"Opportunities don't happen. You create them."
Chris Grosser
I launched DHC Capital 18 months ago and I am proud of what we have achieved in this time. We set up a new firm from scratch and through hard work and being opportunistic won work in the market (click here to read our 6-month update and 1-year update). We built on this momentum and continued to expand our network.
DHC Capital acted as financial advisor to AGV Group Ltd (SGX: 1A4) regarding its negotiations with institutional lenders to extend the tenure of repayment. AGV Group Ltd successfully concluded negotiations on 4 March 2019 and entered into an agreement with institutional lenders to extend the tenure of repayment such that it is now able to continue servicing its loans with a longer repayment period.
Read MoreSingapore-listed Ryobi Kiso Holdings Ltd announced the appointment of David Chew as CFO.
Read MoreDHC Capital Partner and Founder David Chew has been appointed as CFO of Ryobi Kiso Holdings Ltd (SGX: BDN). This is the first appointment of a restructuring professional to an executive or interim management role by a company that has filed for a Court supervised restructuring process under Singapore’s new legislative provisions (Section 211). Read on for Ryobi Kiso Holding Ltd’s announcement on the appointment.
Read MoreDHC Capital Partner and Founder David Chew presented at ISCA’s Breakfast Talk on 17 October 2018. The breakfast talk was fully attended with over 100 participants hearing about the ins-and-outs of raising funding from alternative capital providers. Read on for ISCA’s recap of the talk.
Read MoreDHC Capital Partner and Founder David Chew will speak at an ISCA seminar on “Private equity and debt – What you need to know about raising funds from alternative capital providers”
Read More"Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago”
Warren Buffett
I launched DHC Capital a little under 1 year ago to build a firm, free of conflict of interests, specialising in providing liquidity solutions for clients facing stress, distress or an event-driven special situation.
Read on for our thought leadership article on the growing trend of appointing a CRO to drive a successful restructuring outcome. This article was published in INSOL International’s Monthly Newsletter in July 2018 and the HKICPA Restructuring and Insolvency Faculty’s Monthly Newsletter in June 2019.
Read MoreRead on for DHC Capital’s insights on the amendments to Singapore’s Companies Law and the progress of Singapore’s plans to become an international debt restructuring hub at the inaugural GRR Live event held in Singapore on 7 March 2018.
Read MoreChina’s SooChow Securities has formed a Singapore-based joint venture, SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (SCCM) with Sunstone Capital Markets and SCCM has entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based investment banking and financial advisory firm DHC Capital.
Read More"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step"
Lao Tzo
It has been 6 months since I started a new chapter in my professional career with the launch of DHC Capital. Exciting, exhilarating, opportunistic, creative, passionate .... are a few words that come to mind as I look back on the last 6 months. Time has just flown by - between the client execution, marketing and pitching, identifying new opportunities and the hundred and one things that need to be done when you start up a new business it is no wonder that it feels like yesterday that we launched.
Read MoreDHC Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with Asian emerging markets focused investment bank, SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) Pte Ltd (“SCCM”).
Read MoreDHC Capital Partner and Founder David Chew will participate in the panel session, “Singapore’s DIP Financing regime: Boom time for lenders when debtors go bust?” at the IWIRC networking seminar in Hong Kong on Tuesday 14 November 2017. Also on the panel are Tan Mei Yen (Partner, Wong Partnership), Ashley Bell (Partner, DLA Piper), Michael Phillip (Director, CarVal Investors) and Stefan White (Portfolio Manager, LIM Advisors).
Read MoreAn engaging and insightful discussion at IWIRC Singapore's DIP Financing: Last Chance or Bust seminar. DHC Capital’s David Chew participated in the panel discussion together with Tan Mei Yen (Partner, Wong Partnership), Ashley Bell (Partner, DLA Piper), Michael Phillip (Director, CarVal Investors) and Stefan White (Portfolio Manager, LIM Advisors). Key takeaways from the seminar:
Read MoreDavid Chew, a restructuring professional formerly with EY, has launched DHC Capital in Singapore to advise distressed companies on how to raise new capital
Read MoreDavid Chew will participate in the panel session titled “DIP financing: Last chance or bust” hosted by IWIRC Singapore on 21 September 2017. Other panel members include Tan Mei Yen (Partner, Wong Partnership), Ashley Bell (Partner, DLA Piper), Michael Phillip (Director, CarVal Investors) and Stefan White (Portfolio Manager, LIM Advisors).
Read MoreDavid Chew attended the 6th annual Singapore Insolvency Conference held at Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre on 24 and 25 August 2017. David was a member of the Organising Committee and assisted in the preparation of the sessions titled “Alternative capital providers/distressed investors in restructuring situations with a focus on the role, opportunities and challenges/issues faced by distressed investors”.
Read MoreAfter nearly 14 years in EY's restructuring and debt advisory department, David Chew has established his own Singapore-based investment banking and advisory firm, DHC Capital.
Read MoreDHC Capital is an investment banking and financial advisory firm specialising in restructuring and special situations and was founded by David Chew in August 2017 (www.dhccapital.com).
DHC Capital has entered into a strategic partnership with leading Asian emerging markets focused investment bank, Religare Capital Markets (www.religarecm.com), to service clients and leverage the deep experience and expertise and the extensive network of relationships across both firms.
