Latham & Watkins LLP is widely recognised for its advice on complex inbound and outbound transactions across the investment cycle, including funds, acquisitions, financing, and disposals. Recent highlights include early and late-stage investments in technology, healthcare and e-commerce as well as infrastructure. Practice head, Simon Cooke, focuses on pan-Asia private equity, with particular experience in buyouts, bolt-on acquisitions, infrastructure, growth capital, pre-IPO investments and privatisations. Qiuning (Frank) Sun and Richard Watkins leverage international experience to handle multi-jurisdictional M&A and transactions, including buyouts, minority investments and structured quasi-equity investments. Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi, dual-qualified in the US and China, advises private equity firms, multinational corporations and Chinese enterprises on joint ventures, exits and growth equity investments.
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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
Lawyers
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Qiuning (Frank) Sun
Practice head
Simon Cooke
Other key lawyers
Qiuning (Frank) Sun; Richard Watkins; Zhonghua (Stephen) Shi