Xavier Amadei

Practice Areas

Xavier advises on public and private international securities offerings in every major jurisdiction in Asia Pacific. Xavier leads the firm's Southeast Asia International Capital Markets practice and is a member of the firm’s Global Capital Markets Group. Xavier has over 20 years of experience and advises investment banks, issuers (including SOEs), shareholders and strategic investors on cross-border securities offerings, with a particular focus on IPOs, rights issues, block trades, MTN/GMTN programs, standalone debt issuances, high yield note offerings, sustainability bonds, and liability management exercises.

He advises on deals across a wide range of sectors, including telecommunications, real estate and property development, energy and natural resources, finance, pharmaceutical, and consumer. Xavier works in tandem with colleagues across the firm's network of offices on regional and international deals and supports the firm's Australian and Greater China capital markets and US securities teams. Xavier has notable experience advising clients in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam.

Career

Xavier worked in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore. He is fluent in English and French, and proficient in Spanish.

Xavier is a member of the New York Bar, the Paris Bar and is qualified in Hong Kong. He has also worked on secondment to some of the world's largest investment banks including Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch.

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