Barclays Capital appoints Hirakawa to run Asia Pacific leveraged finance

By Jennifer Chiou

New York, May 3 - Barclays Capital announced the appointment of Alan Hirakawa as managing director & head of leveraged finance, Asia Pacific, responsible for the firm's relationships with private equity clients in the region and for the delivery of the firm's leveraged finance product suite to its corporate client base.

Hirakawa, a 12-year veteran of syndicated loans and leveraged finance in the region, previously worked at Citigroup where he was managing director, Asian leveraged finance.

"Alan has an enviable track record in leveraged finance, having structured and closed transactions in each of Asia's major leveraged finance markets," Darcy Lai, Barclays Capital's head of investment banking and debt capital markets in Asia, said in a news release.

"The firm has met with considerable success recently, particularly in Australia and New Zealand, and Alan's arrival will consolidate that and help the firm extend its reach across the region."

Based in Hong Kong, Hirakawa will report jointly to Lai and to John Kelting, head of European leveraged finance, which is based in London.

Hirakawa will replace Alan Turner, who returns to London later this month to join the European corporate leveraged finance team.

In addition, the company said that bond structuring and origination for high-yield issuance has been reorganized under the leadership of Hong Kong-based Joseph Choi.

The London-based investment baking firm will move its headquarters to Amsterdam.

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