Paul is a partner in the Corporate Department of our Hong Kong office. He advises on all forms of debt finance, structured finance and capital market transactions. Paul has more than 15 years’ experience in the Asia-Pacific region and advises leading onshore law firms, regulated financial institutions, investment funds, listed companies and private corporations on a range of debt related transactions and structured products.
Paul regularly represents lenders and borrowers on a wide range of cross-border secured debt transactions including private capital lending, leveraged finance, margin lending, acquisition finance, take-private transactions, real estate finance and syndicated and club lending. He has significant experience on debt capital market issuances including private placements, medium-term note programmes, high yield bond issuances, corporate bond and hybrid securities issuances, including convertible and exchangeable bonds.
Paul has specialised structured finance experience and is regularly sought after to advise issuers, subscribers and arrangers on the establishment of standalone and multi-issuance repackaging note programmes and securitisation vehicles. He regularly acts for leading investment banks and private-equity firms on a range of OTC derivative trades including collars, covered call options, call spread options and other structured products. Paul often assists listing agents with the listing of notes on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange and the associated continuing obligation disclosures.
Prior to joining Campbells, Paul worked for another offshore law firm and a global investment bank in Hong Kong. Paul worked for a leading national law firm in Australia prior to moving to Hong Kong.