Hogan Lovells boosts Singapore banking practice
Hogan Lovells has hired Alexander McMyn as a banking partner in Singapore, as part of the law firm’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its finance capabilities in Southeast Asia. McMyn previously worked at Linklaters in Singapore, having relocated from the firm’s London office in 2008.
McMyn has a broad practice advising financial institutions and companies on banking, structured finance and asset finance transactions. He has a particular focus on inbound and outbound investments to Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and India. Recent representative experience includes advising the arrangers of a financing package for Vedanta Resources' $9 billion acquisition of Cairn India.
McMyn will work closely with Hogan Lovells' Hong Kong-based banking partners Gary Hamp, Owen Chan and Allen Wardrop.
"Alexander's experience and expertise perfectly align with our plans to develop our international banking practice in core specialisms across key jurisdictions," said Matthew Cottis, global head of banking at the law firm. "In Asia, one of our priorities was to be able to meet the demand from our key clients in Singapore to provide the highest level of support for their acquisition and asset finance transactions throughout Southeast Asia, notably in Indonesia and India."
Hogan Lovells added its first dedicated capital markets partner in Singapore last year, as Andrew Carey relocated from London. This was followed the hiring of Project Finance Partner Bruce Schulberg. The firm has also launched Indonesia services through a tie-up with local player Hermawan Juniarto.
A host of international law firms are seeking to boost their capabilities in Singapore with a view to tapping the growing stream of M&A and private equity transactions coming out of Southeast Asia and India.
This week Latham & Watkins announced that corporate partners Rod Brown and Luke Grubb have both relocated from London to Singapore. Among the offshore law firms, Walkers is relocating Thomas Granger, a partner in its global investment funds group, from Hong Kong to Singapore, while Bedell Cristin has opened an office in the city state.
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