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Global Guide 2023

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas
F
Banking & Finance
4 Years Ranked
Banking & Finance
5 Years Ranked
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Provided by Yemi Tépé

Global

Practice Areas

• Acquisition + Leveraged Finance

• Capital Markets: Debt

• Fund Finance

• Private Equity

• Real Estate Finance

• Restructuring + Insolvency

Career

Yemi has over 21 years experience advising on the full spectrum of financings including domestic and cross-border acquisitions and leveraged finance, public-to-private takeovers, real estate finance, debt restructurings, margin loans, syndicated lending and subscription line financing. Her clients include banks, financial institutions, private equity sponsors, alternative financiers, and emerging growth, mid-cap, and large companies.

Her practice spans Asia, the United States, and Europe, with a particular focus on Singapore, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Sector Specialisations

• Banks and financial institutions

• Education

• Energy

• Private equity

• Real estate

• Technology and telecommunications

Representative Experience

• The Mezzanine Lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the US$1.5 billion acquisition of Shiseido’s personal care business.

• The Senior Lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the acquisition of TRY Group in Japan.

• Mezzanine lenders in an acquisition financing for Bain Capital Private Equity’s privatisation of Kirindo Holdings Co., Ltd., a Japanese pharmacy chain store operator listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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Banking & Finance: International - Singapore
2
Band 2

Yemi Tépé has wide expertise across the region, acting on financings for both borrowers and lenders. She has particular expertise relating to Japan.


Banking & Finance - Singapore
F
Foreign expert in Japan

Yemi Tépé has wide expertise across the region, acting on financings for both borrowers and lenders. She has particular expertise relating to Japan.


Banking & Finance - Japan
Japan expertise based abroad

Yemi Tépé is based in Singapore and offers extensive experience across a range of finance transactions, with notable recent activity acting on acquisition and leveraged financings on behalf of Japanese corporations.

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