Corporate/M&A - Asia-Pacific Region
What the team is known for
Latham & Watkins fields a respected corporate practice noted for handling M&A transactions in South-East Asia. The firm is especially strong in Singapore, Indonesia and India, and has an impressive practice in Greater China. It works closely with leading teams in capital markets and project finance to provide a one-stop-shop service in the region and is very active on private equity deals led primarily from its China and Singapore offices, with matters for major private equity funds and corporate investors spanning Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and South Korea.
Strengths
"The effort they put in to understand what we do makes it easy for them to deliver what is needed efficiently."
"The team has a strong ability to grasp technical nuances while also being able to help parties arrive at a commercial middle ground, which requires a keen sense of understanding of the parties' pressure points and good commercial judgement."
"Latham & Watkins' team are quick and responsive, and show great effort and extraordinary commercial sense."
"Latham & Watkins offers accurate and comprehensive service. The team suggests reasonable and economical solutions."
Work highlights
Latham & Watkins acted for ReNew Power Ventures on its combination agreement with RMG Acquisition Corporation II, a SPAC. The transaction is valued at USD8 billion.
Latham & Watkins advised Platinum Equity on its acquisition of Hop Lun.
Latham & Watkins advised private equity firm Warburg Pincus on its establishment of Oona Insurance, a digital general insurance platform in South-East Asia.
Latham & Watkins advised LG Chem on the acquisition of AVEO Oncology, a Nasdaq-listed company.
Latham & Watkins advised Silicon Motion Technology on its take-private acquisition by MaxLinear in a merger valued at USD3.8 billion.
Notable practitioners
Liu Ji is head of the firm's regional corporate department and based in Hong Kong. Simon Cooke, deputy managing partner of the firm's Asia offices, leads the Asia private equity team from his base in Hong Kong. Singapore-based Rajiv Gupta heads the firm’s India practice.
