Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to announce the appointment of Finance partner Gabrielle Wong to its London office.
Gabrielle will focus on high yield, US private placements, NY law secured loans and Term Loan B markets, which will enable the firm to further service its large corporate clients in the US markets.
Prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills, Gabrielle was Counsel in the European Finance Group of Shearman & Sterling in London. In 1996 she transferred to the London office from the New York office where she joined as an associate. She advises on international acquisition finance, with particular emphasis on cross-border and global public and private financings, banking and restructurings.
With over 20 years’ finance-related experience in the EMEA region in capital markets and leveraged finance, Gabrielle’s clients include borrowers, issuers, lenders, private equity firms and underwriters on bank-finance transactions.
Jason Ricketts, Global Head of Finance, Real Estate and Projects at Herbert Smith Freehills, commented: “Gabrielle’s appointment will enable us to widen our US debt finance focus and allow for further collaboration between our leverage finance, US securities, debt capital markets and energy and infrastructure practices across the globe.”
Gary Hommel, Head of the firm’s London Finance practice, commented: “Gabrielle brings with her a breadth of experience which will strengthen our growing US debt practice internationally. We look forward to welcoming her to the firm.”
Gabrielle was admitted in New York in 1995 and is fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.
In November 2015 the firm appointed William Ku as a Debt Capital Markets partner in Hong Kong and US Securities lawyer Tom O’Neill as Head of its US Securities practice and a partner in the Capital Markets practice in October.
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