Paul Pery > Milbank > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile
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Paul Pery
Position
Partner
Career
Paul Pery is a partner in Milbank’s Hong Kong office in the Global Capital Markets Group. He regularly represents corporate, sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers, as well as investment banks, in a variety of debt, equity and equity-linked capital markets transactions, including IPOs, private placements, high-yield debt, perpetual securities and a range of liability management transactions. Paul also has expertise in loan financing, mergers & acquisitions and other corporate transactions. Paul has developed extensive experience advising clients throughout Asia and in particular, the Philippines, India, Hong Kong and Mongolia.
Education
LL.M. Columbia Law School; J.D. Ateneo de Manila University
Lawyer Rankings
Philippines > Foreign firms
(Leading partners)
Milbank
’s Philippine offering focuses on three main areas: corporate transactions, capital markets, and energy and infrastructure projects. Handling M&As and IPOs on the corporate side, and renewables on the energy side, the firm often acts for key financial institutions, lenders, and sponsors. Leading the practice, James Grandolfo
has considerable experience advising on capital markets, M&A, and private equity, across multiple jurisdictions with a particular focus on the Philippines. Another force in capital markets is Paul Pery who handles investment grade and high-yield debt and equity, while James Murray leads the firm’s project, energy, and infrastructure finance group, which often acts for regional sponsors and developers, and export credit agencies.
Hong Kong > Capital markets (equity)
Leveraging ‘excellent local knowledge, connectivity and sensitivity to local culture and customs’, Milbank’s Hong Kong capital markets team has gained particular acclaim for its work for issuers and underwriters in relation to Korean ECM matters. Under the guidance of James Grandolfo, the team also continues to pick up work with a nexus to other Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam and Thailand, with Paul Pery and Ari Singzon also key members of the team.