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SMU-IPAS Advanced Certificate in Insolvency and Restructuring Module 8: Financing

  • Finance & Investment
  • Legal
Next Intake: 20 May 2025 (Tue)
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  • SkillsFuture
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  • This module is part of SMU-IPAS Advanced Certificate in Insolvency and Restructuring

This module is conducted in-person.

Next course starts on
20 May 2025 (Tue) See Full Schedule
Fee
SGD1,090* (as low as SGD127 after maximum funding) Learn More
Duration

2 weeknights (7pm - 10:30pm)

Level
Basic

Who Should Attend

  • Accountants and lawyers pursuing R&I practice or mid-career accountants/lawyers from other specialisations
  • Restructuring/Financial Advisers
  • Bank/Lender work-out groups


PREREQUISITES

Participants should preferably be a degree holder, in any discipline, and have at least one year of working experience.

Overview

This module will discuss the conditions for seeking rescue financing and the various practical challenges associated with it. It will further explore alternative structures for financing without going through a court process. The course will also do an in-depth study of previous cases in Singapore that had sought rescue financing and draw out the learning points for each case.
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Learning Objectives

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

  • Identify and understand the issues faced by distressed companies in raising financing
  • Understand the various remedies available, their implications on key stakeholders, and the key considerations in identifying the appropriate solutions to rescue and protect the companies and its stakeholders and/ or to maximise recovery to its creditors
  • Understand the power, roles, and responsibilities of as well as issues faced by insolvency practitioners in dealing with the companies being restructured/ placed in some form of insolvent administration
  • Overview of the sources of potential funding and the legal and commercial considerations of such potential funders
  • Understand the legal and commercial justifications for rescue financing
  • Describe the key features and changes to financing structures pre and post insolvency
  • Act with greater knowledge and confidence to enhance a company’s success in restructuring and/ or to minimise the impact of an insolvency company on its various stakeholders
  • Identify and critically evaluate the appropriate solutions to address a company’s key concerns, and drafting tailor-made solutions to address them

Assessment

As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.

Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by Singapore Management University.

 

CPD POINTS 

Participants will be able to earn 6 CPD Points awarded by Singapore Institute of Legal Education for this course.

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, this includes signing in on arrival and signing out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser, and not being absent from the entire activity for more than 15 minutes. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to www.sileCPDcentre.sg for more information.

Calculate Programme Fee

Click here for more infomation about SkillsFuture Credits (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)
For PSEA - Available only for Singapore Citizen below 31 (Not applicable for Company-sponsored participants)

Total Program Fee: SGD0.00

Fee Table

COMPANY-SPONSORED

PARTICIPANT PROFILE

SELF-SPONSORED

SME

NON-SME

Singapore Citizen < 40 years old

Permanent Resident

LTVP+

$327

(After SSG Funding 70%)

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$327

(After SSG Funding 70%)

Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ ETSS Funding 20%)

$127

(After SSG Funding 70%
+ MCES Funding 20%)

International Participant

$1,090

(No Funding)

$1,090

(No Funding)

$1,090

(No Funding)

All prices include 9% GST

Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.

Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.

Self Sponsored

SkillsFuture Credit

Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.

This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.

Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).

Workfare Skills Support Scheme

From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.

Company Sponsored

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

  • Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
  • Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
  • Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
  • Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
  • Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here. 

Please click here for more information on ETSS.

Absentee Payroll

Companies who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:

AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)

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Trainers

Vera Lim
Director, Turnaround & Restructuring
Deloitte Singapore
Vera Lim
Director, Turnaround & Restructuring
Deloitte Singapore

Vera, Director at Deloitte Singapore's Turnaround & Restructuring practice, specialises in corporate restructuring, insolvency, and CRO services. Notable cases include overseeing a USD700m debt commodities trader and the liquidation of a global agricultural commodities trader across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. She is a CFA Charterholder and a member of IPAS and IWIRC Singapore Network.

Muhammed Ismail Noordin
Partner
WongPartnership LLP
Muhammed Ismail Noordin
Partner
WongPartnership LLP

Ismail’s main areas of practice are restructuring and insolvency, and special situation financings with a focus on formal and out-of-court restructurings and special situations deals.

Ismail has been involved in multiple special situation transactions and restructuring matters, including advising debtors and creditors on restructurings and related transactions where debt and transaction values approach or were in the billions of dollars. This includes advising on restructuring and insolvency aspects of complex and/or cross-border transactions. 

Some examples of restructuring and insolvency matters Ismail has advised on are: Three Arrows Capital Limited, the US$10bn cryptocurrency hedge fund that went bankrupt, as counsel to the liquidators; Noble Group, as counsel to the lead bondholder group in its US$3.5bn restructuring; Miclyn Express Offshore, as counsel to the debtors in a scheme of arrangement for US$500m of its debt; Emas Chiyoda Subsea, as counsel to the debtors in a Chapter 11 plan for its US$1.6bn restructuring that was given effect in Singapore pre-Model Law; Xihe Holdings, as counsel to the judicial managers who oversaw a vessel sale programme and attempted restructuring with about US$1bn of debt.

Ismail is recognised as Highly Regarded by IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms since 2024.

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