Drew & Napier LLC

Fielding a ‘very experienced and well-balanced team’ that is ’commercial and technically sound’, Drew & Napier LLC stands out as a leading force in the region’s restructuring and insolvency landscape. Counting financial institutions, holding and investment groups, public boards, and sovereign wealth funds among its key roster of the clients, the team excels in both contentious and non-contentious matters, offering expertise in asset recovery, pursuit, and court protection cases. The practice is jointly steered by Sushil Nair and Julian Kwek. Nair is regularly involved in some of the largest restructuring exercises in Asia, with notable ties to Indonesia and China, while Kwek is noted for his focus on cross-border M&A, joint venture, private equity, debt workouts, and corporate restructuring. ‘First-rate litigator’ Blossom Hing SC is described as ’smart, hard-working, thoughtful and incredibly perceptive’, while Mohan Gopalan is recommended for his focus on insolvency and debt restructuring.