Benjamin Lau
Managing Director @Haikili Advisors
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WORK HISTORY
Managing Director @Haikili Advisors
Founded advisory services firm to provide counsel, and serve as foreign legal counsel, to existing and new clients, including domestic as well as foreign law firms, lawyers, businesses, entrepreneurs, and financial, tech, and educational, start-ups and firms; Member of U.S-China Legal Network and delegations to cities in the PRC on behalf of the Hawaii State Bar
EDUCATION
INSEAD
Master of Business Administration - EMBA, Concentration on leadership development
California State University, Fresno
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Business Administration, Option in Finance
Tsinghua University
Master of Business Administration - EMBA
Peking University
Chinese Law and Comparative Law Studies
New York University
Merrill Lynch/employer-sponsored, non-degree courses in finance, accounting and RE
Fordham University School of Law
Doctor of Law (J.D.)
Fudan University
The Commercial Laws of the People's Republic of China
The University of Hong Kong
Summer Law Program
University of Southern California
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
ABOUT BENJAMIN LAU
Over 25 years of transactions with the world\'s banks, PE firms, asset and investment managers, trading desks, and multinational companies, across asset classes and the ratings spectrum (from HY to Sr and Sr Sub to mezz to fully Sr secured to INV grade debt), in broad range of origination, underwritings, lending, acquisition finance, bridge loans, leveraged recaps, asset dispositions, capital markets transactions, and asset trading transactions of loans, securities, debt, credit, and structured productsExperience structuring, negotiating, documenting, and executing on M&A, LBO, financial sponsor, Lev Fin, bridge loans, syndicated loans, high yield securities, private credit, par and distressed trades and investments, project financings, workouts & restructurings, CLOs, and credit derivatives, in primary and secondary markets, while authoring, implementing, and overseeing bylaws, guidelines, policies & proceduresRoles include: NYC Big Law associate, counsel, partner at Am Law 100 firms; In-house investment banking counsel and trading counsel at preeminent M&A, LBO, and fixed income global investment bank; Corporate secretary, board member and incorporator of special purpose entities for lending, distressed international holdings, and private equity investments; Co-founder of start-up incubators and accelerators, CDFI merchant bank, and hedge fund; US-China expert; Foreign general counsel to PRC law firms; Special Counsel to asset management firm and member of turnaround team at $25B top-line retailer; Podcast host, producer, writer, director, and graphics designer; Leadership of start-ups and not-for-profit; Ex-officio Hawaii State Bar delegate to PRCExperience extends to: Served in various roles on investment bank committees, working groups and task forces, both in-house (including underwriting commitments, leveraged transactions, new products, policy, and credit committees) and at industry trade groups (early days of LSTA, SIFMA, and ISDA) with representatives from other leading banks; Served on frontlines through half a dozen financial crises and other existential threats, workouts & restructurings, providing counsel, recoveries, mitigation strategies, and solutions in matters ranging, e.g, from LTCM to Enron to 9/11 and from GMAC/ResCap to Lehman to AIG1st Career : swimming (specialization in the 200 m butterfly): Top 25 world ranking by age 15 US Olympic Trials qualifier World ranked #1 age group time multiple NAG National Top Ten rankings multiple NAG National Records held record set by Mark Spitz, later by Michael Phelps
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