Gibson Dunn opens office in Singapore

Global law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has announced the opening of its office in Singapore, the firm’s first office in Asia. The firm will launch the new office with Jai Pathak and three partners from Jones Day’s Singapore office, Emad Khalil, John Viverito and Saptak Santra.
Pathak joined the firm earlier this year and focuses on crossborder transactions with an emphasis on India and other parts of South and Southeast Asia. Pathak will serve as the partner in charge of the Singapore office and lead the firm’s efforts in the Asia Pacific region.
The new office, which will have US, English and Indian law capabilities, will focus initially on cross-border M&A, energy & infrastructure finance-including project finance, real estate, private equity, capital markets transactions, finance and restructurings. “From Singapore, we will be positioned to assist our clients in all of South and Southeast Asia, including India,” said Ken Doran, managing partner of Gibson Dunn, in a statement.
Khalil was formerly the co-head of Jones Day’s Global Projects Practice.
Khalil’s practice encompasses a wide range of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, capital markets, banking and finance.
Viverito’s practice focuses on infrastructure projects with an emphasis on energy, structured and project finance and cross-border M&A. He practiced with Jones Day in Singapore and Baker & McKenzie in Thailand. He also has extensive experience with real estate transactions, including acquisitions and dispositions, financings, development projects and real estate funds.
Santra practices in the areas of lending and structured finance, project finance, acquisition finance, asset finance and restructurings, with focus on the infrastructure, energy and real estate sectors.
Prior to his tenure at Jones Day in Singapore, he practiced with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in both London and Singapore.
Gibson Dunn now has a total of 15 offices, including Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, London, Munich and Dubai.