Dennis Barsky > Jones Day > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Sushma Jobanputra steers the team at Jones Day with his strengths in structured, acquisition and trade finance and experience that spans numerous Asian countries. Banking, finance and restructuring issues is a key focus of the team, which is well immersed within the financial services industry and is regularly relied on by a plethora of corporate groups, borrowers and lenders, and its other areas of expertise include disputes and investigations. Dennis Barsky excels at handling leveraged buyouts and acquisitions, with debt capital markets expert Vinay Kurien and Ben Witherall, who is highly experienced at advising on a variety of investments, further bolstering the team’s bench strength.

Jones Day acts for multinational corporates on acquisitions, with additional experience in handling private equity-sponsored leveraged buyouts, real estate private equity transactions, and venture capital investments. Splitting his time between the firm’s offices in Singapore and London, Ben Witherall acts for international clients on regional acquisitions and disposals, as well as advising Asia Pacific clients on cross-border investments. Witherall jointly leads the practice alongside Dennis Barsky, who focuses on private equity-sponsored leveraged buyouts and acquisitions.

Jones Day counts regional and international alternative investment fund managers, sponsors and investors among its key roster of clients, advising on the formation and management of technology and infrastructure funds, with notable expertise in the formation of real estate funds. Dennis Barsky leads the team in Singapore and represents sponsors and investors in the formation of private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate funds, while Zack Oswald acts for institutional investors in their investments into funds, in addition to assisting fund sponsors with co-investments and secondary transactions. Ben Witherall splits his time between the firm’s Singapore and London offices.