Finance and restructuring lawyer Joel Hogarth has joined O’Melveny & Myers’ Singapore office as a partner in its Asia practice.
Hogarth joins O’Melveny from White & Case, where he focused on complex restructuring and other financial transactions including bank lending and M&A deals. He has represented distressed investment funds, financial institutions and corporate groups on high-profile transactions throughout Southeast Asia, and his experience includes advising Indian clients on outbound acquisitions, particularly strategic acquisitions in Southeast Asia.
In less than a decade, Hogarth has accumulated an impressive restructuring and distressed investment deal sheet that includes playing a leading role on the US$14 billion restructuring of Asia Pulp & Paper. The deal has been described as among the largest and most complex emerging-market restructurings undertaken in Asia thus far.
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“Joel’s arrival helps us build on the already substantial momentum that we have developed in Singapore and the Southeast Asia region,” said Howard Chao, head of the firm’s Asia practice. “His experience with numerous complex restructurings and distressed investments as well as M&A transactions is a very good fit for us. We look forward to having him on board.”
“I am pleased to join this outstanding group and to contribute to this thriving practice,” Hogarth told India Business Law Journal. “O’Melveny’s Asia restructuring team is first class and is a major player in the Southeast Asian restructuring market.”
Sharing his thoughts on the economic situation in Asia, and India in particular, Hogarth said: “I believe that Asia has demonstrated that it is well positioned to withstand the current economic conditions and I expect Asia to recover quickly … There are also a significant number of well-managed and cash rich corporate groups in Asia – and particularly in India – which view the current situation as an opportunity to take advantage of realistic sale valuations to achieve their long-term strategic acquisition objectives.”
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