Simon Cooke

Practice Areas

Simon Cooke, a leading private equity lawyer in Asia, specializes in public and private M&A and corporate finance with a focus on pan-Asia private equity transactions.

Simon regularly advises Asian and international private equity clients, their portfolio companies, and strategics on transactions across the Asia Pacific region, including in India, Korea, Japan, Greater China, and Southeast Asia. Resident in Hong Kong since 2009, he draws on his extensive regional experience to help clients successfully execute a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including:

- Buyouts

- Bolt-on acquisitions

- Infrastructure

- Growth capital

- Pre-IPO investments

- PIPEs

- Privatizations

- Other private equity transactions

He also advises clients on general private and public company and cross-border M&A and corporate finance transactions.

With a commercial sensibility and pragmatic approach, Simon leverages an impressive track record of helping clients achieve their strategic objectives.