Liquidation & Restructuring
Overview
Our Liquidation and Restructuring practice is a multidisciplinary team of experienced lawyers, restructuring specialists and financial professionals from top-tier investment banks and “Big Four” accounting firms. We provide comprehensive, one-stop solutions covering both legal and corporate advisory.
Core Strengths
A Cohesive & International Team: Our core management team has worked together for over a decade. With over two-thirds of our members holding degrees from overseas universities, we bring a distinct international perspective to every engagement.
Top-Tier Official Recognition: We are admitted by the Shanghai High People’s Court as Tier-1 Bankruptcy Administrators.
Cross-Border Dispute Resolution: We possess deep experience in handling complex litigation and arbitration across both Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Main service contents:
● Cross-border Insolvency & Restructuring
We guide domestic and international clients through overseas restructuring and enforcement, and assist foreign liquidators with asset recovery in Mainland China.
Financial, operational, and corporate restructuring
Asset management and enforcement via receivership
Representing domestic clients in overseas bankruptcy proceedings and acquisitions
Assisting foreign liquidators to secure recognition and recover assets in mainland China
● Domestic Liquidation & Restructuring
Our domestic practice specialises in the full spectrum of insolvency proceedings, from out-of-court restructurings to distressed asset disposals.
Acting as court-appointed Administrators for liquidations, reorganisations, and settlements
Advising creditors and investors on distressed asset transactions
Protecting stakeholder rights in all types of insolvency proceedings
Handling all related litigation and arbitration
● Dispute Resolution & Enforcement
Our team has extensive experience resolving complex commercial disputes through litigation and arbitration in both Mainland China and Hong Kong.
Litigation and arbitration concerning shareholder disputes, real estate, corporate governance, and finance
Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in China
Representing foreign liquidators and financial institutions in Chinese courts
Representative Experience
Cross-Border Insolvency & Restructuring
● Recognition of a Shanghai Bankruptcy Proceeding in Hong Kong and assets tracing (Ongoing)
● USD Bondholders’ Keepwell Claims Against a PRC Entity (Ongoing)
● BVI Liquidator Claims in PRC (Ongoing)
● PRC Bank Loan - Distressed Debt Advisory (Ongoing)
● China Fortune – Cross-Border Loan Recovery
● Debt Settlement Among Cross-Border Group in Liquidation
Domestic Liquidation & Restructuring
● C&A China (Xiya Yijia Commercial Group Co., Ltd.) (Ongoing)
● Shanghai Chengkai Group Loncheng Property Co., Ltd (Ongoing)
● A top 10 representative cases by the Shanghai Bankruptcy Court in 2022
● A representative case by the Shanghai Bankruptcy Court in 2022
● An outstanding Administrator performance case by the Shanghai Bankruptcy Court in 2020
Dispute Resolution & Enforcement
● Cross-Border Debt Recovery (Ongoing)
● Potential Audit Claim (Ongoing)
● Represented Foreign Court-Appointed Liquidators and/or Receivers (Ongoing)
● Represented Domestic Syndicate Banks in ICC Arbitration
● Estate Dispute in Yunnan Province
● Selected by the Supreme People's Court as a representative case of "Internet Justice in China" in its inaugural 2019 publication
● Asset Preservation in Shanghai
more Practices
- Real Estate and Construction
- Liquidation & Restructuring
- Criminal Defense
- Anti-Fraud Investigation and Corporate Compliance
- Foreign Investment
- Cultural Media, Film, TV and Entertainment
- Capital Markets, Securities and Banking
- Labor Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Intellectual Property
- Companies and Commercial Affairs
- Competition Law and Antitrust Law
- Marriage and Family Affairs
- Tax
- Maritime
- Education
- Cross-Border Practice
- Government and Public Affairs