Kenneth C. Ellis has over 35 years of experience representing international businesses and their financial advisers in a wide range of international corporate transactions. Throughout his career, he has advised on debt and equity capital markets offerings, acquisitions and divestitures, privatizations, joint ventures, debt restructurings and other corporate and financial matters.

Mr. Ellis was based in our Singapore and Hong Kong offices from 1991─2007, where he headed our Asian securities practice and advised on securities and M&A transactions throughout Asia. From 2008─2009, he was based in our Miami and New York offices. He relocated to Doha to join our Middle East practice in early 2010.

Mr. Ellis has advised participants in merger and acquisition transactions involving, and issuers and investment banks on high-yield debt offerings, initial public offerings, rights offerings, and other capital markets transactions involving, a wide range of industries, including the agriculture, banking, beverage, gaming, mining, oil & gas, power, pulp & paper, real estate, retail, shipbuilding, and telecommunications (fixed and mobile) industries.

He has also advised sovereign governments, state-owned entities and sovereign wealth funds on a wide range of financial and transactional matters, including in the privatization of state-owned entities through negotiated divestitures and global equity offerings, in global sovereign debt offerings and in cross-border acquisition transactions.

Bars and Courts
Florida State Bar, 1974

Education
JD, University of Florida College of Law, cum laude, 1973
BA, University of Florida, 1970

Awards and Recognition
Leading Individual for Capital Markets (Equity & Debt) in China/Hong Kong, Chambers Asia 2008
Leading Overseas Expert for Capital Markets Transactions in Indonesia, Chambers Asia 2008
Leading Overseas Expert for Corporate & Finance Transactions in Thailand, Chambers Asia 2008
Leading Individual for Capital Markets transaction in Hong Kong, Asia Pacific Legal 500 2007/2008

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States