Andy Kolacki

Andy Kolacki

Myles Mantle

Myles Mantle

Mayer Brown has continued to expand its global finance capabilities with the arrival of Musonda Kapotwe, Andy Kolacki and , who joined the firm as partners in London. Kapotwe and Kolacki join the firm’s banking and finance practice, while Mantle joins the project finance team. Joining from Barclays, Kapotwe has extensive experience advising on the impact of UK financial services regulation on banking, capital markets and derivatives transactions. As an in-house lawyer at two large financial institutions, she advised boards, senior management and other stakeholders on large-scale, cross-border regulatory implementation projects. Her background also includes recent environment, social and governance regulations affecting the prudential, disclosure, marketing and other requirements related to the sale and distribution of financial products to UK clients. Previously a partner at DLA Piper, Kolacki has considerable experience representing private credit funds, banks, private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers. He advises on both domestic and international acquisition and leveraged financings, refinancings and restructurings, in relation to senior and subordinated capital structures. A project development and finance lawyer, Mantle advises on the development, financing and acquisition of complex and high-profile energy, offshore, petrochemical, manufacturing and infrastructure projects, mainly in emerging markets, for leading trading houses, investors, operators, lenders and export credit agencies. He also has a significant track record advising on FPSO and other offshore transactions globally. Mantle has worked in various locations, including Japan, Russia, the UAE, UK, France and Singapore. He will initially be based in London, before relocating to the firm’s Tokyo office in early 2022. Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner at Haynes and Boone.


 

Harsh Arora

Harsh Arora

Phoenix Legal has added Harsh Arora as a partner on October 11, 2021. He will be a part of the firm’s banking and finance practice, and will operate out of the Delhi office. Arora’s current practice spans a wide spectrum of legal services, with specific focus on banking and finance, restructuring, infrastructure and public-private partnerships. With over 18 years of experience, he has represented major international and Indian banks, corporations and financial institutions in their debt and equity investments in Indian companies. He has advised on transactions ranging from vanilla banking to structured finance, project finance and M&A. Besides having robust banking and finance exposure, Arora has handled diverse infrastructure projects in the areas of defense, health, education, rail, airport, renewable energy and agribusiness, among others. Some clients with whom he has been closely associated include India’s Ministry of Defense, SBI Caps, Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, Government of Goa, International Finance Corporation, RECTPCL, Airports Authority of India and CIDCO.


 

Gaven Cheong Tiang

Gaven Cheong

Tiang & Partners has added Gaven Cheong as head of investment funds. Joining from Simmons & Simmons Hong Kong, Gaven has over 15 years of fund formation and Hong Kong regulatory experience. He centres his practice on the establishment and structuring of a diverse range of collective investment schemes, and the provision of regulatory advice in relation to investment management activity. He is also a pioneer in the crypto fund formation and regulatory advice space, having helped obtain the first regulatory licenses in Hong Kong for the management of a fund of crypto funds and, shortly after that, a pure virtual assets fund. Prior to becoming a funds lawyer, he was a contentious insolvency lawyer with two other international firms. Gaven advises on the entire lifecycle of investment funds, from inception, restructuring through to termination. He received his Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance), LLB (Hons) and LLM (Distinction) from the University of Western Australia. He is qualified to practice in Western Australia, Hong Kong and England & Wales. He is fluent in English and Cantonese, and conversant in Mandarin.

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