East Asia - Hong Kong

Latham & Watkins LLP

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Based in Hong Kong and leveraging substantial regional resources from Singapore and Tokyo, Latham & Watkins LLP stands primed to offer its cohort of banking clients comprehensive guidance spanning a spectrum of derivatives and structured products concerns, frequently entailing intricate cross-border considerations. Alongside its proficiency in advising on derivative transactions rooted in conventional underlying assets like interest rates, commodities, and credit, the team adeptly handles matters involving more unconventional asset classes and products, including but not limited to, weather and longevity. A vital attribute of this team also lies in its robust engagement with US derivatives and structured product transactions associated with Asian enterprises listed in the US. Posit Laohaphan leads the team with expertise in advising banks as arrangers regarding margin loan facilities with collateral anchored in companies listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Recently promoted to the partnership, Michael Hardy is a consistent presence in structured credit dealings, catering to asset managers, private equity funds, and other notable players in the financial sector.

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Posit Laohaphan

Posit Laohaphan

Latham & Watkins LLP

Posit Laohaphan is the Managing Partner of Latham's Asia offices and the head of the firm’s Structured Equity and Finance Practice in Asia. Mr. Laohaphan advises clients across Asia on a range of investment and financing matters in the public and private markets covering equity-linked capital markets products, private credit, structured equity and finance, and OTC derivatives. He helps clients on: Structured capital markets products, such as equity-linked securities OTC equity derivatives Structured lending products, such as margin loans Direct lending and private capital transactions Structured finance Workouts and restructuring of financing transactions General corporate and capital markets transactions Mr. Laohaphan draws on over two decades of experience advising on complex structured cross-border transactions. He began his career in New York in 2004 before moving to Hong Kong in 2010 to build Latham’s structured equity and financing business in APAC. Mr. Laohaphan advises clients across different product areas, geographical markets, and client types (both buy-side and sell-side). Given his broad and sophisticated practice he serves as a strategic advisor to clients.

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Posit Laohaphan

Other key lawyers

Derek Chua, Michael Hardy, Raymond Cheng