Mr Conor Warde > Mayer Brown > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

Mayer Brown
16-19F, PRINCE'S BUILDING
10 CHATER ROAD, CENTRAL
HONG KONG
Hong Kong

Work Department

Banking & Finance.

Position

Conor Warde is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Mayer Brown. He has a diverse practice advising clients on transactional, corporate, regulatory and policy matters with particular experience in ship finance and maritime transactional matters. He represents companies, commercial lenders and investors in international financings, M&A and other corporate transactions across multiple industries and involving a broad range of corporate finance and investment issues, including senior and subordinated debt financings, asset-based lending transactions, and private equity investments.

Conor also has significant experience in representing owners and operators of vessels and other maritime and offshore interests, primarily with regard to private equity and ship and other asset financing transactions; ship sale and purchase and shipbuilding contracts; international and US-specific regulatory compliance; offshore drilling contracts and regulatory matters; international sanctions regimes; and pollution incident response and criminal prosecutions.

Career

Admitted in Hong Kong, England & Wales, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Maryland and Washington.

Languages

English.

Education

The George Washington University Law School, JD; Georgetown University, BA.

Lawyer Rankings

Hong Kong > Asset finance (including aviation and shipping finance)

(Leading individuals: Shipping Finance)

Conor WardeCMS

The addition of Conor Warde from Mayer Brown in February 2023 has significantly revitalised CMS’s shipping finance practice. Tim Elliott leads the practice, sharing the helm with Warde, who contributes his expertise in advising clients on transactional, corporate, regulatory, and policy matters within ship finance and maritime transactions. Elliott’s specialisation spans a wide array of debt and leasing transactions across various asset classes, with a particular emphasis on offshore oil and gas shipping. London-based consultant Keith Wilson handles some Asia-related aviation finance and leasing work.