Leveraging ‘excellent local knowledge, connectivity and sensitivity to local culture and customs’, Milbank’s Hong Kong capital markets team has gained particular acclaim for its work for issuers and underwriters in relation to Korean ECM matters. Under the guidance of James Grandolfo, the team also continues to pick up work with a nexus to other Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam and Thailand, with Paul Pery and Ari Singzon also key members of the team.
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Testimonials
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- 'The team has excellent local knowledge, connectivity and sensitivity to local culture and customs. Their counsels are very well connected with the business community even at the personal level.'
Key clients
- BofA Securities
- UBS AG
- Morgan Stanley
- Deutsche Bank
- China Bank Capital
- HSBC
- BPI Capital
- CLSA
- Credit Suisse
- BDO Capital
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Nomura Singapore Limited
- CIMB Investment Bank Bhd,
- Macquarie Capital Securities (Singapore) Pte Limited
- Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte. Ltd.
- PNB Capital and Investment Corporation
- Standard Chartered Bank
- BNP Paribas Securities (Asia) Limited
- Investment & Capital Corporation of the Philippines,
- RCBC Capital Corporation
- Bloomberry Resorts Corporation
- Monde Nissin Corporation
- Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd.
- Filinvest Land, Inc. and Filinvest REIT Corp.
- Opera Limited
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited
- DDMP REIT, Inc
- Synergy Grid & Development Phils., Inc.
- MREIT, Inc.
- Citicore Energy REIT Corp.
- Masan Group Corporation
Work highlights
- Represented UBS and J.P. Morgan Securities plc as placement agents for the Regulation S and Rule 144A overnight placement of shares in Ayala Corporation by Mitsubishi Corporation.
- Represented UBS as placement agent with respect to an overnight sale of shares by an affiliate shareholder in Century Pacific Food, Inc.
- Acted for Bloomberry Resorts Corporation in connection with a secondary offering of its shares held by Quasar Holdings, Inc. on a 144A/Reg S basis.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James Grandolfo