Singapore. Photo: anek.soowannaphoom/ShutterstockKing & Wood Mallesons Expands Singapore Office
Banking and finance lawyer John Shum joins from White & Case, while funds specialist Will McCosker relocates from Sydney.
September 20, 2019 at 12:23 PM
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By John Kang
King & Wood Mallesons has added two partners to its Singapore office.
Banking and finance partner John Shum will join the firm next month from White & Case, where he worked for 17 years. He is qualified in the U.S., U.K. and Hong Kong, and specialises in cross-jurisdictional traditional bank lending, structured finance, project finance and restructuring in Asia.
In March, Shum was part of the team that advised ICBC on a $935 million bridge financing for a consortium led by Shanghai-based hospitality group Jin Jiang International on its acquisition of Belgium-based hotel chain Radisson Hospitality AB from Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co. Ltd.
Shum made partner at White & Case in 2009 in Hong Kong and relocated to Singapore in 2014. Previously, he trained and practised at legacy Norton Rose for four years.
King & Wood Mallesons also relocated funds partner Will McCosker to Singapore from Sydney last month. He focuses on international funds, including private equity funds, infrastructure funds, property funds, hedge funds, venture capital funds, structured transactions, club deals and consortiums in Australia and Asia.
"Singapore is a key market for our clients, given its role as a financial and trading hub and a gateway for investments into China, Australia, India and around southeast Asia," Sue Kench, King & Wood Mallesons' Hong Kong-based global chief executive partner, said in a statement.
The Sino-Australian firm has two other partners in Singapore: partner-in-charge and funds lawyer John Sullivan, and projects specialist Michael Lawson. In addition, Beijing-based corporate partner Peng Jin also spends time in Singapore.
Last year, former mergers and acquisitions partner Huang Xuhua, who launched the Singapore office in 2015 with Sullivan and Lawson, left to join leading Singaporean firm Allen & Gledhill as a senior consultant and head of its China practice.
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