Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton's private equity team in Beijing regularly acts for international and domestic private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds on high-end deals. Its mandates cover a range of investments, from LBOs to consortium deals, co-investments, minority investments, and pre-IPO investments. Focused on international M&A, private equity and foreign direct investment transactions, Denise Shiu leads the practice. Rejoining the firm during 2023 from Fangda Partners, Wei Fang advises Chinese companies and private equity firms on outbound investments, along with assisting private equity investors, hedge funds and multinational corporations on investments, financings, joint venture transactions, and pre-IPO investments.
Key clients
- Brookfield Asset Management
- DCP Capital
- Hillhouse
- L Catterton
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity
- Mubadala
- PAG Asia
- Silk Road Fund
- Temasek Holdings
- TPG
Work highlights
- Advised DCP Capital on a minority investment in the Chinese operations of Jamieson Wellness, as well as a PIPE investment in Jamieson Wellness.
- Advised Temasek on its strategic investment in HongKong-listed VIVA Biotech Holdings.
- Advising PAG on its joint investment, together with CITIC Capital, funds managed by Ares Management, ADIA, and Mubadala, of approximately $8.3bn for a 60% stake in Newland Commercial Management.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Denise Shiu