Linklaters offers a deep bench of private equity specialists in Hong Kong and Greater China, with expertise spanning the gamut of relevant transactions including leveraged finance, public M&A, restructurings, and equity and debt capital markets. The group is renowned for its expertise in heavily regulated sectors, with energy and infrastructure, real estate, financial services and technology being particular strengths. Practice head Betty Yap has an established reputation in the China PE market, bringing extensive experience advising funds and sponsors in buyouts, divestments, joint ventures and structured investments and exits. She is supported by Xiaoxi Lin, who is one of the most experienced practitioners in Asia regarding take-private, PIPE and other transactions involving US public companies. A key contact in Shanghai is John Xu, someone instrumental to maintaining the firm’s unique portfolio of Chinese SOEs, financial institutions and other PE clients on the mainland.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Attention to detail, partner attention and good practical advice.’
‘Betty Yap continues to be sharp and provides high-quality legal services.’
Key clients
- An international private equity investor
- Macquarie Asset Management
Work highlights
- Advised an international private equity investor on its $320m convertible note investment and its further $300m convertible note investment in GDS Holdings, a China-based data centre business.
- Advised Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets' third Asia-focused infrastructure fund (MAIF3) as part of a consortium on its approximately $610m acquisition of a significant minority stake in Bersama Digital Infrastructure.