ABOUT US
We apply our skills narrowly to special situations.
We are conflict free.
Independent, strategic and always technical, we act where few can.
OUR APPROACH
We do everything with technical rigour. And not just the law.
We are known to be quick studies. We know the commercial and technical parameters that our clients face.
How we do things can be found in the Preface to the book: Jeremy Leong, “Commercial Agreements: Principles & Practice” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024).
EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE
We have:
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Advised on distressed transactions and activist fund campaigns across Asia.
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Acted in complex financial and corporate disputes.
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Written on commercial law.
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Taught corporate and financial law at leading institutions.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS
Your returns are independent of general market conditions. Instead, your position is dependent on the end state of a specific corporate and/or financial development. It could be financial distress; a takeover bid; complex litigation; or a contest over corporate governance and even control.
Transactions Arising from Corporate Stress
- Rescue, debtor-in-possession, acquisition, exit and other complex financings
- Debt solutions backed by non-traditional security packages
- Distress-to-control and stressed transactions, including in-and out-of-court asset and equity purchases
- Strategies for exiting challenging/legacy portfolio investments
Shareholder Activism
- Campaigns against companies in regional capital markets
- Governance and control contests such as unseating recalcitrant directors and removing entrenched management
- Managing the multifaceted litigation, regulatory risk issues and complex regulatory investigations faced by activist investors
- Merger arbitrage strategies around the world, including analyzing antitrust, competition law, regulatory, transactional, litigation and other deal risk issues
Appellate Advocacy in Corporate & Commercial Law Disputes
- All aspects of insolvency law
- Directors’ duties
- Shareholders’ rights
- Commercial agreements (particularly disputes about contractual interpretation)
STRATEGIC STUDIES AND OBSERVATIONS
With our research and academic experience in international relations and economics, we provide strategic analysis distinct from our legal services.
- Geopolitical analysis & scenario planning
- Market analysis and country strategy throughout Southeast Asia
- Political, economic and operational risk reviews
- ESG strategy formulation
Where appropriate, we are able to facilitate engagement pursuant to studies and observations.
PEOPLE
CONTACT
We do not practice broadly.
We do not practice broadly.
Notwithstanding, if you think you face circumstances in which we can help, email us.