Adriel Nee

I am a senior associate in Bird & Bird's Restructuring and Insolvency team in Singapore, and I have been involved in a diverse range of contentious and non-contentious matters dealing with cross-border restructuring and insolvency and general corporate transactions.

My primary area of practice is in distressed and special situations. My experience covers a range of sectors including cryptocurrency, real estate and shipping, and I work with clients including insolvency professionals, debtors, and creditors.

I work closely with clients in commercial negotiations, structuring transactions and preparing the relevant documentation, and formulating legal strategies in both contentious and non-contentious matters. My work experience also includes cross-border matters that require coordinated cooperation across multiple jurisdictions.

Together with my team, we provide clients with innovative and bespoke solutions in complex commercial situations.

• • Acted for No Va Land Investment Group Corporation on the cross-border restructuring of its SGX-listed US$300 million New York-governed convertible bonds through the first Singapore pre-packaged scheme of arrangement approved by the Singapore International Commercial Court in the landmark case of Re No Va Land Investment Group Corp [2024] SGHC(I) 17 (Restructuring Deal of the Year at the IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 2025).
• • Advised Nam Cheong Limited on its liabilities of over US$300 million on Singapore law aspects of the cross-border restructuring of the Nam Cheong Group, and successfully obtained recognition from the Singapore High Court under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency as adopted in Singapore.
• • Advised and represented the Singapore-incorporated debtor companies of the FTX Group, previously one of the biggest players in the cryptocurrency industry once valued at US$32 billion, in the US Chapter 11 proceedings in the aftermath of the high-profile collapse of the FTX Group, and successfully obtained recognition from the Singapore International Commercial Court under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency as adopted in Singapore. in the case of Re Quoine Pte Ltd and others [2025] SGHC(I) 5.
• • Advised the liquidators of oCap Management Pte Ltd. (in compulsory liquidation) in relation to liquidation matters against the backdrop of the highly publicised Wirecard fraud, and represented the liquidators in an application by the Attorney-General's Chambers for the restraint of US$8.63 million under the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2000 in the landmark case of Re oCap Management Pte Ltd. [2023] SGHC 316 where the Singapore High Court laid down, for the first time, the principles involving paragraph 14(2) of the Third Schedule to the MACMA.
• • Acted as local counsel for WeWork in connection with its global restructuring through the US Chapter 11 process.

• Re No Va Land Investment Group Corp [2024] 6 SLR 76
• Ace Spring Investments Ltd v Balbeer Singh Mangat and another [2024] SGHC 277
• Re oCap Management Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] 4 SLR 1039
• Re Quoine Pte Ltd and others [2025] 3 SLR 1536