The law firm of
Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Joe
Sevack as a partner to its Securities and Corporate Governance practice
group.
Prior to
joining Troutman Sanders, Sevack was a partner at Paul, Hastings, Janofsky
& Walker LLP in Hong Kong from 2006 to the present and a partner at
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2006. He began his
legal career with Cravath Swaine & Moore in New York and then Hong Kong.
In addition to
Sevack, the Troutman Sanders Hong Kong office includes corporate partner Olivia
Lee, who joined from White & Case in 2006; corporate partner Shirley Lau,
who joined from Morrison & Foerster in 2005; corporate commercial litigator
Eric Szweda, who has been with the firm since 1990; and senior advisor Ermanno
Pascutto, an ex-Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the Securities &
Futures Commission of Hong Kong.
Troutman
Sanders is ranked among the Top 20 law firms in Bloomberg's league tables for Hong Kong Stock Exchange
Equity IPO Manager Advisers in 2009. Its Hong Kong IPO and listing work in 2009
included acting for Co-Sponsors and Lead Managers, CICC and BOCI, two leading
investment banks, in the IPO and listing of CPMC Holdings Limited on the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Limited. CPMC is a subsidiary of one of the largest
government-owned enterprises, China Oil and Foodstuff Import and Export
Corporation, which focuses on food and beverage packaging business in China.
The firm currently has several IPOs underway at various stages, with planned
listings in 2010 and 2011.
At Troutman
Sanders, Sevack's practice will focus on debt and equity capital markets,
corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border commercial
transactions, which compliments well the firm's current success in handling
capital markets, M&A, private equity and dispute resolution matters in
Greater China.
"Equity
and debt issuance activity has rebounded strongly in Asia, and with respect to
high-yield bonds in particular, there should be a large number of existing
issues that will need to be refinanced in the near term and Asian issuers
appear to remain popular with investors in that sector," said Sevack.
Sevack, who is
admitted to the New York bar, has lived in Asia for 13 years. His clients have
included major investment banks, public company issuers, and other
multi-national corporations and funds.
He has been
regularly recognized by Chambers Asia
and AsiaPacific Legal 500 for
his Capital Markets (debt and equity) and Finance work. He is recognized by Chambers Asia 2009 as a leading lawyer in
the areas of Capital Markets, Banking & Finance: Leveraged &
Acquisition Finance (Hong Kong), and Banking & Finance: Foreign (China).
Sevack received
a B.A. from California State University in 1989 and a J.D., cum laude, from the
University of Minnesota Law School in 1992, where he was an Articles Editor of
the Minnesota Law Review.
Troutman Sanders LLP
is an international law firm with more than 650 lawyers and 16 offices in North
America, Europe and Asia. The Firm opened its Hong Kong office in 1997 and
expanded into Shanghai in 2007. Founded in 1897, the firm's lawyers provide
counsel and advice in practically every aspect of civil and commercial law
related to the firm's core practice areas: Corporate, Finance, Litigation,
Public Law and Real Estate. Firm clients range from multinational corporations
to individual entrepreneurs, federal and state agencies to foreign governments,
and non-profit organizations to businesses representing nearly every sector and
industry.