Lawyer Moves RECENT APPOINTMENTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE Clifford Chance has appointed Jason C Ewart as a partner to its global financial markets team, furthering the expansion of its US leveraged finance group. Ewart has represented a variety of direct lenders, mezzanine funds and private debt and structured equity providers in complex financing transactions. He possesses more than 15 years’ experience in advising clients on banking, financial markets and ESG matters. He has represented issuers and financial institutions in traditional public and private markets transactions, including on SEC-registered transactions. The hiring of Ewart, who advises on private debt and alternative capital financings as well as traditional leveraged finance and capital markets transactions, meets growing market demand for private credit as a source of funding. “I’m excited to join a truly global platform in Clifford Chance,” Ewart said in a statement on his appointment. “Having connected with a number of team members already, I see limitless opportunities to share my experience and in turn collaborate with and learn from some of the most impressive attorneys in the market.” Baker McKenzie has appointed former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) executive counsel Emily Peverill as a commercial real estate partner in its Melbourne office. The firm’s national managing partner, Anne-Marie Allgrove, emphasised Peverill’s more than 17 years’ worth of experience as a real estate lawyer. In her past roles, she has worked with corporations and government bodies across Australia on complex real estate matters. Peverill has tackled commercial property matters such as the acquisition and disposal of commercial, industrial and retail properties, the negotiation of commercial contracts, complex leasing and property development projects. Baker McKenzie commercial real estate head Sebastian Busa lauded Peverill’s “extensive experience working on complex commercial real estate transactions and infrastructure projects throughout Australia” and the benefits it would bring to the Melbourne practice. This latest appointment comes on the heels of the firm’s recent hiring of a team from Norton Rose Fulbright that included Emanuel Confos and Harriet Oldmeadow. Clifford Chance Hires Finance & Markets Specialist to New York Office Baker McKenzie Adds New Talent to Melbourne Office New York, USA Clifford Chance Melbourne, Australia Baker McKenzie Hong Kong Eversheds Sutherland Eversheds Sutherland has made its first Asian partner hire of 2023 with the addition of banking and finance attorney Tom Van Hoof as a partner in Hong Kong. Van Hoof advises financial institutions, investors and corporate borrowers on debt finance and commercial transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, project finance, asset finance, pre-IPO and margin finance, real estate finance and general banking transactions. He advises clients across a number of sectors, including financial services, energy, maritime, logistics, infrastructure, manufacturing and hotels and leisure. In his role as of counsel at DLA Piper, Van Hoof represented Deutsche Bank, which was the mandated lead arranger and sole coordinator in respect of the $120 million acquisition and working capital term facilities for a major PRC-based real estate conglomerate listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also advised a consortium comprising Qumei Home Furnishing Group and Huatai Zijin Investment on the acquisition and bridge facilities relating to the acquisition of Ekornes, the largest furniture manufacturer in the Nordic region, for a total consideration of approximately $630.75 million. Eversheds Adds Hong Kong Finance Partner from DLA Piper 8 LAWYER MONTHLY NOVEMBER 2023
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