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Philip B Gilligan
Email: philip.gilligan@deacons.com.hk
Tel: +852 2825 9716 (GMT +08:00 hours)
Based in: Hong Kong
 
Title: Partner
Admitted to Deacons' Partnership:   2005
 
Jurisdictions:   Hong Kong, England & Wales
 
Principal Service Areas:   Finance, Projects and Infrastructure, Corporate Finance, Restructuring and Insolvency
 
Languages:   English, Mandarin (non technical)
 
Experience:  

Philip represents lenders and borrowers in secured and unsecured syndicated and single bank loan facilities in various countries in Asia, as well as shareholder financings, security arrangements, acquisition finance, receivables financing, warehouse financing, structured trade, commodities finance, asset finance, securitisation and derivatives. He also represents sponsors and lenders on the commercial and financing aspects of projects in various sectors (such as power, petrochemicals and water) throughout Asia (particularly Hong Kong, China and Indonesia). In addition, he advises on private M&A and private equity in North Asia, with a focus on financial services (including distressed banks), infrastructure and commodities. Philip also represents liquidators, trustees, creditors and debtors in upstream and downstream restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency in Hong Kong, China and regionally, as well as debt trading and non-performing loan transactions. He acts as liquidator in members’ voluntary liquidations.

 
More about Philip:  
Member, Asia Pacific Loan Market Association

Member, Management Committee, Insolvency Interest Group, 2002-2005

Author, PRC bank regulation, Gruson and Reisner's "Regulation of Foreign Banks", 2nd edition supplement, 3rd edition, 3rd edition supplement and 4th edition

Author, PRC transactional finance, Euromoney Syndicated Lending Handbook, 2004

Author, Hong Kong restructuring and insolvency, PLC Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook, 2003/4, 2004/5, 2006/7 and 2007/8

Author, Hong Kong insolvency in The Asia-Pacific Restructuring and Insolvency Guide 2006

Author, PRC restructuring and insolvency, PLC Restructuring and Insolvency Handbook, 2003/4, 2004/5, 2005/6, 2006/7 and 2007/8

Author, PRC non-performing loans in Global Turnaround China Survey 2005

Acknowledged as a recommended lawyer in both Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency in the PLC Which Lawyer? (2002-2008 editions)

Recognised as a leader in the field of Banking & Finance in China and Hong Kong by the Chambers Asia (2007 and 2008 editions)

Firm - The firm has also been ranked as a leading law firm in the area of Banking & Finance in China and Hong Kong by the Chambers Asia (2007 and 2008 editions)

Technical Committee for the INSOL conference, Shanghai 2008

Speaker on Utilities Insolvency at INSOL conference, Beijing 2002

Visiting lecturer on project finance at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee