Yuval Tal
Yuval Tal is an international M&A and securities lawyer based in Proskauer's New York and Hong Kong offices with decades of experience in advising private equity and debt sponsors, funds, strategic acquirers, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices on public and private M&A (buy- and sell-side), joint-ventures, minority/majority investments, restructurings, exits and other corporate and transactional matters. Yuval has completed transactions in a wide range of industries from life sciences to insurance to sports and entertainment. Known for structuring first-in-kind, multi-jurisdictional deals, often involving multiple businesses, assets and operating components, Yuval’s clients consistently praise his ability to deliver pragmatic, original solutions that work for all sides. Yuval guides corporate clients and investors at all levels of the capital (including debt) stack and advises them through the full transaction life cycle, from initial and growth financings (equity and debt) to acquisitions, joint-ventures, exits, and IPOs, as well as on on-going operational matters.Core focus areasYuval co-heads the firm’s 75-lawyer strong cross-disciplinary Real Assets practice as well as the firm’s Hospitality, Gaming & Leisure practice. Yuval has experience with nearly every operating real estate asset class and type of agreement, whether single or multiple property, sales or combination of chains and brands, debt or equity financings, and venue-based entertainment and other assets that combine multiple businesses and components. Yuval also has many years of experience with technology transactions, with a growing number of those being AI-related. In this space Yuval has represented founders, corporates and investors of all kinds on venture and growth investments as well as joint-ventures and public and private exits. Yuval frequently acts as the “outside general counsel”, advising boards and executives on strategy and operational matters in connection with transformative actions or in the day-to-day.Cross-borderYuval has led transactions across six continents and leads the firm’s Asia practice, regularly addressing regulatory, currency, and governance issues in multi‑regime deals. Yuval has led many inbound and outbound transactions into and out of the U.S., Asia and Europe and has particular experience with transactions combining U.S. and Asian parties in long-term arrangements.Representative mattersM&A (including AI/Technology)Represented the shareholders of an AI company in its sale to a major U.S.-based multinational enterpriseAdvised MGG, a U.S.-based private credit fund, on its U.S.-based equity (minority, majority and buy-out) investments across numerous industriesAdvised Bow Wave, a U.S.-based fund focused on fintech on its various investments in the PRC, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, including on its investment into and subsequent partial exit from a Philippines-based Fintech mobile-wallet company valued at $5 billion (publicly reported)Advised a Hong Kong-based private equity fund on the investment into and subsequent restructuring of its management company with a third-party private equity fund investorAdvised growth-stage investors on minority and follow-on investments in generative and applied AI companiesReal Assets and Specialty Real Estate (Operating Real Estate)Multiple transactions for Accor S.A., including the $2.9 billion acquisition of the Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissôtel brands; acquisition of Tribe (Australia); long-term alliance with Huazhu (greater China); strategic partnership with Banyan Tree (Singapore); sale and long-term license arrangements concerning Accor Vacation Club (Australia and Asia); and a strategic agreement for the development of the Faena brand (all publicly reported).Acquisition of sbe and creation of Ennismore, a global hospitality lifestyle platform, followed by the sale of a 10.8% interest to a Middle East consortium, and subsequent minority stake sales to regional investors (publicly reported).Advising Dan Hotels, a leading Israeli-based hotel company, on the $125 million acquisition of the Nomo Soho hotel in Manhattan (publicly reported)Sale of Mexico-based Hoteles City Express to Marriott for $100 million (publicly reported).Sales and joint venture formations involving the Delano and Auberge brands; reorganization of the Sydell brand.Advised Formosa International Hotels on the sale and resulting joint venture with IHG regarding the Regent brand (publicly reported)Advised Mori Building, a leading Japanese real estate company, on its multi-step acquisition of a 16% stake in the One Vanderbilt office tower (publicly reported)Advised Galaxy Entertainment, one of the casino license holders in Macau, on license agreements with major hotel brandsAdvised The Recording Academy (The Grammys) on agreements to develop Grammy Museums in China (publicly reported)Structured a public-private financing for a Class A office development in Delhi, India; and advised a Japanese institutional investor on multiple hotel acquisitions in Bangkok.Prior experienceBefore rejoining Proskauer in 1999, Yuval practiced in Israel, representing Israeli and international clients in cross-border transactions involving Europe and the United States. He has advised major publicly traded Israeli companies and continues to represent Israeli clients on corporate, securities, M&A and Real Assets matters.
