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Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office and was previously resident in the firm's Hong Kong office. A recognized leader in her field, Jacqueline regularly represents many of the largest private equity and sovereign wealth funds, corporations, investment banks and financial institutions on complex restructurings, international M&A leveraged and acquisition finance transactions across the globe.
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
David H. Zemans is the Managing Partner of the firm's Singapore office and Milbank’s Asia Practice and a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee. David has been based in Singapore since 1997 and has extensive experience advising clients on many of the largest and most complex cross-border restructurings to have been successfully completed in Asia.
12.30: Registration and networking lunch kindly hosted by Milbank LLP
13.00: Chairs’ opening remarks
David Zemans, Milbank LLP
Jacqueline Chan, Milbank LLP
13.10: Keynote speech
M. S. Sahoo, Chairperson, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
13.40: Session one: A stock take of developments in restructuring and insolvency regimes in Asia, from Singapore to India.
Over the past few years, Singapore and India have undertaken some exciting and extensive reforms in their restructuring and insolvency regimes. Looking at where we are in 2019, distressed situations in each of these countries have proliferated, and opportunities to find creative solutions are constantly being discussed. How have these regimes fared under such testing by the market?
Moderator:
David Zemans, Milbank LLP
Panel:
Justice Aedit Abdullah, Supreme Court of Singapore
Ashok Kumar, BlackOak
Sushil Nair, Drew & Napier
Sinjini Saha, Milbank LLP
Cyril Shroff, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
14.40: Coffee break
15.10: Session two: Roundtable discussion: Increasing your leverage in a restructuring in Asia
Finding leverage in a restructuring is an art: knowing when to move, where to move and whom to apply pressure to. Asian restructuring scenarios such as UTAC, BLT, Noble, Hyflux, and other complex situations have shown the value of applying leverage in arriving at positions. Sometimes the answer to leverage is structural, sometimes it is financial, and every so often it’s a completely new idea. But whichever, mastering the art requires a working knowledge of an ever changing legal and structural landscape.
In this session, leading names from across the restructuring market will use real life examples to discuss the art of leverage along with the essential question: would those techniques still bear fruit today?
Questions they are expected to discuss include:
Moderator:
Jacqueline Chan, Milbank LLP
Panel:
Nick Gronow, FTI Consulting
Debby Sulaiman, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Hui Choon Yuen, WongPartnership
Wilson Zhu, Rajah & Tann
16.10: Coffee break
16.40: Session three: The espresso version of the GRR Live Question Time
A firm favourite, the GRR Live Question Time, will offer the audience a chance to propose their own questions in advance of the session. The audience are given an excellent opportunity to discuss their own questions directly with a panel of leading names, getting the answers they want to know about topical issues in restructuring.
Moderator:
Jacqueline Chan, Milbank LLP
Panel:
Darius Tay, BlackOak
Debby Sulaiman, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
Hui Choon Yuen, WongPartnership
17.10: Chairs’ closing remarks
David Zemans, Milbank LLP
Jacqueline Chan, Milbank LLP
17.20: Close of conference