A selection of INSOL Asia Hub’s past events is now available as recordings on demand. These sessions remain highly relevant, offering expert perspectives on the issues shaping restructuring and insolvency across Asia and beyond.
At the Crossroads of Arbitration and Insolvency: Should Winding-Up be Stayed?
Held on 25 August 2025
Part of Singapore Convention Week 2025, this hybrid event examined when a winding up application should be stayed in favor of arbitration, and how courts balance party autonomy against the collective nature of insolvency. The panel unpacked recent decisions, enforcement and jurisdictional issues, and practical consequences for creditors and debtors across borders.
An event co-hosted by INSOL Asia Hub and Rajah & Tann Asia, in association with the INSOL ADR Group.
Panel:
Moderator: Sim Kwan Kiat, Rajah & Tann
Justice Anselmo Reyes , Singapore International Commercial Court
Dato’ Mary Lim Thiam Suan, Asian International Arbitration Centre
Paul Lowenstein KC, Twenty Essex
Eva Sit SC ,Temple Chambers
Kelvin Poon SC, Rajah & Tann
Recording available on demand. Register below to access.
Adding Rescue Financing to your Toolkit: Unpack the Opportunities in Rescue Financing
This event explored Singapore’s new rescue financing regime and how financing tools were deployed across jurisdictions in distressed situations.
A hybrid event co-hosted by INSOL Asia Hub and Mayer Brown.
Panel:
Host / Moderator: Pierre Dzakpasu, Mayer Brown Singapore
Tyler Ferguson, Mayer Brown Chicago
Karen Yap, ex-Credit Suisse
Angelina Bopp, MUFG.
Bryan Goudzwaard, Houlihan Lokey
Recording available on demand. Register below to access.
Distressed Airlines Series: The Modern Toolkit for Asia and Beyond
Held on 28 October 2024
This was the second session in the INSOL Asia Hub Distressed Airlines series drawing on comparative case studies from Thai Airways, NOK Air, Hong Kong Airlines, and LATAM Airlines. The panel analysed legal frameworks, financing strategies, and stakeholder management in airline restructurings, showing how domestic policy influenced outcomes.
An online webinar presented by INSOL Asia Hub.
Panel:
Host: Ding Jun Toh, National University of Singapore
Luke Barefoot, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Howard Lam, Latham & Watkins
Ian Pascoe, Grant Thornton
Paralee Techajongjintana, Baker McKenzie
Yada Yuwataepakorn, Baker McKenzie
Recording available on demand. Register below to access.
The Judicial Experience of Cross-Border Insolvency
First released on 2 August 2023
This specially recorded INSOL Asia program brought together judges from the UK, US, Korea, Thailand, and Singapore to share perspectives on recognition of foreign proceedings, judicial assistance, and court-to-court cooperation.
Panel:
Host: Sir Alastair Norris, Judge of the High Court of England & Wales (ret.)
Justice Aidan Xu @ Aedit Abdullah, Judge of the Singapore High Court
Chief Judge Martin Glenn, Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court
Judge Dr. Kanok Jullamon, Judge of the Supreme Court of Thailand
Judge Young-Seok Kim, Supreme Court of Korea
Recording available on demand. Register below to access.
Distressed Airlines Series: Reflecting for the Future
Held on 9 March 2023
The first session in the INSOL Asia Hub Distressed Airlines series, co-hosted with Norton Rose Fulbright, focused on lessons from successful and unsuccessful airline restructurings. The panel compared local and foreign proceedings and addressed both legal and commercial considerations.
Panel:
Host: Meiyen Tan, Norton Rose Fulbright Ascendant
Shaun Langhorne, Clifford Chance
Rabindra S. Nathan, Shearn Delamore & Co
Keith Sandilands, Norton Rose Fulbright
S Suhendran Sockanathan, Messrs Chua Associates
Recording available on demand. Register below to access.