Bio

Jamie Thomas is an English-qualified partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Finance Practice Group. He is a member of the firm’s Global Finance, Business Restructuring and Reorganization, Capital Markets, Private Equity and Oil and Gas Practice Groups. He is head of finance and restructuring in the Singapore office. Mr. Thomas’ experience spans a range of markets including South and Southeast Asia. In his practice, he regularly represents sponsors, borrowers and lenders on complex cross-border leveraged and acquisition finance transactions, as well as project finance, debt buy-backs, asset-backed lending, receivables financing, and pre-IPO financings. Recently, Mr. Thomas has been assisting a number of corporates, private equity funds and other alternative capital providers with alternative capital solutions such as Term Loan B, Unitranche and subscription line financings. In addition, he has extensive expertise in reserves-based and other upstream oil & gas financing and financing for energy and commodity sectors and the telecoms industry in Asia. Mr. Thomas also specializes in restructurings, reorganizations and insolvencies. He co-led the team which was a finalist for “Restructuring Team of the Year” and won “Restructuring Deal of the Year” for one of its deals at the IFLR Asia-Pacific Awards in 2020. Gibson Dunn’s Singapore restructuring and insolvency team is ranked Band 1 and Tier 1 respectively in Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021. Mr. Thomas sits on various finance and restructuring committees in Asia. He is Chair of the Indonesian Steering Committee of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) and sits on the Singapore Documentation Committee and India Committee of the APLMA. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) and the Law Society of England and Wales.