Chambers Review

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Investment Funds: Private Equity - Asia-Pacific Region

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Sidley Austin is an international law firm with market-leading offerings in Hong Kong and Singapore providing an outstanding hedge funds practice which caters for global investors and in particular those with a US focus. It has additional strength in private equity and real estate fund formation and management, providing a comprehensive regulatory and transactional offering in relation to open and closed-end funds throughout Asia. The firm offers integrated expertise in Greater China, Singapore, Japan, US and English law. It is active on funds focused around the region, including those focused on South Asia and on South-East Asia.

Notable practitioners

David Kalani Lee in Hong Kong and Josephine Law in Singapore are the key contacts.

Work Highlights

  • Sidley Austin assisted and represented EQT in its CMS licence application to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for its real estate business, EQT Exeter Asia Pacific Advisors.

Strengths

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