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Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment (International Firms) - China

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins' notable private equity team has longstanding experience representing regional and international funds in a wide range of private equity deals, including LBOs and take privates. It offers in-depth sector expertise in a variety of industries, including life sciences and TMT. The team is able to leverage the firm's outstanding European network. The firm frequently handles deals in jurisdictions across the region, including Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins advised Trustar Capital, an affiliate of CITIC Capital, on a series of transactions involving its existing portfolio, McDonald’s mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau businesses. This included the acquisition of all of CITIC’s equity interests in McDonald’s China.

Strengths

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The reason why Latham are good at handling complicated transactions is that they have a strong understanding of business and commercial matters and know what to fight for.

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Latham has comprehensive knowledge, well-rounded experience and good quality work.

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Notable Practitioners

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Simon Cooke
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Simon Cooke
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Simon Cooke chairs Latham & Watkins' Asia private equity practice. He stands out for acting on behalf of regional and international clients on private equity and M&A transactions.

Simon is very solid, very commercial and very responsive. He's great to work with.

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Frank Sun
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Frank Sun
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Frank Sun possesses extensive transactional expertise on inbound and outbound acquisitions, investments and take-privates, most notably in the technology, real estate and pharmaceutical sectors.

Frank demonstrated deep expertise in equity financing, providing strategic and well-structured legal guidance throughout the process.

He was highly responsive and proactive in addressing key issues, ensuring smooth execution and alignment with commercial objectives.

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Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi
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Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi
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Up and Coming

Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi is a partner in the Hong Kong office, where he assists with cross-border transactions, including privatisations, minority investments and strategic acquisitions.

Stephen is top-tier among young partners.

He is very responsive, has deep knowledge and is easy to communicate with.

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Simon Cooke
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Simon Cooke
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Frank Sun
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Frank Sun
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Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi
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Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi
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Up and Coming
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