Terence Foo
Clifford Chance LLPClifford Chance LLP’s China practice covers the gamut of private equity transactions, including LBOs, MBOs, take-privates, PIPEs, and pre-IPO and cornerstone investments. It is also home to specialists in growth capital and venture capital investments, as well as senior, mezzanine and high-yield financings. In Beijing, China private equity practice head Terence Foo has longstanding experience in advising private equity and sovereign wealth funds on their investments in China; Yufei Liao focuses on technology transactions; and Fang Bao‘s practice also encompasses private equity investments. Over in Shanghai, Kelly Gregory is a widely-respected M&A and private equity expert; and Yi Yang acts for multinational companies from the real estate, healthcare life sciences, consumer goods and automotive sectors.
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Key clients
- Carlyle Group
- CVC Asia Pacific
- TR Capital Management Company
- China Great Bay Area Fund Management Co
- PAG
- Tencent
- Partners Group
- CDPQ
- EQT
- L Catterton Asia
Work highlights
- Advised Weiyi Group on its RMB1bn buyout by L Catterton.
- Advised Tencent on its acquisition of a significant stake in Techland, a game studio in Poland.
- Advised an Asian sovereign wealth fund on its RMB1bn investment in Zhonglian Yungang Shuju Technology Co, by way of subscription of new Series B preferred shares of a Cayman holding company and the acquisition of Series B preferred shares from certain existing shareholders.
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Terence Foo