2020 Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific - Recognised Practitioner
2020 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer:
"Paul Aherne has a 'broad perspective of the market' and is regularly at the forefront of the highest-profile mandates handled by the office, including his work for Deutsche Bank on the restructured financing to Noble Group and for Morgan Stanley on the financing of The Centre, one of Hong Kong's most prestigious commercial buildings."
2019 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer:
"Noted by one client as 'the best offshore debt lawyer in the market'"
"The 'very commercial' Paul Aherne recently advised Bank of America Merrill Lynch as lead arranger on the $3.6bn financing in support of the $6.8bn take-private of Hong Kong-listed shoe retailer Belle International Holdings."
2018 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer
2017 The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Recommended Lawyer:
"Paul Aherne is ‘energetic and bright’."