East Asia - Hong Kong

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Private equity

Clifford Chance

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Jointly led by Andrew Crook and Terence Foo, the practice at Clifford Chance handles a variety of issues, including PIPEs, take-privates, and mezzanine financings. The team is recognised for its leveraged financing expertise, in addition to its combined knowledge of venture and growth capital investments. Crook has broad experience in assisting financial investors across a broad range of sectors, including energy and resources, education, and healthcare. Promoted to partner in May 2023, Julie Fu utilises her vast expertise in private equity led joint ventures and M&A within greater China to advise a range of pharmaceutical companies and international funds. Bryan Koo maintains a diverse practice consisting of fundraisings, secondaries transactions and restructurings, often assisting Chinese PE funds and financial investors.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Provides a one-stop service, particularly useful in a large M&A transaction. The work quality of each team is definitely top-notch.'
  • 'Bryan Koo is very dedicated and committed on our transactions. He always provides very hands-on advice and support.'
  • 'Clifford Chance’s private equity platform leads the market, with partners who are among the most commercial I’ve worked with, backed by teams that are proactive, technically excellent, collaborative, and truly able to understand our needs. They navigate deals seamlessly, have top-notch and current deal experience, and fantastic sector-specific knowledge.'
  • 'Andrew Crook is our go-to for complex deals, committed to achieving the best outcome for us. He is probably one of the best PE lawyer in the market. Extremely commercial and solutions-oriented, and importantly, leads a great team that takes this approach as well.'
  • 'Bryan Koo is an extremely bright lawyer and is very responsive. He negotiates hard where necessary on key commercial points but always in a professional and graceful manner.'
  • 'Julie Fu is a rising star. We often need her perspective on PRC-specific nuances.'

Key clients

  • CVC
  • EQT
  • PAG
  • Carlyle
  • Partners Group
  • Navis Capital Partners
  • CDPQ
  • L Catterton Asia
  • Advantage Partners
  • Tencent

Work highlights

  • Advised CVC on its buyout of Xi'an Yikang Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd. The firm previously advised CVC on its initial strategic investment in Xi'an Yikang Pharmacy in 2021, and more recently on its acquisition of full control.
  • Advised EQT on its majority stake acquisition of Guardian Shanghai Hygiene Service Ltd.
  • Advised PAG on its acquisition of the majority stake in Shandong Fengxiang Co., Ltd. through an auction and on the subsequent mandatory general offers.

Lawyers

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Julie Fu

Julie Fu

Clifford Chance LLP

Julie Fu specialises in PE investments and M&A. She regularly advises private equity funds, multinational corporates and financial institutions on cross-border buyouts, minority investments, secondary investments, PIPE, disposals and joint ventures. Her industry experience includes consumer goods and retail, technology, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing and financial institutions.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrew Crook, Terence Foo

Other key lawyers

Bryan Koo, Winifred Chow, Petra Ho, Julie Fu

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