[Webinar] Singapore Insolvency Conference 2021 Banner Image

[Webinar] Singapore Insolvency Conference 2021

Wednesday, Oct 13, 2021, 09:30 am - Thursday, Oct 14, 2021, 03:30 pm

Day 1 (13 October 2021, Wednesday)

9.15am - 9.20am

Opening Remarks

Angela Ee – Vice-Chairperson, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS); Partner, Ernst & Young Solutions LLP

Sushil Nair – Chairperson (Insolvency Practice Committee), The Law Society of Singapore; Deputy CEO, Drew & Napier LLC

9.20am - 9.30am

Welcome Address

Manoj Pillay Sandrasegara – Chairperson, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS); Partner, WongPartnership LLP

9.30am – 10.15am

Keynote Address

Mr Edwin Tong, SC – Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law

10.15am – 11.30am

Session 1: Policy Issues (Macro Session)

Moderator

Manoj Pillay Sandrasegara – Chairman, Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore (IPAS); Partner, WongPartnership LLP

Panellists

Patrick Ang – Managing Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP; Vice-Chairman, Rajah & Tann Asia

Chee Yoh Chuang – Senior Partner, RSM Singapore

Angela Ee – Partner, Ernst & Young Solutions LLP

Ashok Kumar – Director, BlackOak LLC

Keith Magnus – Chairman, Evercore Asia; Global Partner, Evercore

11.30am – 12.30pm

Lunch

12.30pm – 1.45pm

Session 2: Challenges and Opportunities Faced By Lenders With Debt Restructurings In A Recovering Economy

Moderator

Lee Eng Beng, SC – Senior Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP; Chairperson, Rajah & Tann Asia

Panellists

Nick Gronow – Senior Managing Director (Corporate Finance & Restructuring), FTI Consulting

Michael Horn – Partner, Head of Restructuring Services and Head of Sustainability Services, KPMG (Indonesia)

Stuti Jain – Director, Head of Workout & Recovery Management, Deutsche Bank AG

Rizwan Rizal Abdin – Director (Investment and Restructuring), PT Perusahaan Pengelola Aset (Indonesia)

Tham Sai Choy – Independent Director, DBS Group Holdings & DBS Bank

Stephanie Yeo – Partner, WongPartnership LLP

1.45pm – 2.00pm

Break

2.00pm – 3.15pm

Session 3: Academic Colloquium: Cross-border Insolvency and Voidable Transactions

Moderator

Debby Lim – Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP

Panellists

Andrew Chan – Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP

Emmanuel Chua – Local Principal, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow

Aurelio Gurrea Martinez – Assistant Professor of Law and Head of Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative, SMU

Paul J. Omar – Senior Lecturer, De Montfort University (United Kingdom)

Michael Veder – Professor of Insolvency Law, Radboud Business Law Institute; Vice-Dean of Research, Faculty of Law of Radboud University; Adviser, RESOR (Netherlands)

Wee Meng Seng – Associate Professor (Faculty of Law), National University of Singapore; Deputy Director, EW Barker Center for Law & Business; Co-Director, Asian Law Institute

3.15pm

End of Day 1

 

Day 2 (14 October 2021, Thursday)

9.30am – 10.45am

Session 4: Regulatory Developments in Asia-Pacific Jurisdictions in the Wake of Covid-19

Moderator

Tan Mei Yen – Partner, Oon & Bazul LLP

Panellists

Scott Atkins – Chair, Head of Risk Advisory and Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright (Australia)

Khoo Kay Kwan – Head of Listing, Regulation of Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia)

Tan Boon Gin – Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange Regulation Pte Ltd

Tan Boon Heng – Official Assignee & Public Trustee, Ministry of Law

10.45am – 11.00am

Break

11.00am – 12.15pm

Session 5: SMEs: Moving from Secret Struggle to Sustainable Success

Moderator

Eddee Ng – Joint Managing Partner, Tan Kok Quan Partnership

Panellists

Jocelyn Chng – Group CEO, JR Group Holdings

Victor Loke – Singapore Chapter Lead, The Open Leadership Network / Agile Singapore

Eric Tham – Managing Director, Head (Group Commercial Banking), United Overseas Bank Limited

Kurt Wee – President, Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME); SBF Chairman, SBF Small and Medium Enterprise Committee; Private Equity Investment Manager 

12.15pm – 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00pm – 3.15pm

Session 6: Judicial Colloquium

Moderator

The Honourable Justice Aedit Abdullah – Supreme Court of Singapore 

Panellists

The Honourable Mr. Justice Jonathan Harris – Court of First Instance of the High Court (Hong Kong)

The Honourable Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul – Supreme Court of India (India)

The Honourable Judicial Commissioner Ong Chee Kwan – High Court of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

The Honourable Chief Judge Ye Bingkun –  Xiamen Bankruptcy Court (China)

3.15pm – 3.30pm

Closing Address

Sim Kwan Kiat – Co-chair (Conference Organising Committee); Head of Restructuring & Insolvency Practice, Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Darius Tay – Co-chair (Conference Organising Committee); Director, BlackOak LLC

3.30pm

End of Day 2