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Manoj Pillay Sandrasegara
Co-Head at WongPartnership LLPManoj Pillay Sandrasegara is Co-Head of WongPartnership’s Special Situations Advisory Practice and a Partner in the Indonesia Practice. He leads the firm’s cross-border restructuring practice in Asia and is globally ranked as a pre-eminent Tier 1 practitioner having extensive experience in complex cross-border debt restructurings act for borrowers, court-appointed administrators and special situation investors.
Manoj is the Chairman of the Insolvency Practitioner’s Association of Singapore and an elected member of the International Insolvency Institute and an advisory board member of the Singapore Management University’s Singapore Global Restructuring Initiative. He was appointed by the Ministry of Law to the Committee to establish Singapore as a debt restructuring centre in Asia. Manoj is also a regular speaker on the international circuit on cross-border restructurings.
Tim Reid
Principal at Baker Tilly AdvisoryTim has more than 30 years of experience in the accounting profession, specialising in restructuring businesses in financial difficulties and insolvency appointments, forensic accounting and business valuation and loss quantification matters including acting as an expert witness in arbitrations and court litigation.
Tim has conducted restructuring (turnaround), receivership, judicial management, liquidation, private trustee in bankruptcy, special accountant and investigation assignments in New Zealand, United Kingdom, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, and China. He has been responsible for numerous monitoring assignments for various enterprises and has been trusted with director appointments by clients.
Emmanuel Hadjidakis
Principal at Baker & McKenzie. Wong & LeowEmmanuel Hadjidakis is a principal in Baker McKenzie's Finance & Projects team in Singapore and is currently the chair of the Global Financial Institutions Group at the Firm. He has significant experience advising on a wide range of finance transactions, including acquisition finance, private credit transactions and restructurings. Emmanuel regularly acts for financial institutions, borrowers and private equity funds throughout the Asia Pacific region with particular emphasis on Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and India.
Emmanuel has worked in Singapore for over 15 years and has prior experience working in London (where he worked for a magic circle firm) and Sydney (where he worked for a leading Australian law firm). Prior to commencing private practice, Emmanuel clerked for a Judge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
Chambers Asia Pacific describes Emmanuel as "very innovative in providing solutions to any issues we have" and "really efficient." He attracts consistent praise from clients, one of whom explains: "He is exceptionally hard-working, he's senior and puts in the hard work. He is the best overall proposition for structured financing." Another client describes him as "very approachable and commercial"; his knowledge of Islamic finance and banking is terrific, and his communication and mediation skills are excellent"; "he is persistent in negotiations in order to get us the best deal."
IFLR1000 describes him as "top-tier, and absolutely up there with the best" and points out that "Lenders consider [him] a rising star in the Singapore market and rate him as one of its leading practitioners." Clients named him "one of the strongest lender side counsels for Indonesian loans."
Legal 500 Asia Pacific describes Emmanuel as "a seasoned professional", "very hands-on", "creative", "commercial" and "responsive".
Emmanuel is a global relationship partner for some of the Firm’s key clients and heads the Finance & Projects practice group in Singapore.
Soumya Bhagavatula
Senior Associate at King & Spalding (Singapore) LLPSoumya Bhagavatula advises both borrowers and lenders on a wide range of cross-border banking and finance transactions including general corporate facilities, acquisition finance facilities, fund financing facilities and other structured and leveraged financing facilities.
Soumya advises leading international banks and financial institutions, major corporations, private equity sponsors and alternative financiers on a broad range of complex cross-border financing arrangements. Her practice extends across various sectors including energy and power, resources, investment funds and education and several jurisdictions including Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Australia and the Philippines.
Prior to joining King & Spalding, Soumya practiced as a lawyer in the Singapore office of a “Magic Circle” law firm.