Bio

Thomas Kollar is a partner of Mayer Brown based in the Hong Kong office and serves as the practice leader for Corporate & Securities in Asia. He advises clients on cross-border capital markets transactions and general corporate matters. He has extensive experience in high-yield bonds, MTN program establishment and maintenance, sovereign and quasi-sovereign debt offerings, complex liability management and debt restructuring exercises, regulatory capital, hybrid securities, IPOs, SPACs, block trades, equity placements, PIPES, rights issues and U.S. SEC registered and exempt offerings. Tom has advised on transactions in every active market in Asia. He has substantial experience in emerging and frontier markets. Tom serves on Mayer Brown’s Asia Management Committee, Graduate Recruitment Committee, Partner Sub-Committee and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee where he is co-chair of the Work + Me Network. He is active in pro bono matters and recently represented an umbrella group of NGOs in Hong Kong on the development and implementation of corporate governance guidelines. Tom sits on the Editorial Board of FinanceAsia and he is on the Board of Governors of the American Club Hong Kong where he serves as a member of the Executive Committee. Tom has been repeatedly recognized as a leading practitioner in capital markets by Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 and IFLR1000. In 2022 and 2023, Tom was short-listed by the Financial Times for its FT Innovative Lawyers Asia prize. Tom is admitted to practice in New York and Hong Kong.