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Asia Pacific Mergers & Acquisitions Conference

9 Apr - 10 Apr 2026

Session information

Session eight: The rescue or the raid – investment opportunities and strategies abound for distressed assets?

Friday 10 April (1130 - 1245)

Description

In these unpredictable times, businesses may continue to face macroeconomic pressures, including interest rates, tariffs and maturity of pandemic-era debt, and certain sectors are anticipated to fall into distress in 2026. This panel will explore how private credit funds and strategic buyers may capitalise on sector-specific distress, including navigating a landscape defined by ‘loan-to-own’ manoeuvrers. We will also look at what companies can do to keep the barbarians at the gate.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Andrew Ang	WongPartnership, Singapore, Singapore

Speakers

Sarah Fitts	ArentFox Schiff LLP, New York, New York, USA; Council Member, Energy, Environment, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Law Section (SEERIL)
Leona Healey	A&O Shearman, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Rully Hidayat	ABNR Counsellors at Law, Jakarta, Indonesia
Masaki Mizukoshi	Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, Tokyo, Japan
Akira Wakamatsu	Grant Thornton, Tokyo, Japan

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