Bryan Cave LLP Adds Partner in Hong Kong
Lawfuel – Ignatius Hwang has joined the international law firm Bryan Cave (www.bryancave.com) as a partner in the firm’s Hong Kong office. Ignatius will lead Bryan Cave’s projects practice in Asia, with support from experienced projects practitioners in the firm’s Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore offices.
Ignatius’s move to Bryan Cave follows the Hong Kong office’s recent addition of partners Mao Tong and Peter Chow. Ignatius will practice with Bryan Cave’s International Trade Client Service Group, which includes 75 professionals around the globe, 45 of them in Asia.
“The addition of Ignatius Hwang to our office in Hong Kong further demonstrates our commitment to Asia,” said Don Lents, chairman of Bryan Cave. “Ignatius complements other recent additions to our offices in Hong Kong and enhances our ability to meet our clients’ needs for legal services in the energy and infrastructure industries in the region.”
Ignatius has a leading reputation in public-private partnerships and project finance. He has extensive international experience as an energy and infrastructure lawyer. Ignatius has advised on power, oil and gas, utilities and resources projects throughout Asia, the Middle-East and Australia. His client work ranges from greenfield development of projects to M&A and asset divestment. His clients are primarily governments and sponsors.
Ignatius received his LLB, with honors, in 1989 from the National University of Singapore and is a qualified legal practitioner in Singapore and the United Kingdom
Bryan Cave LLP has a diversified international legal practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Subsidiaries Bryan Cave International Trade and Bryan Cave Strategies LLC provide trade and customs consultancy and government relations and strategic counsel, respectively. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave’s more than 900 lawyers and other consulting professionals in 22 offices across the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, the Middle East and Asia efficiently serve clients’ needs in the world’s leading business and financial markets.
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