AAG Corporate Advisory, founded in 2018 by Abuthahir Abdul Gafoor, is led by a team of highly qualified professionals. We specialize in restructuring and insolvency as well as litigation consulting services.
At AAG, we are committed to exploring all avenues to protect and maximize our clients’ recovery value while maintaining the highest standards of service quality. Our goal is to safeguard clients against financial losses and reputational damage, ensuring their best interests are always at the forefront.
Abuthahir started his career in 1990 and has worked in a number of the Big 4 accounting firms, mainly in the areas of corporate insolvency and litigation consulting services. He currently heads AAG Corporate Advisory Pte Ltd as its Executive Director.
He is an approved liquidator with close to 35 years of working experience. He has been appointed to oversee numerous liquidations, both by the Court and creditors. He has also undertaken restructuring and corporate workouts, judicial management, and receivership engagements. Projects he has undertaken involves listed companies as well as large corporations, and have carried out work in Singapore and South East Asia.
He is a well-known and highly regarded professional amongst people from the legal profession, as he works closely with them in litigation consulting engagements to assist the lawyers in various types of commercial disputes. Abuthahir specialises in the areas of assessment of dispute analysis, financial investigations, partnership or shareholder disputes, and fraud investigation in commercial disputes. He has provided expert testimony in Court where his expertise is called upon.
Hoon Tong has more than 20 years of professional experience, of which about 17 years were in the restructuring & insolvency services teams in the Big 4 accounting firms. He has extensive experience in debt restructuring advisory, having worked with clients in both Singapore and Indonesia. He has assisted clients in financial distress to formulate and develop comprehensive debt restructuring plans, including injection of fresh capital by investors as part of the debt restructuring exercise.
Hoon Tong previously also spent time in ABN AMRO’s proprietary Special Situations and Distressed Capital desk, and was actively involved in sourcing, structuring and executing high yield, stressed and distressed investment opportunities.
Hoon Tong holds a Bachelor of Business (specialising in Financial Analysis) from NTU, and is a CFA Charter holder. He is also a Fellow with the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore.
Yessica brings over a decade of expertise in liquidation, judicial management, receivership, schemes of arrangement, and special/monitoring accountant assignments. She has also engaged in forensic accounting and debt restructuring.
In 2020, Yessica obtained her Insolvency Practitioner licence and has since been appointed to oversee numerous corporate and individual insolvency administrations.
Her assignments span diverse industries, including construction, chemicals, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecommunications, and retail. Her responsibilities encompass reviewing business operations, monitoring cash flow and budgets, and negotiating with stakeholders such as creditors, directors, employees, and government authorities.
