DLA Piper poaches Linklaters energy-focused finance partner in Hong Kong

Signage is viewed outdoors of the law agency DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 30, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

(Reuters) – World law firm DLA Piper reported Tuesday it has employed a Increased China spouse from Linklaters in its finance, tasks and restructuring (FPR) exercise in Hong Kong.

Crystal Chen focuses on cross-border banking and finance transactions involving China, specifically in the power, petrochemical and mining sectors, DLA Piper claimed in a assertion.

She has recommended loan providers on many infrastructure finance projects that variety a section of China’s ‘Belt and Street Initiative,’ in particular a series of initiatives in Pakistan regarded as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, in accordance to her Linklaters bio.

Her checklist of purchasers in the bio include Common Chartered Lender, Lender of China and the Silk Highway Fund.

Chen has also advised the International Finance Company, a sibling firm of the Environment Lender, and the Mongolian govt in relation to financing of renewable vitality projects in Pakistan, as per her Linklaters bio.

DLA Piper’s world FPR head David Trott claimed growing the exercise in Asia is a extensive-phrase strategic precedence for the company.

Greenberg Traurig employed a 4-lover staff, including three legal professionals from Hogan Lovells, in Tokyo past week to established up its Asian electricity and infrastructure practice.

Linklaters also a short while ago hired Mark Veitch from Herbert Smith Freehills as head of Asia design in its power and infrastructure apply.

A spokesperson for Linklaters verified Chen still left the agency on March 31 and wished her effectively.

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