DLA Piper has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’ former Asia debt capital markets head Philip Lee as a corporate partner in Singapore.
Lee specializes in debt capital markets and securities transactions in India and Southeast Asia. Last year, he represented Indonesian state-owned engineering and construction company PT Wijaya Karya Tbk on a $400 million rupiah-denominated bond offer. Also in 2018, he advised the joint lead managers on a $155 million issue of renminbi-denominated bonds by Indian infrastructure company IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd.
