Amy Beckingham > Latham & Watkins LLP > Hong Kong, Hong Kong > Lawyer Profile

The team at Latham & Watkins LLP has broad expertise spanning the technology, healthcare, and logistics sectors, frequently assisting private equity funds and investors with late stage investments. Additionally, the team exhibits deep expertise in consortia arrangements, management buyouts and accordion financings. Practice head Simon Cooke has deep expertise in a broad range of acquisitions, exits, and mergers. Leading the China practice, Frank Sun handles both in and out bound transactions within China, including joint ventures, venture capital investments, and series angel financings. Dividing her time between Hong Kong and Singapore, Amy Beckingham acts as the vice chair of the global corporate department.

The team at Latham & Watkins LLP is noted for its deep bench, exhibiting knowledge which spans the full gamut of corporate issues, the group assists a lucrative client base which notably includes Warburg Pincus Asia LLC, Tencent Holdings Limited, and Platinum Equity. The practice frequently handles M&A related matters concerning competitive auctions, carve-outs, and club deals. Simon Cooke heads the practice, and is known for his vast experience in advising on joint ventures, equity investments, and partial exits. Frank Sun handles both public and private M&A mandates, investments, and regularly advises buyer-led consortiums. Dividing her time between Hong Kong and Singapore, Amy Beckingham has significant expertise in public and private M&A as well as IPO exits.

Latham & Watkins LLP’s Vietnam practice, led by Hong Kong and Singapore-based Amy Beckingham alongside Sharon Lau based in Singapore, continues to assist major Vietnamese companies, financial institutions, private equity firms, and fintech startups. Global corporate vice chair Beckingham specialises in M&A, joint venture, and equity capital markets deals throughout Asia. She has considerable experience advising international investors in relation to their investments into Vietnam. Lau, a member of the firm’s global executive committee, regularly represents issuers and underwriters in connection with IPOs and securities offerings in Vietnam or with Vietnamese elements. She has recently led a team representing electric-vehicle producer VinFast in relation to its US IPO, the first Vietnamese company to publicly file for an IPO in the US.