JLL China has appointed a new Director of Corporate Finance, Greater China, bolstering the firm’s capabilities in structured finance, capital raising and debt advisory.

Henrietta Yap joins the global real estate consulting firm, strengthening its investment advisory offering. She reports to Eddie Yeh, Head of Corporate Finance, Greater China, JLL, the firm said in a statement today.

Yap (pictured) will be working closely with JLL clients in Greater China to come up with a suite of solutions to meet their investment goals, including fund or joint venture structuring, mergers and acquisitions, and capital and debt raising for sophisticated financial restructures.

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Yap joins JLL from AT Capital Group, a Singaporean private investment firm, where she focused on private equity investment across China, Europe and Southeast Asia. She has experience spanning a range of markets within Asia Pacific and a broad cross-section of transaction styles.

She previously worked in private equity investment for Standard Chartered Bank in both Singapore and Beijing as well as covering investment analysis, investor relations and research at Mapletree and Keppel Land.

The announcement of Henrietta Yap’s appointment follows on from that of Hong Kong-based Yeh in August 2016 to lead the firm’s Corporate Finance team in Greater China.