Paul Brough

Regional Senior Partner, Hong Kong
KPMG China

Paul is the Regional Senior Partner for KPMG China. He is also the head of KPMG's Financial Advisory Services practice in Asia Pacific, a position he has held since 1998.

He is one of the Liquidators of eight Lehman Brothers entities in Hong Kong and regional lead partner on UBS and KKR.

The FAS practice assists multinationals looking to invest in China, as well as Chinese companies with overseas expansion plans. The team provides financial due diligence, valuations, mergers and acquisitions advisory, investigations and intellectual property protection.

Edward Middleton

Partner, Head of Restructuring
KPMG China

With a career in restructuring that spans two decades, Edward is one of the Liquidators of eight Lehman Brothers entities in Hong Kong. He was one of the lead negotiators on the sale of the bank's Asian platform to Nomura in October, 2008.

He also recently led the KPMG team engaged in the successful restructuring of Evergrande, a large PRC real estate group.

Since April 2008, Edward is one of the Provisional Liquidators of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited, a long haul budget carrier operating out of Hong Kong to London and Vancouver. He is a former lead advisor in the consensual restructuring of EganaGoldpfeil (Holdings) Limited, a Hong Kong based jewellery designer and manufacturer.

Patrick Cowley

Principal, Restructuring Services
KPMG China

Patrick is one of the Liquidators of eight Lehman Brothers entities in Hong Kong. With responsibility for over US$5 billion in assets, Patrick is also coordinating the wind-down of several of the Lehman Brothers' regional operations, and has led our efforts to realize value from Lehman Brothers' exposure to the Japanese property sector.

In 2009, acting as one of the provisional liquidators of Ontarget Advisory Services limited (formerly known as Alvarez & Marsal Asia Limited), Patrick successfully negotiated a settlement between the company and one of its major creditors.

In April 2008, He was appointed as Provisional Liquidator of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited, a long haul budget carrier operating out of Hong Kong to London and Vancouver.

Warren Phillips

Partner, Head of Transaction Services
KPMG China

Warren is the practice leader for the Transactions Services Group for Hong Kong and China.

This practice provides due diligence and post-acquisition integration assistance, business valuations and financial modelling.

Warren has assumed responsibility for leading activities related to the principal investments and loans (PI &L) for Lehman entities LBCCA and LBACC.

Doug Ferguson

Partner, Transactions and Restructuring
KPMG China

Doug has over twelve years experience with real estate and financial services sectors in cross-border mergers and acquisitions in Greater China. He has managed a large regional mezzanine fund with direct investment responsibilities in his previous role.

He is currently responsible for managing the Chinese, Malaysian, Vietnamese and certain Thai real estate assets of Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation Asia Limited (LBCCAL). His team is responsible for completing comprehensive legal and financial due diligence of each asset, managing loan servicing responsibilities and exploring and negotiating potential asset recovery initiatives.

Doug also leads a team providing transaction support to clients investing in distressed assets in China.

Paul Mitchell

Partner, Restructuring Services
KPMG China

Paul has many years of insolvency and restructuring experience. He commenced work with KPMG's Insolvency Division in Australia in 1989 and worked on a number of high profile liquidation and receivership appointments.

In 2001, he relocated to Hong Kong and worked in the restructuring division of another global accountancy firm. He re-joined KPMG in 2005 and was promoted to partner in 2007.

In addition to his insolvency and restructuring skills, Paul has extensive due diligence experience, leading dozens of engagements relating to potential mergers and acquisitions by major corporates and private equity funds. He has also worked in a number of in-house commercial financial roles.

Paul's recent major assignments include the liquidations of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Ltd and Lehman Brothers Commercial Corporation Asia Limited. On the Lehman Brothers' appointment Paul is responsible for managing and realising the company's real estate portfolio.

Bonn Liu

Partner, Financial Services
KPMG China

Bonn is the practice leader for KPMG China's securities and funds practice.

Bonn has extensive audit experience, including internal control reviews, due diligence and regulatory investigations, for clients in this sector in China and Hong Kong.

Bonn has assumed responsibilities for dealing with the regulated Lehman HK Companies, and for the equities and derivative trading portfolios of LBCCA and LBACC entities.

Fergal Power

Partner, Cash Management Advisory Services
KPMG China

Fergal's experience covers a wide variety of cash management and consensual financial restructuring engagements.

He is currently co-leading activities related to the restructuring of EganaGoldpfeil (Holdings) Limited, a Hong Kong based jewellery designer and manufacturer. He advised on the successful sale of the Asian core business through a pre-packaged deal using insolvency proceedings.

Fergal has attained significant experience in asset recovery in the liquidations of financial institutions, including Bank of Credit and Commerce, Japan Leasing (Hong Kong) and Lehman Brothers.

Sarah Bower

Legal Counsel and Director, Transactions and Restructuring
KPMG China

Sarah Bower has recently joined as Legal Counsel and Director within Transactions and Restructuring in Hong Kong. She will provide legal support to the liquidation of Lehman Brothers' Hong Kong entities.

Prior to joining KPMG, Sarah was Senior Legal Counsel for Lehman Brothers Asia and subsequently Nomura International Holdings Limited. In September last year, Nomura bought Lehman's 2,950 Asia-based staff in a US$225m deal. She has been practising law since 1993 and started her career with Lehman Brothers in early 2001 in Japan. In late 2004, she was appointed Head of Legal and Compliance for the bank in Hong Kong.

Sarah also chaired the New Product Committee Asia (NPCA) and the Transaction Approval Committee, from 2003 to 2006.

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