Reed Smith has added banking and finance partner Dr Gregory Xu to its Singapore office. He will join the firm’s Transportation Industry Group. Xu joins from Stephenson Harwood, where he led the general banking and project finance offering in Southeast Asia, and served on the firm’s Supervisory Council, its executive committee. With over 15 years of experience, Xu advises on high-value, cross-border transactions across a wide range of sectors, including transportation — shipping, aviation, and logistics — trade, life sciences, energy and technology. He regularly acts for financial institutions, funds, export credit agencies, leasing houses, asset owners and Fortune 500 companies on complex financing, restructuring and enforcement matters. Xu has a strong track record in green and sustainability-linked lending, and advises on multi-jurisdictional insolvency-related enforcement and restructuring matters. He also brings extensive experience in general corporate and commercial matters.
