Anna Lin

Director, Singapore Head of Litigation and Restructuring

Singapore | T +65 6603 0715 | M +65 9647 5208, +852 6469 3381

Anna Lin is a Director and Head of the Singapore Dispute Resolution and Restructuring practice at Conyers. She joined the firm in 2016.

Anna specialises in cross-border liquidation and restructuring, corporate disputes and trust litigation. She advises a wide range of clients, including listed companies and ultra-high net worth individuals, on high-value matters often involving multi-jurisdictional complexities and transactions worth billions of dollars.

In the area of cross-border liquidation and restructuring, Anna has deep experience handling both contentious and non-contentious matters across jurisdictions such as Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands. She regularly advises on winding-up proceedings, provisional liquidations, and complex restructurings, offering strategic, solution-oriented guidance.

Anna is also highly regarded for her work in corporate disputes, including high-stakes shareholder conflicts, directors’ liability, professional negligence claims, injunctions, minority oppression, and cross-border enforcement. Her ability to navigate complex legal issues and deliver practical solutions makes her a trusted advisor in high-value commercial litigation.

In the trusts space, Anna advises on disputes involving family trusts, breach of trust, and trust administration, particularly for ultra-high net worth clients and listed entities. She also provides strategic advice on fiduciary duties, trust structuring, and corporate governance in the context of trust-owned businesses.

Anna holds a First Class Honours B.A. from the University of Hong Kong, where she was on the Dean’s Honours List, and a Master in Laws (Distinction) from the London School of Economics, supported by a British Chevening Postgraduate Scholarship. She also earned distinction from the University of Law. As a native Mandarin speaker, Anna’s linguistic and cultural fluency enhances her ability to serve clients across Asia and beyond.

Anna has received multiple prestigious awards and recognitions for her exceptional work in the legal field, including:

“Asia Top Offshore Litigators 2024” by Asian Legal Business Magazine
“Next Generation Partner” (2023 – 2025) of Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (Offshore Law)
“Top 15 Offshore Litigator” (2021 & 2022) by Asian Legal Business Magazine
Recognised in the 2021 edition of Legal 500 (Offshore Law)
Recognised in the 2019 and 2020 editions of Global Restructuring Review 100

These accolades highlight Anna’s expertise and demonstrate the high esteem in which she is held within the industry.

Jurisdictions

Experience

Insolvency Proceedings

Acted for a Singapore listed company in discharging provisional liquidators and the terminating liquidation involving over RMB$2.2 billion assets
Represented a client in a US$60 million BVI winding-up case, securing a favourable court order without oral arguments from opposing counsel
Led negotiations for a Taiwanese listed company in the successful winding up offshore debtor with claims nearing US$40 million
Advised a high-net-worth entrepreneur in a BVI shareholder dispute, including appeal proceedings before the UK Privy Council
Successfully set aside a US$50 million statutory demand and obtained an injunction against a winding up petition for a Cayman listed company
Guided a Bermuda listed company through cross-border insolvency proceedings involving over US$180 million in creditor claims and restructuring strategy
Terminated the liquidation of an offshore subsidiary for a Hong Kong listed company
Successfully opposed a contentious winding-up application for a Cayman listed company based on disputed debt claims
Represented companies in liquidation in asset recovery actions against former directors involving approximately HK$1.3 billion
Acted for liquidators in claims exceeding HK$105 million against former executive directors for misfeasance, false accounting, and breach of duties
Pursued negligence claims against former auditors for failing to identify and report director fraud

Shareholder / Investors and Commercial Disputes

Acted for a HK$108 million Cayman fund and its joint voluntary liquidators in a dispute over asset withholding, mismanagement, and dissipation risks by a related party
Represented joint liquidators of an insolvent fund in a successful court-supervised application to safeguard assets, resolved swiftly on highly favourable terms
Advised a high-net-worth entrepreneur in a RMB1.7 billion shareholder dispute involving a BVI medical diagnostics business operating in the PRC
Acted for majority shareholders and directors of a high-tech IT company in a quasi-partnership dispute, successfully setting aside an injunction and enforcing damages undertakings
Represented the board and majority shareholder of a Bermuda company in a winding-up and a buy-out dispute under section 111 of the Bermuda Companies Act
Acted for a former shareholder of a Bermuda mobile device company in claims of exclusion from management and oppressive conduct under Bermuda law
Represented a minority shareholder of a Cayman company in a dispute involving shareholders rights, director misconduct, and high-value fund stakeholders
Defended majority shareholders of a Cayman company in a RMB350 million dispute over alleged mismanagement and asset dissipation
Advised a minority shareholder of a BVI company on shareholder rights and substitution in a winding-up petition
Counseled the board of a Cayman company in a shareholder dispute involving access to financials across twenty jurisdictions
Represented international financial institutions in urgent worldwide injunction and freezing order applications involving US$10 million in assets

Voluntary Liquidation, Merger & Restructuring, Restoration and Corporate Advisory

Advised over 200 entities – including companies, partnerships, SPCs, funds, and unit trusts on termination, liquidation, or dissolution across Hong Kong, the BVI, the Cayman Islands and Bermuda
Guided corporations through cross-border mergers involving Cayman and BVI entities
Advised shareholders and companies on the reinstatement or restoration of offshore vehicles
Advised directors of listed and major private companies on company law, fiduciary duties, and corporate governance, including validity of requisition, director liability, conflict of interests, and shareholder claims involving breach of duty, deceit, and conspiracy

Probate and Family Trust

Advised high-net-worth individuals and family trusts/foundations on probate and family trust matters
Assisted family offices with management of estate assets and trust governance
Advised companies on transmission of shares following the decease of shareholders
Acted in contentious trust proceedings in Hong Kong and the BVI involving claims to shares under a disputed trust arrangement
Provided legal opinions on proprietary estoppel and the creation of valid trust
Advised clients on probate applications in the Cayman Islands and the BVI
Represented trustees in Beddoe applications relating to potential trust dispute

Expertise

Qualifications

Professional Background

Associate, Lipman Karas, Hong Kong
Trainee Solicitor, Clifford Chance, Hong Kong

Education

London School of Economics, Master in Laws (Distinction) (British Chevening Postgraduate Scholarship)
The University of Hong Kong, PCLL
The College of Law, GDL (Distinction)
The University of Hong Kong, BA (First) (Dean’s Honours List)

Bar Admissions

Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-Law, 2026
Bermuda, Registered Associate, 2018
British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2018
England and Wales, Solicitor, 2017 (not currently practising)
California, US, Attorney, 2016 (not currently practising)
Hong Kong, Solicitor, 2011 (not currently practising)

Awards & Accolades

Recognised as “Litigators of Asia 2025” by Asian Legal Business
Recognised as “Asia Top Offshore Litigators 2024” by Asian Legal Business Magazine
Recognised as “Next Generation Partner” in the 2023 to 2025 editions of Legal 500 Asia-Pacific (Offshore Law)
Recognised as “Top 15 Offshore Litigator” in 2021 and 2022 by Asian Legal Business Magazine
Recognised in the 2021 edition of Legal 500 (Offshore Law)
Recognised in the 2019 and 2020 editions of Global Restructuring Review 100