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William Smithson

SRS Legal

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Highly regarded
Bar Admissions:
Portugal
England & Wales
Practice Areas:
Capital markets
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Portuguese
Biography

Partner and Head of the international area of SRS Legal, William Smithson is highly regarded within the corporate finance, banking, capital markets and real estate sectors. He advises investment banks and companies on a wide variety of finance matters, as well as public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other related work.

With more than 25 years of experience, William has extensive knowledge of the asian market due to his experience of working in Hong Kong, PRC and Singapore. William is the Head of the Asia Desk at SRS Legal.

Practice areas
  • Banking
  • Capital markets
  • Corporate finance
  • Energy
  • M&A
  • Private Equity
  • Real Estate
Association memberships
  • Portuguese Bar Association
  • The Law Society of England and Wales
  • IBA (International Bar Association)
  • IPBA (Inter-Pacific Bar Association)
  • NYSBA (New York State Bar Association)