on the liquidation of MASB and its wholly owned subsidiaries. This is one of the largest Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation in Malaysia to date in terms of liabilities which came up to approximately RM5.2 billion.

Appointment of Liquidator

Advising and representing client at the Federal Court to challenge the appointment of the liquidator.

Liquidator of Asset Management Co.

Representing the liquidators of a licensed Asset Management Company in the management, recovery and distribution of trust assets and assets of the Company situated within and outside Malaysia, tracing of assets and enforcing judgement in Singapore, Hong Kong and BVI.

White Knight

Representing a ”white knight” to acquire and rehabilitate an abandoned housing and commercial development via a scheme of arrangement that was heavily contested up to the Federal Court.

Liquidator of Rubber Manufacturer

Acting for the liquidator of a rubber products manufacturer to resolve various issues relating to the winding-up of the company’s subsidiaries and branches located around the world namely USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Japan and Hong Kong.

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