Hong Kong-based PE veteran Simon Cooke leads the team at Latham & Watkins LLP. With a special focus on early to late-stage investments in emerging healthcare, technology, and e-commerce companies, the team acts for various prominent PE investors, handling bolt-on acquisitions, PIPEs, privatisations, and various other inbound and outbound transactions. Qiuning (Frank) Sun is best known for his multijurisdictional capabilities, and Richard Watkins is experienced across various PE deal types.
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Key clients
- Warburg Pincus
- Carlyle
- Trustar Capital Partners Limited
- EQT
- Partner Group
- TPG
- Starwood Capital Group
- Sixth Street Partners
- SSW Partners
- 65 Equity Partners US Investment
Practice head
Simon Cooke
Other key lawyers
Qiuning (Frank) Sun; Richard Watkins