Tag: Private Equity

Private equity-backed MSOs could modernise Indian law firms while navigating bar rules and investment limits

Cerberus Capital Management to undertake partial acquisition of Goodwin’s mechanical engineering division for GBP1.1 billion (USD1.46 billion)

Hikari Tsushin is proposing a USD1.7 billion buyout of Japanese real estate company Leopalace21 

Argus Partners appoints Saurav Kumar as head of its Japan and South Korea desk, alongside Swathi Sreenath as a partner

Jingtian & Gongcheng hires Lai Jianglin and her team members Hu Yizhou and Guo Zhongyong as partners for its Guangzhou office

Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas bolsters its Delhi-NCR corporate practice with the appointment of Rohan Jain and Kshitij Arora as partners 

DNFP in association with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, grows Indonesia practice with partners Sugianto Osman and Prasetyo Sukirno

New Mountain Capital makes a significant minority investment in Appleby to boost growth strategy

Hyrox’s co-founders Christian Toetzke and Moritz Fürste regain control of the fitness racing brand after acquiring a majority stake

Navis Capital Partners divests its stake in The Food Purveyor to Lotuss Stores, a subsidiary of Thailand-based retail and wholesale group CP Axtra 

Jingtian & Gongcheng recruits three partners, with Liu Hongchuan and Chen Huan joining its Beijing office and Gu Mingzhu in Shenzhen

KKR and an IMM Investment-Stonebridge consortium invest KRW3.08 trillion (USD2.2 billion) in Korean AI data centre company SK Horizon

Shanghai-based boutique Sunwell Law Firm hires Wang Jin and Zhang Tao, both joining from Hiways, as senior partners

King & Spalding adds Nicola Yeomans as a partner, strengthening its corporate practice group in Singapore

Merits & Tree recruited Patrick Yip, former vice chair of Deloitte China, as co-head of the firm’s global private wealth practice

Guantao Law Firm hires Ronald Sum and Julianne Doe as partners at its Hong Kong office

Kennedys has bulked up its corporate and commercial capabilities with the addition of Andrew Carpenter as a partner in Hong Kong.

Latham & Watkins onboards Grace Huang and Edward Freeman as partners at its Hong Kong office

The Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) hosts a reception for the high-level delegation from the British Virgin Islands (BVI)

Baker McKenzie bolsters its dispute resolution practice in Hong Kong with the addition of Justin Tang as a partner.

XPeng signs equity financing agreements with several investors for its humanoid robotics business, raising more than USD900 million

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett drives KKR’s acquisition of Japanese beauty and lifestyle brand platform Ci Flavors for an undisclosed amount

Alibaba sells its entire stake in gaming studio Lingxi Games to Trustar Capital for more than USD1.5 billion

Midas Atlantic Partners and the Najafi Companies plan to acquire Panasonic Industry’s European Power and Battery Control Solutions business.

Asset management company TPG to acquire KRW1.3 trillion (USD925 million) 61.2% stake in South Korean car rental enterprise Lotte Rental

AI investments in India demand layered diligence across data, IP, governance, compliance and talent

White & Case grows its global M&A practice with the onboarding of Parthiv Rishi as a partner in Singapore

Paul Hastings advises the selling shareholders on IMM Private Equity’s acquisition of South Korean toolmaker Ehwa Diamond Industrial.

Blackstone-backed ASK Property Fund signs INR5 billion (USD52 million) platform arrangement with developer Bhumika Group to invest in real estate projects

The Han Kun Hangzhou office held its opening ceremony on 10 August and is formally based at the International Financial Center

Kinstellar Southeast Asia boosts its Vietnam services, appointing partners Vinh Nhan Phan and Thao Cung in Ho Chi Minh City

Freshfields shores up its global M&A and capital practice with the return of Sean Donovan as a partner at its Singapore office

Arnold & Porter lifts corporate and finance practice in South Korea with onboarding of Chee-Kwan Kim as a partner in its M&A team in Seoul

Shin & Kim and Yulchon counsel on Keistone Partners’ KRW400 billion (USD278 million) buyout of SSP

Han Kun welcomes the return of Li Laixiang in Shenzhen, strengthening its commercial transaction capabilities in technology

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett counsels alternative asset management company Blackstone on its investment in Korean actuator and motion control technology provider Futronic.

Commerce & Finance Law Offices opens its Guangzhou office on 22 July, strengthening services across the Greater Bay Area

Firms advise on a TPG Rise Climate Fund-led consortium’s proposed INR45 billion (USD467 million) 100% acquisition of Aseem Infrastructure Finance

Bae Kim & Lee and Kim & Chang advise on KRW500 billion (USD326 million) acquisition of Daekyung O&T, Korea’s largest biodiesel feedstock producer

White & Case hires two former Broadfield dispute resolution partners Fergus Saurin and Grace Zhu

AnantLaw recruits Gagan Kathuria as a partner in its corporate M&A practice and will be based in the New Delhi office

India draws Japanese investment with pricing rules, FDI, FVCI, convertible notes and minority protections for unlisted equity

Baker McKenzie’s Singapore and Malaysia arms assist on Sime Darby Property’s MYR1.25 billion (USD306 million) shariah-compliant investment fund

White & Case beefs up its global M&A practice in Tokyo with the addition of partners Noah Carr and Gordon Palmquist

Abhinav Shukla is now general counsel at Unbound, a global investment firm founded by Shravin Bharti Mittal, the son of Sunil Bharti Mittal

Allens advises BGH Capital on its AUD2.37 billion (USD1.6 billion) acquisition of Aspen Pharmacare’s Asia-Pacific business

Kirkland & Ellis plans to open an office in Tokyo in the firm’s first expansion in Asia beyond China

Clifford Chance advises private equity giant CVC Capital Partners on its proposed investment in Indonesian retail company Mitra Adiperkasa

Han Kun appoints Huang Peng, former managing partner of East & Concord’s Hangzhou office, to join the firm in the same city

The SEBI introduces a fast-track mechanism for processing AIF private placement memorandums to improve the ease of doing business

Hogan Lovells and Freshfields advise on Brookfield’s acquisition of World Freight Company

RBI tightens NBFC governance as PE and VC board observers face director duties, liability risks

Anant Mishra joins Aretha Legal as a partner in the firm’s corporate, M&A, private equity and venture capital practice

Firms serve Kobe Bussan and Gourmet Kineya on their Meal Hub joint venture and airline catering business acquisition

Dechert appoints two partners from Milbank – David Cho, ex-managing partner of the Seoul office, and special counsel Min Kim

Norton Rose Fulbright names Marshall Bromwich as its new Australia country head and Daniel Lin as an energy and infrastructure partner

Simmons & Simmons hires Han Ming Ho as a partner in Singapore to strengthen its asset management and investment funds practice

ALMT Legal promotes Vishal Vora as associate partner in Mumbai

Firms advise on Kone’s landmark EUR29.4 billion (USD34.4 billion) purchase agreement for Germany’s TK Elevator in the largest transaction in Finland’s history

Mallesons appoints Mark McNamara as the firm’s new chair, effective 30 June 2026, succeeding David Friedlander

Four independent practitioners – Abhishek Adke, Himanshu Vidhani, Vikrant Zunjarrao and Kaushalya Venkataraman – co-found boutique firm Quadra Legal in Mumbai

Grandall Law Firm has added six equity partners across its Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou and Wuhan offices

Although regulatory scrutiny on valuation adjustment mechanisms in listings is stricter, unconditional removal of these clauses in IPO documents is not yet required, say lawyers

Mallesons, Gilbert + Tobin and Freshfields assisted onproducer Yancoal Australia’s proposed acquisition of an 80% interest in the Kestrel coal mine

Anchal Dhir, Shubham Rastogi and a team of four have joined Anagram Partners, strengthening the corporate practice

NSDL circular mandates consent letters for demat private share transfers, reshaping investor exits and Companies Act compliance

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is planning to reopen a Singapore office to strengthen cross-border capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region

A&O Shearman hires partner from one of Japan’s big four in a historic first for an international law firm in Tokyo

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advised Japanese private equity firm Nippon Sangyo Suishin Kiko (NSSK) on the formation of its NSSK IV Series Funds

Three former CMS IndusLaw partners make move to JSA, along with a team of 19, to bolster the Mumbai and Bengaluru offices

Tripti Vini has joined Hammurabi & Solomon Partners as a senior partner in the firm’s corporate and transactional practice in New Delhi

JunHe has recruited private equity lawyer Zhao Rongjing as a partner, based at the firm’s Shanghai and Hong Kong offices

Kushal Ramotre has been appointed as a partner at JSA in the firm’s corporate practice at the Mumbai office

Apollo Global Management acquires Nippon Sheet Glass, becoming the asset manager’s largest private equity investment in Japan

JSA promotes seven talented lawyers to boost equity partnership total to 66 across various offices and practice areas

Firms assist Thailand-based Arise Digital Technology’s USD3.2 billion acquisition of a 25% stake in telecoms company True Corporation

Zhong Lun has continued to bolster its ranks by adding four partners, following Tony Chow’s appointment in February

Harneys has appointed William Lee as a partner in its Hong Kong office, further strengthening the firm’s corporate practice

“Singapore is increasingly emerging as the first stop for many Chinese companies entering Southeast Asia” to pursue M&A activity, says Ivy Liu

Cayman Islands and BVI subscription credit facilities provide flexible fund financing, secured by capital commitments, with strong legal frameworks and regulatory compliance

Indonesian law firm Hendra Soenardi and India’s AZB & Partners are among several firms, having acted on Stonepeak’s acquisition

Priti Suri takes the reins as IPBA's first Indian woman president, rounding off a successful 2026 conference in New Delhi

Priti Suri takes the reins as IPBA's first Indian woman president, rounding off a successful 2026 conference in New Delhi

Yi Wayn Ng acknowledges that ongoing geopolitical factors “will undoubtedly influence M&A dynamics in 2026”

White & Case has hired Alex Elser as a partner in Sydney to strengthen its global M&A practice, private capital industry group

Clifford Chance and White & Case have acted on Japanese scientific instrument manufacturer Shimadzu’s acquisition of Tescan

Chinese private rocket company iSpace has raised RMB5.04 billion in a series D++ financing round, marking the largest single fundraising in China’s commercial launch vehicle sector

MoFo and Paul Hastings advised Japanese forestry and housing company Sumitomo Forestry on its approximately USD4.5 billion

Seven firms advised global investment firm KKR and Asian communications technology group Singtel on the full SGD13.8 billion

Grandway has recruited partners Zhang Liu and Zhang Cheng, strengthening its securities and capital markets practice

Weil welcomed back private equity expert Yu Peng as a partner in its Hong Kong office, where he had previously practised for three years

DLA Piper has strengthened its capital markets capabilities in Hong Kong and Chinese mainland with two major hires

A&O Shearman has strengthened its M&A practice in Australia with the appointment of Clayton James as a partner

Latin American e-commerce giant Mercado Libre has appointed Mah Soon Sin as its China head of legal and government relationship

K&L Gates has rehired Lu Guiping as a partner at the Hong Kong office to strengthen its international debt and equity capital markets practice

K&L Gates has recently hired Huberta Chow as a partner at its Hong Kong office, strengthening the firm’s asset management and investment funds practice

Reed Smith’s newly appointed Singapore managing partner Manoj Purush says his first order of business at the firm’s helm is to sharpen focus across multiple industries.

Former JSA and IC Universal partners launch Mantrika Legal, a new corporate law firm in Mumbai

Simmons & Simmons has appointed former Ashurst partner Michelle Phang as its new Head of M&A for Southeast Asia

Lee & Ko and Kim & Chang have advised on Glenwood Private Equity’s KRW 1.4 trillion acquisition of LG Chem’s water solution business

Global firm Jones Day has promoted three Asia-Pacific based lawyers—Barry Lai (Taipei), Zack Oswald (Singapore)

Yenlex Partners opened a Shenzhen branch, expanding into the Greater Bay Area after its 2023 Hangzhou launch

VILAF (Vietnam) and Yoon & Yang (South Korea) have collaborated to launch a Vietnam-Korea practice unit in VILAF’s offices, managed by Zunu Lee

MinterEllison hires Lee Horan in Sydney to strengthen its M&A, private equity, and capital markets practice

Experts unpack the regulatory changes shaping Asia’s private equity landscape

Trilegal appoints Raya Hazarika as corporate partner, expanding its M&A and private equity practice

Greenberg Traurig strengthens its Singapore team with Ashok Lalwani and Shih-Chi Pan to boost cross-border and India-focused legal capabilities across Asia

Amitabh Sharma returns to JSA as a partner in Gurugram, bringing over 25 years of M&A and corporate law expertise

O’Melveny hires John Curran as Corporate Finance Partner in Singapore to expand Asia presence

TT&A advised A91 Emerging Fund II on its investment in Ratnaa Shree Anandhaas Hotels, a Tamil Nadu-based restaurant chain.

O’Melveny & Myers is closing its Tokyo office after nearly 40 years, with Tokyo head Yoji Maeda set to retire

Greenberg Traurig expands its Singapore office with seven new lawyers to strengthen its regional full-service capabilities

Han Kun Law Offices has hired Zhang Dong at its Shenzhen office to strengthen the dispute resolution practice

Foreign investors find India’s hospital sector an appealing opportunity with strong growth and regulatory maturity

Hogan Lovells named Owen Chan as Asia-Pacific regional managing partner and member of its International Management Committee

Dishi Bhomawat joins Touchstone Partners as counsel, strengthening private equity and M&A expertise in Mumbai