Graham Price
Senior Consultant
Areas of Focus
- Financial Restructuring
- Private Credit
- Special Situations
- Capital Solutions
- Real Estate
- Represents credit funds, private equity sponsors and other institutional investors on a broad array of financing transactions in the Asia Pacific region, including direct lending, leveraged buyouts, special situations and restructurings.
Graham is a senior consultant in the global special situations & private credit practice, based in the Hong Kong office. Dually qualified in England & Wales and Hong Kong, Graham focuses on both finance and restructuring matters across the Asia-Pacific region. He represents private credit funds, private equity sponsors, major institutional lenders and asset managers on a wide range of finance transactions, including cross-border leveraged financings, restructurings, special situations, direct lending, margin loans, real estate finance and corporate facilities.
Prior to joining Akin, Graham worked at leading international law firms in Hong Kong and London where he also undertook a secondment to Barclays Capital.
- Advised the ad hoc group of bondholders in relation to the restructuring of more than $7 billion of offshore debt issued by China Aoyuan Group.
- Advised the ad hoc group of bondholders in relation to the restructuring of more than $11 billion of offshore debt issued by Shimao Group Holdings.
- Acted for the chairman on the $1.825 billion acquisition financing and $450 million holdco financing as part of the take private of 51job, Inc.
- Acted for the chairman on the $3.5 billion acquisition financing and $300 million holdco financing as part of the $8.7 billion take-private of 58.com Inc.
- Acted for MBK Partners on the $2.2 billion take private of CAR Inc.
- Acted for TPG and the consortium of minority equity investors in connection with the multijurisdictional restructuring of c. $2.6 billion of financial indebtedness and the provision of $700 million in private credit for Dream Cruises Holding Limited.
- Acted for Bohai Leasing on its $1 billion private credit financing and $1.1 billion bond issuance, incurred as part of a stressed private/public debt refinancing package.
EducationBachelor of Arts in History, University of Manchester, first class honors, 2010
Bachelor of Arts in History, University of Manchester, first class honors, 2010
Bar AdmissionsHong Kong Bar Association
Solicitor, England and Wales
Hong Kong Bar Association
Solicitor, England and Wales
