Areas of Expertise

Law

Over 25 years of City of London, Wall Street and Emerging Markets private practice experience acting as French and English counsel for private companies and well-known multinationals and global investment banks on a wide range of transactions, in Europe, the USA and Southeast Asia. Focused on cross-border investments, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, debt and equity funding, national investment security regimes and international sanctions and disputes, as well as capital markets and structured finance.

Deal structuring

Advocacy

Advocate and business facilitator drawing from a wide range of contacts in the corporate world and governmental agencies.

Arbitration

Panel arbitrator for banking and structured finance disputes at the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) in Kuala Lumpur.

Automobile industry

Directorship

International sanctions

Head of the automotive industry advocacy committee of EUROCHAM Malaysia and author of a report on the barriers to entry and investment in the automotive industry in Malaysia for the Directorate-General for Trade of the European Commission.

Advisor for strategic capital raising and refinancing, leveraging established relationships with a number of trusted players in the finance world across borders.

Non-executive director specialised in complex restructuring and external capital investments for companies in distress.

Public webinars on ‘Enforcement of Financial Sanctions’, ‘Challenging International Sanctions’, ‘Sanctions and Financial Instruments’ and ‘Financial Sanctions and Extraterritoriality’ and ‘Financial Sanctions: Toolkit for Lawyers’

Private capital

Member of the credit committee and special advisor to Menara Capital, a boutique alternative finance solutions firm based in London, Paris and Singapore.