Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, the Singapore member firm of Baker McKenzie, has added leading capital markets lawyer Alexander Stathopoulos as a Principal based in Singapore. US-qualified Stathopoulos joins from A&O Shearman, bringing over 20 years of experience in international capital markets, with a focus on cross-border equity capital markets (ECM) offerings in Southeast Asia. He regularly advises issuers, underwriters, selling shareholders and investment banks on large and complex listings. His transactional experience includes nearly all of the international IPOs in Thailand and Vietnam over the last decade, as well as many of the largest and most recent IPOs in Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. Beyond his ECM expertise, Stathopoulos also regularly advises on corporate and sovereign debt offerings and liability management transactions, and other aspects of US federal securities laws impacting foreign private issuers.
