Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hong Kong continues to excel in both Chinese and Japanese fund formation and other alternative investment products and strategies. The Asia private funds team leverages extensive experience in a broad variety of fund types, including private equity, real estate, credit, infrastructure, energy and technology. Adam Furber acts for funds in a wide array of asset classes, from buyout, growth and venture capital to credit, special situations and debt. With experience in both the firm’s London and New York offices, Michael Ceulen is well-placed to advise global private equity funds and leads the team alongside Furber.
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Key clients
- Advantage Partners
- Affinity Equity Partners
- Alibaba
- Apax
- Ant Group Co.
- Aspirant Group
- Blackstone
- Brummer & Partners
- CapSquare Asia Partners
- Carlyle
- Celadon Partners
- China Logistics Properties
Work highlights
Represented CVC Capital Partners in connection with the formation and raising of CVC’s sixth Asia-focused private equity fund (“CVC Asia VI”), which raised US$6.8 billion.
Represented PAG Real Assets in connection with the formation and fundraising of SCREP VIII, its flagship opportunistic real estate fund.
Representation of Stonepeak Partners in the establishment of its first pan-Asia infrastructure fund,Stonepeak Asia Infrastructure Fund LP.
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Practice head
Adam Furber; Michael Ceulen