Focused on the debtor side, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP‘s China banking and finance practice acts for private equity sponsors and corporate borrowers on financing products across the Asia-Pacific region. The team, which is particularly experienced in leveraged and acquisition financings, is jointly led from Hong Kong by Jacqueline Zheng, who is routinely mandated to advise on high-profile acquisition finance deals; and Manas Chandrashekar, whose track record includes acting for major sponsors and borrowers on international financing transactions. Debt finance specialist Sean Zhang in Shanghai handles cross-border leveraged, acquisition and real estate finance deals in the Greater China region.
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Key clients
- Bain Capital-controlled Bridge Data Centres
- JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific)
- EQT
- Bain Capital Private Equity
- Advent International
- Victory III Co
- PAG
- Platinum Equity
- Management Reports International
- Apax
- The Carlyle Group
- GL Capital
Work highlights
Advising Bain Capital-controlled Bridge Data Centres on the jumbo leveraged financing for its Malaysian hyperscale data centre assets.
Advising JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) (as financial adviser to offeror L’Occitane Groupe) on the debt financing aspects of the $1.9bn privatisation and delisting of L’Occitane International from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Advising EQT Partners Asia Pte on the $1.14bn syndicated debt financing and hedging for Houting UK’s recommended cash acquisition of the entire issued (and to-be-issued) ordinary share capital of Keywords Studios.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Manas Chandrashekar; Jacqueline Zheng
Other key lawyers
Sean Zhang; Karen Ho; Brandon Ovington; Dominic McNeil