Bio

Saptak Santra is an English-qualified partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP. His experience focuses on lending and structured finance, asset finance, acquisition finance, financial restructurings, and general corporate M&A transactions, with a particular concentration in the energy (including renewable energy), infrastructure, and real estate sectors. He is also a member of the firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Practice Group. Mr. Santra has worked on some of the most high-profile transactions in Asia. He has represented a number of major financial institutions, governments, and multinational corporations such as Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Mizuho Bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland, ING Bank, Wachovia Insurance, CIBC, Société Générale, Coface, Siemens AG, Vietnam Airlines, the British government, the Government of Laos, Chevron, TNK-BP, UBS, and Merrill Lynch on transactions throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Mr. Santra has been listed as a leading lawyer in the following publications: Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global in the field of Energy & Natural Resources; Asian Legal Business, the Singapore Legal Who’s Who, in the field of Finance; The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in the fields of Banking and Finance, Project Finance and Corporate/ M&A; IFLR1000 in the fields of Banking, Energy and Infrastructure and Project Finance; Best Lawyers in the fields of Banking and Finance and Energy Law; and Global Restructuring Review 100 in the field of Restructurings and Insolvencies. In addition, he is a regular speaker on the Asian conference circuit and sits on the committees of several trade and industry organizations. Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Santra worked with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in their London (1996-2000) and Singapore (2000-2001) offices and with Jones Day in their Singapore office (2001-2008). He also served with the British Army. Mr. Santra is a member of the Law Society of England & Wales. He sits on the Banking Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and is a member of the Asia Pacific branch of the International Project Finance Association (IPFA) and the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA). In addition, Mr. Santra is a member of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS), the International Construction Law Association (ICLA) and the U.K. Society of Construction Law (SCL). He is also a member of the British Chamber of Commerce in Singapore and was on its Financial Services Committee for several years.