Benita Yu and Chris McGaffin jointly lead the team at Slaughter and May, which is praised by clients for its 'incredible capacity to deliver'. Yu stands out due to her longstanding experience in assisting PRC state-owned enterprises, investment banks, and corporate clients, while McGaffin, who re-joined the team from the firm's London office, is a key name for bancassurance agreements and joint ventures. Lisa Chung is an expert in public and private M&A, often assisting Hong Kong listed companies, and Clara Choi is recommended for her deep knowledge of demergers and spin-offs. Ben Heron is noted for his knowledge of public takeovers and corporate governance issues, in addition to asset management matters.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Able to design innovative terms and conditions that comply with regulatory rules in cross-border M&A transactions, and communicate effectively with the SFC to obtain regulatory approval.’
‘Benita Yu excels in designing and formulating solutions, tailoring innovative strategies that comply with regulatory constraints according to commercial needs.’
Key clients
- AsiaInfo Security Technologies Co., Limited
- Bank of America
Work highlights
- Advising Sunshine Lake Pharma on the proposed privatisation by way of a merger by absorption of its subsidiary, YiChang HEC, and its listing on the HKEX of Sunshine Lake Pharma by way of a listing by introduction.
- Advised Swire group on multiple transactions, including Swire Beverages on its purchase of the entire equity interests in six of the beverage preparation and packaging subsidiaries of Coca-Cola Bottlers Manufacturing (CCBMH) in the Chinese Mainland as part of the restructuring of CCBMH; and its US$1.015 bn acquisition of the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Vietnam and Cambodia pursuant to the share purchase agreements with a subsidiary of Coca-Cola.