Duane Morris & Selvam LLP

Corporate

Director/Partner

Areas of Practice:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Venture Capital
• Equity and Debt Securities
• Technology Transactions

Gerard A. Hekker is a partner in Duane Morris LLP, a director in the Singapore-based joint law venture Duane Morris & Selvam LLP and a team lead of the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecom industry group.

Based in Asia since 1998, Gerard provides corporate legal representation on:

cross-border M&A, investment and project development involving public and private companies including share and asset acquisitions, shareholder and joint venture agreements, earn-out agreements, due diligence, antitrust, tax and regulatory compliance and business integration; Rule 144A and Regulation S global offerings, and US registered offerings, of debt and equity securities including liability management (exchange and tender offers and consent solicitations) and complex debt restructuring; and technology and infrastructure transactions including project development agreements, infrastructure deployment and sharing agreements, managed services agreements, technology licensing and service agreements, MVNO agreements, national roaming and spectrum sharing agreements, distribution agreements, online payment solutions, trademark license agreements, engineering services agreements, EPC agreements, contract manufacturing, supply and offtake agreements and toll manufacturing agreements.

Gerard's industry experience includes telecommunications, media and technology (TMT), e-commerce, financial services, consumer and manufacturing, energy and natural resources, project development and downstream petroleum and petrochemicals.

Gerard has been admitted as an attorney in California since 1993 and as a solicitor in England and Wales since 2001. He is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, Asian Legal Business, Best Lawyers and PLC Capital Markets. In the 2018 edition of Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global, Gerard is described as being noted "for both his capital markets and M&A work in sectors including telecoms, finance and resources" and he is also "known for his significant expertise in matters with Indonesian elements." He has been named “Asia Super 50 TMT Lawyers 2023” by Asian Legal Business.

English and Mandarin

University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 1992 Dartmouth College, B.A., 1986