We are pleased to offer on-demand access to recordings of INSOL Asia Hub’s past events. While originally delivered live or in hybrid format, the topics addressed remain highly pertinent, reflecting ongoing developments and enduring themes in our field. The insights and discussions presented continue to offer valuable perspectives, fostering deeper understanding and continuous learning. We invite you to engage with these sessions at your convenience and benefit from the knowledge shared by leading experts and thought leaders.
Adding Rescue Financing to your Toolkit: Unpack the Opportunities in Rescue Financing
This hybrid seminar, co-hosted by INSOL Asia Hub and Mayer Brown, explored the future of rescue financing in Singapore and the rescue financing tools available across jurisdictions and how they are deployed in distressed financing and restructuring scenarios. The discussion considered Singapore’s relatively new rescue financing regime, and the role rescue financing can play in commercial transactions.
Attendees gained a better understanding of the tools available in distressed financings and restructuring scenarios, the opportunities in which such tools may be successfully deployed, and how rescue financings are conducted in different jurisdictions.
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
The Judicial Experience of Cross-Border Insolvency
The high-profile panel of judges led by Sir Alastair Norris, retired UK High Court Judge, and representing the United States, Korea, Thailand, and Singapore share their respective judicial perspectives on topics ranging from recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings and extent of judicial assistance for foreign proceedings to improving court-to-court communication and international and bilateral cooperation on cross-border insolvency matters.
Panel:
Host: Sir Alastair Norris, Judge of the High Court of England & Wales (ret.)
Justice 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
Distressed Airlines Series: The Modern Toolkit for Asia and Beyond
This online webinar explored issues arising in the restructuring of airlines in Asia. Our experts shared their experiences on the restructuring of three Asian airlines: (1) Thai Airways, (2) NOK Air, and (3) Hong Kong Airlines, and the restructuring of LATAM Airlines, based in Chile. This diversity of restructuring cases enabled participants to take a comparative view towards airline restructuring which, in some jurisdictions, might be influenced by domestic policy considerations.
Additionally, our experts discussed legal and non-legal issues which may arise in an airline restructuring exercise. The former comprises issues such as the Cape Town Convention and the Gibbs Rule, and the latter consists of issues such as the management of crucial stakeholders, as well as conducting refinancing exercises for the financially distressed airline.
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
Distressed Airlines Series: Reflecting for the Future
The Seminar explores issues arising in the restructuring of airlines in Asia. Our experts will discuss general issues like the difference between (a) a successful and unsuccessful airline restructuring, and (b) opting for local and foreign proceedings. More specific legal and non-legal issues will also be discussed. The former comprises issues such as the Cape Town Convention and the Gibbs rule. The latter comprises issues such as interactions between stakeholders, and financing in the region.
Participants will learn what goes into a successful airline restructuring in Asia, and the factors that an airline would have to consider before deciding between a local and foreign proceeding. They will also learn of the legal developments and complications in this area, specifically involving the Cape Town Convention and the Gibbs rule. Lastly, they will gain a better understanding of the state of financing, and the interactions between stakeholders specific to airline restructuring in Asia.
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