Corporate/M&A

Slaughter and May has a sophisticated Greater China M&A practice based out of its Hong Kong offices. The firm is instructed by a loyal portfolio of significant clients across the region on inbound and outbound mandates and provides a pan-Asia service by working with 'best friends' in the region. The firm is especially well known for its work advising clients on M&A in the financial services, insurance, TMT, energy and infrastructure sectors, and also offers experience in dealing with India-related deals from London.

"The firm's strengths are its thoughtfulness and experience in dealing with complicated M&A structures and navigating between rules and regulations across jurisdictions."

Slaughter and May advised Swire Beverages on its purchase of the entire equity interest in six of the beverage preparation and packaging subsidiaries of Coca-Cola Bottlers Manufacturing, located in Mainland China, as well as its acquisition of the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Benita Yu is senior partner and head of the Hong Kong practice.