Yemi Tépé
About
Provided by Yemi Tépé
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.
Chambers Review
Global
Yemi Tépé has wide expertise across the region, acting on financings for both borrowers and lenders. She has particular expertise relating to Japan.
Yemi Tépé has wide expertise across the region, acting on financings for both borrowers and lenders. She has particular expertise relating to Japan.
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Yemi is an excellent lawyer. She is knowledgeable, practical, and creative in structuring practical solutions to keep transactions moving."
"She is creative in structuring and helps us preempt potential adverse situations by providing in-depth legal analysis and proposing adequate structures. She is a good manager leading a team of experienced and well-rounded counsel and associates."
"Yemi Tépé has long years of experience acting on financings and she is very wonderful in leading transactions from a commercial perspective."
"Yemi is an excellent lawyer. She is knowledgeable, practical, and creative in structuring practical solutions to keep transactions moving."
"She is creative in structuring and helps us preempt potential adverse situations by providing in-depth legal analysis and proposing adequate structures. She is a good manager leading a team of experienced and well-rounded counsel and associates."
"Yemi Tépé has long years of experience acting on financings and she is very wonderful in leading transactions from a commercial perspective."
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