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Thomas Marsden’s brother, John Marsden, was a solicitor in Wakefield, Yorkshire. Anne Marsden (1794-1885), the daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Marsden, married Rev. Thomas Hassall (1794-1868). The son of a missionary, Hassall arrived in Sydney in 1798. He was ordained a priest in 1821 and served at Port Macquarie, Bathurst and Cowpastures. Marsdens Law Group was founded by John Marsden as a one man practice in 1968. Since he started the firm, John set high standards of service, professionalism and commitment. It was these standards and John's voracious.

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Mr John Marsden

Work Department

Restructuring, Bankruptcy & Insolvency.

Position

John Marsden is a partner of Mayer Brown and is the Managing Partner of the firm’s Vietnam and Thailand offices. He represents clients in a wide range of matters in the commercial and corporate context. His assignments have included financing transactions, non-performing loan disposals and corporate restructurings. John has provided advice in such large-scale restructurings or insolvencies as Asia Pulp and Paper, Pacific Andes, the Moulin Group, TMT and Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, all of which are multi-jurisdictional transactions. John was placed into the Shanghai office for three years during which time he was involved with a number of substantial property acquisition and financing transactions.

John has been named a Band 1 Restructuring and Insolvency Lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific (2013-2018), Market Leader in Restructuring and Insolvency by IFLR1000 (2018-2019) and Leading Lawyer in Restructuring and Insolvency by IFLR1000 (2010-2017). Chambers Asia Pacific (2018) described John as he provides an “aggressive and punchy service, but is very commercial too”.

Career

Admitted in Australia – South Australia and Hong Kong.

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Languages

English.

Education

The University of Adelaide, LLB (Hons); The University of New South Wales, BSc (Hons); The University of Sydney, MPsych.

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Restructuring and insolvency

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John Marsden –Mayer Brown

Praised for its ‘client-focusedapproach‘,Mayer Brown has an excellent track record in the region on behalf of bank-side creditors, corporate trustees and insolvency practitioners (IPs) across the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious mandates. ‘One of the foremost insolvency/restructuring lawyers in Hong Kong‘, John Marsden leads the firm’s Asia practice ‘with energy, great natural insight and an open demeanor‘. The ‘vastly experienced‘ Marsden has played a part in many notable large-scale restructurings throughout the region; he continues to advise Maybank on its negotiations with Pacific Andes and other creditors and as to its security and enforcement options in relation to Pacific Andes’ debt restructuring. Thomas Pugh was also involved in the aforementioned matter and is praised for his ‘great thoughtfulness and agile approach to restructurings‘.

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