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认识奥杰香港办公室的新合伙人

Insight

23 May 2024

Hong Kong

1 min read

奥杰香港办公室的新合伙人Joanne Collett表示,香港法院对房地产开发商中国恒大集团(CEG)的清盘判决在市场上引起了强烈反响,对于有能力融资的公司而言,在面对持有不耐烦态度,并且似乎越来越愿意采取强制执行措施的利益相关方,重组交易的势头可能会有所增加。

2018年,CEG成为全球最有价值的房地产公司。然而,该公司于2021年倒闭,两年后申请破产,随后在今年早些时候被法院下令清算。

Joanne Collett于2024年5月2日以合伙人身份加入奥杰香港办公室,她认为,只要有资金,由此而产生的冲击将导致重组工作呈上升趋势。

她说:“就一些公司的重组交易和某些积极因素而言,目前的市场似乎正在获得动力,但由于某些公司缺乏达成交易的意愿或财务资源,事件似乎进展缓慢。”

“我认为,香港法院对中国恒大集团进行清盘的意愿和发出的信息在这里的市场上都能感受到。一些利益相关方,包括那些有担保的利益相关方,似乎更愿意采取行动。”

在讨论重组领域的其他潜在趋势时,Joanne补充道:“开曼群岛、香港、英属维尔京群岛(BVI)和纽约法院就债券持有人采取直接行动的权利做出的不同裁决‘增加了不确定性’,尽管‘这些裁决的背景在某种程度上有所不同’。

“开曼群岛在减资方面出现的积极变化应该会有助于简化一些公司的减资程序。” 她补充道。

“在投资基金方面,尤其是那些拥有不良资产投资的基金,有投资者询问基金经理和董事的义务及责任,也有投资者对于他们的选择存疑,我预计这些问题在不久的将来还会继续出现。奥杰目前正在处理Three Arrows Capital一案,鉴于市场的波动性,我会疑问是否还将出现其他与加密货币相关的案件。”

作为重组和破产专家,Joanne 为奥杰带来了超过 22 年的破产相关经验。她最初在澳大利亚获得执业资格,随后移居纽约和开曼群岛,并于2012年移居香港,继续从事离岸法律工作。在加入奥杰之前,Joanne在Walkers工作了大约十年。

她说:“我加入奥杰时,见证了由Oliver Payne领导的香港团队多年来不断发展壮大。我很高兴加入这个团队,我觉得这个团队非常适合我,而且他们的技能与我的技能相得益彰。我过去曾与奥杰团队合作过,也曾与他们对立过,他们为客户提供的专业知识给我留下了深刻印象。

Joanne拥有丰富的本地和跨境专业知识,经常为面临财务困境的离岸公司提供法律意见。她补充说,她处理过的最有趣的跨境案件是MIE Holdings Corporation一案,该案涉及与银行贷款人达成的双边交易,该公司的贷款机制受香港法律管辖。她说:“这个案子特别有趣,因为我们决定不同时执行香港计划——吉布斯规则当时可以说适用于纽约法律管辖债券的解除,后来在香港和纽约的其他案件中受到质疑,现阶段在纽约的其他案件中得到支持。”

“我们还为重组目的任命了临时清盘人,为了节省成本,客户申请在重组生效日自动解除这些临时清盘人的职务,而不需要额外的听证会,这在开曼群岛尚属首次,之前在百慕大的另一起案件中也曾成功做到了这一点。如果我们现在处理这个案件,我们可能会考虑任命重组官员,因为开曼群岛的法律发生了变化,允许为重组目的任命官员,而不是‘轻触式’任命临时清盘人,以便为利益相关者提供法院程序的确定性和监督。”

“这一程序的好处是,根据命令的起草方式,可能不需要在香港承认重组官员,我理解这可能很困难,因为一个运作良好的、受到专业破产从业人员的大力监督的董事会仍然存在。”

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