Singapore as a Jurisdiction of Choice for Cross-Border Insolvency of South East Asian Companies

Date
Thursday 28 April 2016

Time
4.00pm – Registration
4.30pm-6.00pm – Seminar
6.00pm-7.00pm – Drinks and canapés

Speakers:
Joel Hogarth, Partner, Ashurst LLP
Sushil Nair, Co-Head of Corporate Restructuring & Workouts, Partner, Drew & Napier
Joshua Taylor, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Finance, FTI Consulting

Some of the issues to be discussed at this seminar include:
• a review of the Singapore Companies Act procedures for stay of judicial proceedings (Art 210(10)) and Scheme of Arrangements and their role in multi-jurisdictional restructurings in South East Asia;
• how Singapore procedures can be applied in support of local insolvency proceedings and implement local proceedings;
• recognition of Singapore proceedings abroad under the UNCITRAL cross-border insolvency rules (e.g. Chapter 15 in the US);
• basis for Singapore jurisdiction in a multi-jurisdictional insolvency; and
• case studies on Singapore as a cross-border insolvency jurisdiction.

Venue
Ashurst LLP, 12 Marina Boulevard
#24-01 Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 3, Singapore 018982

Please RSVP to: TMASingapore@turnaround.org