Corporate/M&A
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 5
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Provided by Ropes & Gray LLP
Recognized as a leader in the field, our M&A practice group possesses both extensive transaction experience and deep industry knowledge. For clients, that means unrivaled counsel on a full range of strategic transactions. In 2020 and 2021 we steered more than 430 transactions. 160 of those, totaling almost $230 billion, we handled in the first six months of 2021 alone.
When it comes to private equity counseling, Ropes & Gray has been at the forefront of deals practically since the invention of the leveraged buyout. Our private equity clients get unsurpassed counsel throughout the lifecycle of their private equity transactions from one of the largest and most sophisticated private equity practices in the world. Our commitment to both middle market and multibillion-dollar deals provides us with unique perspective in the private equity industry.
To learn more about our M&A practice, please visit: https://www.ropesgray.com/practices/mergers--acquisitions.aspx
To learn more about our private equity practice, please visit: https://www.ropesgray.com/practices/private-equity.aspx
Chambers Review
Ropes & Gray is well known for its private equity capabilities across the region, including China, Korea and Japan. The firm maintains longstanding relationships with key private equity clients making investments across the region and in diverse industry sectors, including life sciences and energy technology. It acts as a strategic adviser to major clients on significant matters, including joint ventures and investment restructuring, and frequently advises Asia-based private equity houses on their outbound investments into the USA. It is also active on large corporate transactions in the technology sector, assisting major multinational conglomerates.
Oliver Nip is a key contact in Hong Kong, and Tsuyoshi Imai and Lee Jaewoo are key contacts in Japan and South Korea respectively.
Work Highlights
- Ropes & Gray advised Bain Capital on the sale of approximately half of its investment in WHI Holdings, the parent company of Works Human Intelligence, to GIC.
- Ropes & Gray acted for Nippon Steel on its agreement to acquire U.S. Steel in an all-cash transaction. The transaction had a total enterprise value of approximately USD14.9 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team of lawyers are well known for their excellent knowledge and handling of complex matters."
"The team of lawyers are well known for their excellent knowledge and handling of complex matters."