Covering fund formations and related fund transactions, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong's Hong Kong-based team advises on funds across a range of asset classes, including private equity, real estate and credit, along with infrastructure, energy, technology and venture funds. It also assists with separately-managed accounts and other alternative investment products. Asia investment funds practice head Adam Furber regularly works on significant fund transactions in Asia; and Asia-Pacific region-focused Michael Ceulen is an expert in structuring global private equity funds.
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Key clients

  • Advantage Partners
  • Affinity Equity Partners
  • Alibaba Group
  • Apax
  • Ant Group Co
  • Aspirant Group
  • Blackstone
  • Brummer & Partners
  • Carlyle
  • CLSA Capital

Work highlights

  • Advised CVC Capital Partners on the formation and raising of CVC’s sixth Asia-focused private equity fund (CVC Asia VI), which raised $6.8bn.
  • Advised Stonepeak Partners on the establishment of its first pan-Asia infrastructure fund, Stonepeak Asia Infrastructure Fund.
  • Advised PAG Real Assets, the real assets business of Asia Pacific-based alternative investment manager PAG, on the formation and fundraising of PAG Real Estate Partners III.

Lawyers

Practice head

Adam Furber; Michael Ceulen

Other key lawyers

Jingyi Wang; Xue Zhang