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Paul is a partner in Walkers' Finance and Corporate Group.
Paul has extensive experience of debt financing transactions in Asia acting for financial institutions, private equity sponsors, investors and corporates.
He specialises in advising in relation to Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law aspects of fund finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, real estate finance, structured equity finance (including margin loans and equity derivatives), private credit, special situations and general secured and unsecured lending.
Prior Employment Experience
Paul has practiced in Asia since 2007 when he joined the Banking Group of Allen & Overy’s Hong Kong office. During his time with Allen & Overy, Paul spent a year based in Allen & Overy’s Tokyo office.
Before moving to Asia, Paul trained at CMS Cameron McKenna in London, qualifying into their Leveraged and Acquisition Finance team in 2004. Prior to commencing his legal career, Paul worked for a global fund management firm based in the City of London.
Other Distinctions
2020 Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific - Recognised Practitioner
2020 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer
"Paul Aherne has a 'broad perspective of the market' and is regularly at the forefront of the highest-profile mandates handled by the office, including his work for Deutsche Bank on the restructured financing to Noble Group and for Morgan Stanley on the financing of The Centre, one of Hong Kong's most prestigious commercial buildings."
2019 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer
"Noted by one client as 'the best offshore debt lawyer in the market'"
"The 'very commercial' Paul Aherne recently advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch as lead arranger on the $3.6bn financing in support of the $6.8bn take-private of Hong Kong-listed shoe retailer Belle International Holdings."
2018 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer
2017 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer
"Paul Aherne is ‘energetic and bright’."