Experience 

• Specialising in the financial markets with a particular emphasis on the capital markets, specialised investment funds and private equity
• Involved in offerings of straight debt and equity-linked debt throughout Asia since 1988

Notable Engagements 

• Advising Dragon Capital on the formation of Vietnam Debt Fund, an open-ended Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The A Class Segregated Portfolio mainly comprises Vietnamese Government and quasi-government  debt. The B Class Segregated Portfolio mainly comprises straight, convertible, equity-linked, performance-linked or collateralised debt obligations and  "junior" debt and seeks higher returns for investors with greater risk tolerance.
• Advising Banyan Tree on the formation of the Indochina Hospitality Fund, a real estate development fund structured as a closed-end Cayman Islands limited partnership. The principal objective of the fund is to develop a 280 hectare site along three kilometres of the central coast of Vietnam as an integrated resort with beachfront resorts/hotels (two of which will be managed under the Banyan Tree and Angsana brands), a town centre, convention facilities and an 18-hole golf course.
• Advising Regal Hotels on the formation of Regal REIT, a collective investment scheme and the first hotel REIT to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The principal objective of the fund is to own an investment portfolio of hotels in Hong Kong and elsewhere in China initially comprising five Regal branded hotels in Hong Kong (all of which are leased to the Regal group) including the award winning Regal Airport Hotel.
• Advising Credit Agricole on the formation of the CAAM Green Planet Fund, a sub-fund of an umbrella trust established under Hong Kong law. The fund aims to provide investors with long term capital appreciation through investments in global equities by investing in companies principally according to their environmental ratings.
• Advising Hang Seng Investment Bank on the formation of three indexing tracking exchange traded funds listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. These three ETF's respectively track the Hang Seng Index, Hang Seng China Enterprises Index and FTSE-Xinhua Index.

Education 

Macquarie University, BEcon; LLB (Hons)

Languages

• English

Admitted

• Hong Kong, 1990
• England & Wales, 1990