Paul Pery

Primary Focus & Experience

For over a decade Paul has been advising issuers and investment banks in a variety of debt, equity and equity-linked capital markets transactions. He regularly acts on high yield and investment grade debt issuances, initial public offerings, a variety of liability management exercises as well as other Rule 144A and Regulation S transactions and SEC-registered offerings and is routinely sought out to advise on a variety of corporate and M&A transactions. Paul’s practice focuses on Southeast Asia, with particular expertise in the Philippines, where he has advised extensively, as well as India, Hong Kong and Mongolia. His experience spans a wide number of sectors such as finance, real estate, telecommunications, retail and consumer and power and energy, and he has particular experience advising on sovereign and quasi-sovereign issuers.

Recognition & Accomplishments

Paul is consistently recognized for his work in the Philippines by Chambers and is ranked among leading lawyers in their most recent edition where he is lauded by clients as "a brilliant and very personable lawyer”. Other clients note he is “widely respected as a ‘well-established and well-known’ practitioner on the Philippines legal scene” and appreciate that he is “very responsive and quick on the ball” and “can deliver even under time pressure”. In addition to Chambers, Paul is recognized by Legal 500 Asia Pacific for his work in Philippines debt capital markets, by IFLR1000 as a notable capital markets practitioner in Hong Kong, and as a leading lawyer for his work in the Philippines by Asia Law.