Covid drives workload for restructuring, insolvency lawyers
Singapore
LAWYERS specialising in restructuring and insolvency work have been kept busy as the pandemic continues to put a strain on companies in the current economic climate.
Although these activities of rehabilitating corporations or helping them close the last chapter have not quite reached the levels seen in the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2009, there is nonetheless growing demand for such specialists, said law firms.
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