霍金路伟律师事务所近日迎来破产重组专家Jonathan Leitch以合伙人身份加盟其香港办事处。加盟霍金路伟前，他曾任欧华律师事务所香港代表处合伙人，自2012年起从伦敦转往香港执业。
Leitch的主要执业领域为为各类利益相关方就财务困境公司破产重组提供法律服务，包括协助客户解决贷款违约、债券违约、特殊情况融资、庭内外协议安排和自愿重组等跨境事务。他近期服务的客户包括太平洋恩利集团、来宝集团、Essar Steel、中国国储能源化工集团股份公司以及上海华信国际集团。
去年11月初，霍金路伟刚刚迎来公司业务合伙人戴伟信从海航集团法务位置重返其香港办事处；去年1月则迎来汤师淳律师以合伙人身份从谢尔曼·思特灵律师事务所加盟。目前律所香港办事处共有14位合伙人。
DLA restructuring partner joins Hogan Lovells in Hong Kong
Hogan Lovells has hired Jonathan Leitch as a partner in its restructuring practice in Hong Kong from DLA Piper, where Leitch was a former partner. He started working in Asia since 2012.
Leitch specializes on advising all types of stakeholders in the restructuring and insolvency of financially challenged companies. His experience includes advising clients on cross-border matters including loan defaults, bond defaults, special situation financing, schemes of arrangement and consensual restructurings in and out of court, and his recent work includes Pacific Andes, Noble Group, Essar Steel, China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group and CEFC Shanghai International Group.
The firm welcomed back Laurence Davidson as a partner in corporate practice in Hong Kong from Chinese investment conglomerate HNA Group in last November. It also hired corporate partner Stephanie Tang from Shearman & Sterling in last January.
With Leitch’s arrival, Hogan Lovells now has 14 partners in Hong Kong.
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