Trowers & Hamlins hires Singapore banking and finance partner

Alun Evans is experienced in cross-border M&A, private capital and infrastructure.

Kai Yun Tan has joined the law firm from WongPartnership.

The Singapore law firm is reorganising into four specialist verticals, betting that sector depth will win mandates as wealth conflicts, crypto cases and cross-border enforcements increase across Asia.

Across four tranches, it the Singapore firm's inaugural Australian issuance and continues the infrastructure platform's fundraising momentum with its largest private placement.

The logistics and real estate business, which has operations in Singapore and Japan, raised S$1.2bn on the main exchange but listed in a difficult week for equities amid war in the Middle East.

The Chinese groups completed bond offerings across USD, CNH and AUD, while the Taiwanese manufacturer has used its Singapore subsidiary for syndicated lending.