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Investment Funds: Private Equity (International Firms) - China
What the Team is Known For
The investment funds practice at White & Case handles a range of closed-end fund formation mandates, including private equity, real estate and debt funds. The firm is experienced in advising Asia-Pacific-based funds and international clients investing in the region across a diverse range of sectors, including sovereign wealth funds. The firm draws on a wider global presence to further assist clients.
Strengths
For fund negotiation, they always came up with good ideas to provide a solid ground to get better results.
They are good at spotting issues, are business-oriented and have excellent negotiation skills.
Work Highlights
White & Case advised GDS, a developer and operator of data centres in China, on the formation of its Singapore-based fund management business and the establishment of its first closed-ended investment fund aimed at investing and acquiring in data centre projects in mainland China.
Notable practitioners
Anthony Wong actively represents sponsor-side clients establishing large-cap closed-end fund platforms, most notably in the real estate space. He also acts for sophisticated sovereign wealth funds.
He is experienced, business-oriented, responsive and client focused.
Anthony has great technical knowledge, commercial awareness and is a very nice person.
Ilan Wong is based in Hong Kong and is active on fund formation and capital raising mandates. She is also experienced in handling sponsor-side investment funds work.
She is business-oriented, efficient, responsive and client-focused.