Linklaters' China practice covers the full life cycle of private equity matters, including acquisition financing, public M&A, restructurings, capital markets, antitrust, and foreign investment. The team also fields sector experts in real estate, energy, infrastructure, technology, and life sciences; and has notable experience in facilitating Middle Eastern private equity investments in China. In Hong Kong, Betty Yap has longstanding experience in advising private equity funds and other financial sponsors in buyout, growth capital and co-investment transactions, structured investments and exits, and cross-border M&A, divestments and joint ventures; and Xiaoxi Lin focuses on control buyouts, growth capital investments and public takeovers. Working across Shanghai and Hong Kong, John Xu handles cross-border M&A transactions into and out of China.
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Key clients

  • CBRE Investment Management
  • BlackRock
  • Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
  • KKR
  • Hillhouse
  • Qatar Investment Authority
  • Morgan Stanley

Work highlights

Advised CBRE on the sale of 40% of the equity interests in Suria KLCC to KLCC Property Holdings Berhad.
Advised BlackRock on its $860m acquisition of an approximately 30% stake in AirFirst Co, and its acquisition of a 49% stake in a Thai solar energy company.
Advised Qatar Investment Authority on its $200m investment in Hong Kong-listed Kingdee International Software Group Company.

Lawyers

Practice head

Betty Yap

Other key lawyers

Xiaoxi Lin; John Xu; Wuji Zhang; Christina Mao