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Ascendant Legal LLC

Providing a comprehensive dispute resolution and litigation service in Singapore

We are a Singapore law practice comprising a team of experienced lawyers with a wide spectrum of expertise, particularly in the areas of litigation and arbitration, insolvency and restructuring, regulatory compliance and investigations, antitrust and competition, intellectual property, and real estate.

Our Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with global law Firm Norton Rose Fulbright offers our clients with complete coverage in Singapore and across the globe.

Ascendant Legal and Norton Rose Fulbright are registered as a Formal Law Alliance

Ascendant Legal and Norton Rose Fulbright are registered as a Formal Law Alliance

In 2018, Ascendant Legal LLC entered into a Formal Law Alliance (FLA) with global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright.

Singapore: Competition law fact sheet

Singapore: Competition law fact sheet

Our Asia Competition Law fact sheets provide insights into the main competition law regimes across Asia.
Year in review: Significant US Chapter 15 decisions in 2023

Year in review: Significant US Chapter 15 decisions in 2023

Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code implements the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency in the US.

UK restructuring plans: What does the future hold following the English Court of Appeal’s landmark ruling in Adler?

UK restructuring plans: What does the future hold following the English Court of Appeal’s landmark ruling in Adler?

On 23 January 2024, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in relation to the Adler group plan and seized the opportunity to provide guidance on a wide range of issues.
UK restructuring plan: Cramming up a super-senior creditor class in a unitranche structure

UK restructuring plan: Cramming up a super-senior creditor class in a unitranche structure

We consider how the UK’s Part 26A restructuring plan has opened up opportunities for “cram up” in unitranche structures.
The cross-border restructuring of Diebold Nixdorf

The cross-border restructuring of Diebold Nixdorf

On 11 August 2023, the Diebold Nixdorf group (Diebold Nixdorf), a multinational service provider and manufacturer of cash handling machines, successfully restructured approximately US$2.7 billion debt by using a parallel Dutch WHOA and US Chapter 11.