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Mr Gerard Hekker

+65 6311 3739 ghekker@duanemorrisselvam.com View profile

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Director/Partner

Areas of Practice:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Venture Capital
• Equity and Debt Securities
• Technology Transactions

Career

Gerard A. Hekker is a director in the Singapore-based joint law venture Duane Morris & Selvam LLP and a partner in Duane Morris LLP. He serves as a team lead for the Duane Morris Technology, Media & Telecom industry group. Based in Asia since 1998, Gerard provides corporate legal representation on:

• cross-border M&A and investment involving public and private companies including share and asset acquisitions, shareholder and joint venture agreements, earn-out agreements, due diligence, antitrust, tax and regulatory compliance and business integration;
• technology transactions including infrastructure deployment and sharing agreements, managed services agreements, technology licensing and service agreements, MVNO agreements, national roaming and spectrum sharing agreements, distribution agreements, online payment solutions, contract manufacturing and toll manufacturing agreements; and
• Rule 144A and Regulation S global offerings, and US registered offerings, of debt and equity securities including liability management (exchange and tender offers and consent solicitations) and complex debt restructuring.

Gerard’s industry experience includes telecommunications, media and technology (TMT), e-commerce, financial services, consumer and manufacturing, energy and natural resources, and downstream petroleum and petrochemicals.

Gerard has been admitted as an attorney in California since 1993 and as a solicitor in England and Wales since 2001. He is recognized as a leading lawyer by Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, Who’s Who Legal, Best Lawyers and PLC Capital Markets. In the 2018 edition of Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global, Gerard is described as being noted “for both his capital markets and M&A work in sectors including telecoms, finance and resources.” He is also “known for his significant expertise in matters with Indonesian elements.”

Languages

English and Mandarin

Education

• University of San Francisco School of Law, J.D., 1992
• Dartmouth College, B.A., 1986