Daniel Abercromby

Daniel Abercromby, a member of the firm’s Finance Practice Group, is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (England and Wales) in Hong Kong and a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. He represents private equity funds and their portfolio companies, as well as credit and other special situations funds, in a wide variety of financings in the Asia-Pacific region.

Daniel has extensive experience in leveraged and acquisition financings, direct lending transactions and special situations investments, together with the refinancing and restructuring of such transactions. He has been seconded to two international banks in London and Singapore for extended periods to support the leveraged finance and project finance teams respectively and has jurisdictional expertise in India, South-East Asia, Greater China, Korea and Japan.

Daniel is ranked as a leading lawyer for China Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance in the Chambers Greater China Region 2024 guide, which notes that “he’s pragmatic and has his finger on the pulse of the market.” He is also listed as a notable practitioner for Leveraged Finance in Hong Kong in IFLR1000 and has been named a recommended lawyer for Banking & Finance in Hong Kong in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024 guide, which described him as a “seasoned lawyer applauded for the breadth of his high-profile financing experience.”

Some of his recent and most significant experience includes advising:*

• Advent International on a number of acquisition finance, structured finance and margin loan transactions, including the leveraged financings for its acquisitions of RA Chem Pharma, ZCL Chemicals, Eureka Forbes, Avra Labs and TTK Healthcare's pharma business, the refinancing of facilities for Manjushree Technopak and The Learning Lab and margin loans in respect of its investments in Aditya Birla Capital and Eureka Forbes
• DigitalBridge (NASDAQ: DBRG) on a number of financings, including the MYR1.125 billion financing for its purchase of a major stake in the data center business of Malaysian telecoms firm TIME dotcom and the HK$1.8 billion financing for its flagship private equity fund's US$750 million carve-out acquisition of data center assets in Hong Kong and Malaysia from PCCW
• TA Associates on a number of financings, including the leveraged financing for its acquisition of a controlling stake in Zifo RnD Solution
• TPG Capital on a number of financings, including the approximately US$200 million-equivalent financing for Singapore-based private and international education group XCL Education and Vietnam-based private and international education group VAS
• A number of global special situations investors on complex structured financings (both onshore and offshore) in Korea, South-East Asia and India

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Daniel was a joint-leader of the Asia Sponsor Finance practice at another international law firm based in Hong Kong. Daniel received his Bachelor of Laws (with Honors) and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer (England and Wales) in Hong Kong and is admitted to practice in England and Wales.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.

Capabilities

• Finance

Credentials

Education:

• University of Auckland - 2006 LL.B. (Hons)
• University of Auckland - 2006 Bachelor of Arts

Admissions:

• England & Wales - Solicitor