Asia Pacific Mergers & Acquisitions Conference
9 Apr - 10 Apr 2026
Session information
Session eight: Rescue or 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 |