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Jamie Barr
Partner, Hong Kong
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jamie.barr@hoganlovells.com

Jamie Barr is a partner of Hogan Lovells in Hong Kong and head of the Asia Corporate practice. He has substantial experience both as a corporate finance lawyer with leading firms in Hong Kong and England and, for six years, as an investment banker with Hambros Bank. He has worked on a range of corporate and corporate finance matters including privatisations, IPOs, mergers, demergers, takeovers, equity fund raising, joint ventures and M&A transactions.

Jamie has particular experience of energy, power and natural resources. He has advised governments on privatisations in the UK, Greece and Romania. He has also advised many leading investment banks, blue chip corporates and private equity firms on domestic, cross-border and multi-jurisdictional transactions in Asia, Europe and trans-Atlantic. He is among the most experienced takeovers lawyers in Hong Kong.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
  • Advising Bank of Overseas (Taiwan) on its acquisition by Citibank.
  • Advising Cathay Pacific on its joint venture with DHL.
  • Advising Chevron Corporation on its gas-to-liquid fuel global joint venture with Sasol.
  • Advising Discover Financial Services on its strategic alliance and reciprocal acceptance arrangements with China UnionPay.
  • Advising Hongkong Electric Holdings on its acquisition of 19.9% and 15.2% interests in the North of England Gas Transmission Network business.
  • Advising Hongkong Electric Holdings on its US$730 million acquisition of interests in 3 PRC power stations.
  • Advising HSBC on the US$2.1 billion take private of PCCW, Hong Kong's fixed telecommunications line provider.
  • Advising issuers and various arrangers, including Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, CLSA, DBS and Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers on listed and unlisted bond and convertible bond issues.
  • Advising issuers and various sponsors, including ABN AMRO Rothschild, Bank of China International, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, CLSA, Deutsche Bank, DBS, Morgan Stanley and UBS on Hong Kong IPOs by PRC, Malaysia and Vietnamese corporations.
  • Advising on M&A and private equity investments in the PRC, Vietnam, Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia.


Hogan Lovells Publications
31 JANUARY 2011 "Mongolia Alert - New Mineral Royalty Regime: A Two-Tier Royalty Rate."

Published Works
24 November 2010 "An Interview With Jamie Barr on the Investment Opportunities in Mongolia."

PRACTICES
Corporate
Commercial
Equity Capital Markets
Financial Institutions Group
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity/Venture Capital
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Energy and Natural Resources
Infrastructure
EDUCATION
The College of Law, Guildford University of Oxford, Merton College
BAR ADMISSIONS / QUALIFICATIONS England and Wales Hong Kong
LANGUAGES English