Herbert Smith has hired Philip Lee as a partner in its Singapore office focusing on debt capital markets (DCM).

 

Philip joins from Allen & Overy’s Singapore office.

He has advised a range of leading global financial institutions on public and private debt capital market products including convertible/exchangeable bonds, MTN programmes, fixed income securities, capital issues and private placements.

His hire will further enhance Herbert Smith’s global DCM capability and follows the recent hire of ex-Linklaters partner Andrew Roberts to lead the firm’s global practice.

Philip’s hire also grows our Asia finance practice and he will work closely with our Asia finance team, including Adrian Cheng, Alexander Aitken, Kevin Roy, Siddhartha Sivaramakrishnan and Michelle Chen to provide clients will a full range of English, Hong Kong, Singapore and US law finance products in Asia.

Senior partner Jonathan Scott commented:

“We are committed to growing both our global DCM practice and our Asia finance team as strategic priorities. Following the hire of Andrew Roberts in London earlier this year, Philip’s hire is another step in further enhancing our offering across these areas at a time when Asian economies continue to grow apace.”