Grant Thornton Singapore bolsters restructuring and insolvency offering with three new partners

SINGAPORE,Aug. 1,2019 -- Leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton Singapore has made a significant investment into its financial advisory business with the appointment of three new restructuring and insolvency partners.

Seshadri Rajagopalan,Paresh Jotangia and Martin Chua all join Grant Thornton from SR Associates,a boutique firm founded by Raja,who was previously the ASEAN restructuring and insolvency leader at a big four firm.

Jeff Vibert,practice leader,Grant Thornton Singapore,commented: "These new appointments demonstrate the significant investment we are making to build a market leading financial advisory practice in Singapore,which will focus on creating,protecting and transforming value for financially stressed corporates and their stakeholders."

Hugh Dickson,Global Head of Restructuring across the Grant Thornton International network said: "Raja and his colleagues have extensive experience in leading major restructuring and insolvency assignments in the ASEAN region and we are delighted that they are joining our Singapore practice which has ambitious growth plans and will complement the strong global capability we have in this service line across the world's major onshore and offshore jurisdictions."

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