Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow has hired a new debt capital markets lawyer in Singapore to enhance its debt and equity-linked capital markets practice.
Pallavi Gopinath Aney joins the firm from Linklaters’ Singapore office, where she was a managing associate at the equity and debt capital markets group. She will become a principal at Baker & McKenzie’s member firm in Singapore.
Andy Leck, managing principal of Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow, said of the hire: “Pallavi's arrival reflects our firm's commitment to growing our debt capital markets capabilities and developing an area in which we see considerable interest from our clients in the region.”
Aney is experienced in capital markets transactions across India, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, where she is strong in handling investment grade, credit enhanced, high-yield and other structured debt offerings. Aney’s practice also includes equity-linked transactions, liability management and bond restructuring transactions.
In 2004 Aney graduated from National Law School of India University, Bangalore, and joined Pathak and Associates followed by the Pathak-breakaway S&R Associates. She then joined Linklaters in 2006, specialising in capital markets.
