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Corporate/M&A: The Elite (International Firms) - China

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What the Team is Known For

Slaughter and May houses a stellar bench of corporate lawyers with an established reputation for public M&A. The team demonstrates sophisticated capabilities in representing an impressive clientele, spanning Hong Kong and PRC corporates and multinational companies. It is active for clients across the TMT, financial services, logistics, energy and insurance sectors. The firm includesINEOS, Swire Beverages and Alibaba among its key clients.

Work Highlights

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  • Slaughter and May advised MTR on the acquisition of a further interest in Octopus.

Strengths

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"The team is familiar with the habits of customers in Mainland China and provides excellent customer service and fast feedback."

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"They consistently provide indispensable and commercial advice. Many deals we work on involve complex legal structures and require a deep dive into legal issues, often to very tight timelines."

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Notable Practitioners

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Benita Yu
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Benita Yu's broad transactional expertise spans acquisitions, joint ventures and privatisations. She is admitted to practice in England & Wales as well as Hong Kong, and is frequently mandated by clients from the financial services sectors. She is also well versed in handling IPOs.

"Benita is certainly the number one go-to, a guru for complicated situations. Her sense of commercial reasoning and the will to facilitate the deal to a successful closing via novel structures sets her apart in the market."

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Lisa Chung
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Band 3

Lisa Chung attracts attention for her dual capital markets and corporate expertise, and continues to act on public and private M&A transactions as well as share disposals. She has a notable sector specialism in real estate.

"Lisa's legal technical knowledge is extremely strong. She is also highly attentive to details and provides clients with thorough and comprehensive risk analysis."

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Benita Yu
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