William Khun
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William Khun

Senior Associate

Will advises leading financial institutions, private capital sponsors and corporates on complex and strategically significant financing transactions across Australia and Asia-Pacific.

He primarily advises on fund finance, back leverage and structured credit transactions, with a particular focus on bespoke, multidisciplinary financing solutions.

Will also has experience across a wide array of domestic and cross-border funding and liquidity transactions, including project finance, syndicated lending, pre-IPO and event-driven financings, and Australian aspects of Reg S / 144A issuances and other global capital raisings.

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

  • W Khun, “Equity’s Wergeld: Monetary Remedies for Emotional Distress by way of the Equitable Obligation of Confidence” (2020) 42(2) Sydney Law Review 181 [https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/SydLawRw/2020/9.html]

Awards

  • 30-under-30 Finalist (Banking & Finance), Lawyers Weekly Law Awards, 2023

Qualifications

Admissions

High Court of Australia, 2020

New South Wales, Australia, 2019

Academic

Master of Laws (Banking & Finance), University of London, 2023

Bachelor of Laws (Hons I), University of Sydney 2018

Bachelor of Arts (Government & International Relations) (Hons I), University of Sydney 2016

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.