Herbert Smith Freehills adds private capital partner Anthony Vasey in Hong Kong

Leading international law firm Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Anthony Vasey as a private capital partner in Hong Kong.

Anthony has over 20 years' experience advising private equity firms, funds and companies on cross-border M&A, private credit and debt, and restructuring and insolvency.

"Anthony adds the experience, network and skills to our growing team that Hong Kong's private capital clients demand,” said Asia Head of Corporate Andy Blacoe. "The city is a hub for funds investing across the region, and his reputation as a senior adviser is an important investment in our services to those clients."

The firm's recent Asia private capital investments include the hire of Peiwen Chen in, and the relocation of Malika Chandrasegaran to, Singapore in September 2023, the hire of private funds partner Benjamin Lohr in Hong Kong in January 2024, and the promotions to partner of Victor Chiew, Stephanie and Salonika Rathod in May 2023 and of Lucy Curran and Michelle Virgiany in May 2024.

Partners Peiwen Chen and Kathryn Sanger lead the firm's cross-practice private capital team in Asia, which advises many of the world's leading private equity houses, investment funds, asset managers and sovereign wealth funds, as well as sponsors seeking investment.

“Our share of work from the private capital industry has grown strongly in Asia across the industry lifecycle,” said Asia managing partner Graeme Preston.

"Asia clients operate in complex and volatile markets, and look to our team to provide greater certainty at every stage of their investment process – Anthony has the skills they need and is a great addition to the team."

**Anthony's formal title from 2 September will be Legal Manager until regulatory approvals as a registered foreign lawyer are complete.

ABOUT ANTHONY VASEY

Anthony graduated with a bachelor's degree in jurisprudence from Hertford College, University of Oxford, and is qualified to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales.

He began his legal career with Slaughter and May in London and Hong Kong before joining White & Case in 2010, where he was promoted to partner in 2012 in Hong Kong. In 2021, he moved to global CEO advisory firm Teneo, as COO of its financial advisory practice in Asia.