Linklaters strengthens Corporate and Structured Lending practice with Mei Lian
Linklaters has hired Mei Lian as a partner in its Corporate and Structured Lending practice in London, further strengthening its private capital and credit solutions offering.
Mei is a market leading specialist in credit solutions, with over 20 years’ experience in high-end, cross-border finance transactions. Her expertise is navigating complex stressed and distressed situations, and she has a unique wide-ranging practice which spans the credit spectrum. In 2024, Mei was named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100, and she was recognised among Financial News’ ‘100 Most Influential Women in European Finance’. Earlier this year, she was recognised by Financial News as one of the ‘Fifty Most Influential Lawyers in Europe’. Mei is also listed as a Leading Individual for Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency in the Legal 500 UK.
She joins from Paul Hastings where she was a partner in the Financial Restructuring practice and co-chair of the London office.
Aedamar Comiskey, Linklaters’ Senior Partner and Chair, commented:
“Mei is at the very top of the credit solutions market and will significantly enhance our private capital offering for global clients. She’s a terrific hire and we’re thrilled to have her on board.”
Andy Vickery, Linklaters’ Global Head of Finance, added:
“We are delighted to welcome Mei to our team. Her expertise in credit solutions and her outstanding track record advising global private credit clients reinforce our position as a market leading adviser on complex financings, special situations and restructurings.”
Mei Lian follows a number of recent hires in Linklaters’ global Banking practice, including Peter Hayes from Paul Hastings and Angel Quek, both in London, and François Kopf, Mathieu Della Vittoria, Pierre-Arnoux Mayoly and Shirin Deyhim in Paris.
Linklaters’ Corporate and Structured Lending practice sits within the firm’s global Banking practice and is ranked Tier 1 in Legal 500 UK 2025 for Bank Lending: Investment Grade Debt and Syndicated Loans, and Acquisition Finance, and Band 1 in Chambers UK 2025 for Banking and Finance: Lenders: Big Ticket, and Banking and Finance: Borrowers: Big Ticket.
