Joseph Lovell

Practice Areas

Joseph specializes in cross-border investment, banking & finance,and corporate law. He is expert in sophisticated issues involving private equity, banks & MFIs, corporate and project finance, international M&A,and securities and public listings. Over the last decade,among other work, Joseph has advised on some of the biggest infrastructure investment projects in Cambodia,assisted numerous international banks and DFIs with crucial and significant liquidity loan support to Cambodian financial institutions,advised on significant M&A transactions,counseled global technology and telecommunications companies,coordinated international litigation,and supported IPOs and securities issuance.

Career

Joseph is a New York-licensed attorney with three decades of Asia-focused legal, investment and business experience. Before joining IAO Asia as Managing Director, he served as COO/General Counsel for an emerging markets private equity fund management company in Cambodia, Managing Partner for two regional law firms with offices in Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos, Managing Director/General Counsel for a financial group with offices in New York, London and Beijing, Corporate Secretary and Counsel for a Beijing-based LSE-listed private equity firm, Managing Attorney at a Honolulu law firm, board member for a number of companies and not-for-profit entities, and senior consultant at PwC (Taipei).

Professional Memberships

Joseph is a member of the US state bars of New York, Texas, and Hawaii.

Publications

Myanmar Foreign Direct Investment: A Review of Current Relevant Laws and Procedures

Legal Considerations for Investment in Cambodia

Structures for International Private Equity Investment in the PRC