Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP — Hong Kong
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- Asia-Pacific - Chairman, Executive Committee: Alden Millard - Administrative Partners: Alexandra Kaplan, Jonathan Karen - Co-Heads of Asia Practice: Ian Ho, Adam Furber - Head of China Practice: Christopher Wong - Asia Pacific Offices: Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo International Offices: Boston, Brussels, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, São Paulo and Washington, DC ### Firm Overview Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is widely recognised as one of the preeminent law firms in the world. Named “Best Law Firm” in Asia at FinanceAsia’s 2021 Achievement Awards, the firm devotes to its clients the legal talent and skill of approximately 1,500 lawyers with a commitment to hard work, excellence and integrity. The firm has a strong track record in representing leading Asian and global companies, financial institutions and investment firms on significant and complex capital markets, banking and cross-border M&A transactions involving Greater China, Japan, South Korea, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and around the globe. The Asian investment funds team reflects the strength of the firm’s preeminent private funds practice globally. Through its Asia litigation practice group, the firm provides its Asia-based clients with a comprehensive offering of litigation services, including antitrust, IP, international arbitration, securities and government and internal investigation matters. The firm advises on Hong Kong local law in addition to US and English law. Many attorneys in Asia are native speakers of Mandarin Chinese, Japanese or Korean and have considerable transaction experience throughout the region. ### Main Areas of Practice - ■ Capital Markets - ■ M&A & Private Equity - ■ Banking & Credit - ■ Real Estate - ■ Investment Funds - ■ Litigation ### Capital Markets Simpson Thacher is a leader in capital markets transactions worldwide. With a uniquely balanced practice, representing both issuers and underwriters, the firm enjoys a premier standing in advising on IPOs and other equity capital markets transactions, as well as high yield debt, convertible debt and investment grade offerings. Clients rely on Simpson Thacher’s mastery of intricate deal structuring and its experience across the full spectrum of products and industries. The firm was named a "Capital Markets Practice Group of the Year" by Law360 in eight of the past nine years. ### M&A & Private Equity Simpson Thacher has been repeatedly recognized as one of the leading M&A practices in Asia with premier expertise and experience in a variety of public and private M&A transactions, including acquisitions, minority investments, mergers, take-private transactions, PIPEs, leveraged buy-outs, and joint ventures. Simpson Thacher is also the world’s leading legal advisor in the private equity sector. Since the earliest days of private equity, clients have sought Simpson Thacher’s advice across the spectrum of private equity activity and the firm continues to be the firm of choice for many of the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms. Simpson Thacher’s scale and depth give it insight into the needs of every participant in private equity transactions: private equity sponsors, senior bank lenders, subordinated and bridge lenders, management and financial investors and underwriters. The firm was named "M&A Practice Group of the Year" by Law360 in 2022 and has been named a "Private Equity Practice Group of the Year" by Law360 for twelve consecutive years. ### Banking & Credit Named “Banking and Finance Firm of the Year” in Asia at Law.com International’s 2023 Asia Legal Awards, Simpson Thacher counsels clients on their most sophisticated credit transactions and financial instruments at all levels of the corporate capital structure. The firm’s banking & credit practices focus on many areas of the bank and syndicated lending market, including: leveraged finance, acquisition finance, including bridge financing, investment grade finance, fund finance and project and energy finance. The team also excel in structuring and executing innovative and complex direct lending solutions. ### Real Estate Simpson Thacher’s real estate practice spans all areas of the real estate industry, including sophisticated real estate finance, sales and acquisitions, restructurings, real estate development, joint ventures, co-investments and partnerships. The firm’s synthesis of real estate experience with its leading corporate practices — M&A, capital markets, banking and restructuring — allows the firm to offer institutional real estate investors a single source of advice for their most complex real estate matters. ### Investment Funds Simpson Thacher has one of the world’s pre-eminent private funds practices. The practice is global in scope and covers funds with a wide variety of investment criteria, including buyout, hedge, real estate, energy/infrastructure, credit, secondary, growth, venture capital, fund-of-funds and other types of funds pursuing ‘alternative investment’ strategies. The team provides comprehensive advice to many of the world’s best-known institutional alternative asset managers, as well as smaller first-time funds and independent boutiques. The firm was named “Investment Funds Firm of the Year” by Law.com International’s Asia Legal Awards in 2022. ### Litigation Clients seek the advice of our Asia litigation practice for competition litigation, government and internal investigations, intellectual property litigation, international arbitration and securities litigation. The firm offers a substantial bench of talent, including many who are fluent in Chinese, Japanese or Korean, to resolve a wide array of legal issues. Clients rely on our ability to obtain successful, cost-effective outcomes, and appreciate our understanding of the interplay of economic, legal and cultural issues arising in litigation, arbitration and investigation matters.
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adam Furber
Co-Head of the Firm’s Asia Offices, Adam Furber leads the Firm’s Asia Investment Funds Practice. Specialises in private investment funds, an area in which the firm has a preeminent international presence. Advises clients in Asia with the organisation of buy-out, credit, growth and venture capital, distressed asset, real estate, pan-Asia, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea focused onshore and offshore funds. Represents private equity sponsors in connection with joint ventures and asset management M&A transactions. · Investment Funds
Alexandra Kaplan
Co-Head of Simpson Thacher’s Global Banking and Credit Practice and Co-Head of its Global Investment Banking Practice, Alexandra Kaplan represents investment and commercial banks, private credit funds and other financial institutions in connection with a wide variety of syndicated and direct lending transactions across multiple industries. Her practice focuses on complex corporate financings, including leveraged and investment grade facilities, acquisition finance, asset-based lending, bridge facilities, restructuring transactions and DIP and exit financings. · Banking and Credit
Christopher Wong
Christopher Wong is a Partner and Head of the China Practice at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. His practice area involves capital markets, public and private M&A, private equity and regulatory compliance. · Capital Markets
Daniel Fertig
Based in China, Partner Daniel Fertig focuses his practice on a mix of equity and debt securities offerings, as well as M&A transactions. His work on securities offerings includes U.S. registered offerings and Rule 144A and Regulation S offerings. The issuers he represents are based both in mainland China and in Taiwan. He also advises public companies on corporate governance and regulatory matters. · Capital Markets
Daniel Margulies
Head of Simpson Thacher’s Asia Restructuring Practice, Daniel is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Hong Kong office, focusing on restructuring and special situations matters. He has been based in the region for the duration of his career and has a deep experience advising debtor, creditor, financial institution, private equity and hedge fund clients across Asia on cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. His practice also includes representing sponsors on investments in special situations involving stressed or distressed companies. Daniel has written numerous articles on restructuring and related topics impacting Asia, he is also regular contributor to forums and events on this topic around the region. · Restructuring
Ian Ho
Co-Head of the Firm’s Asia Offices, Ian leads the Firm’s M&A practice in Asia (ex-PRC). Represents private equity firms, public and private companies and other clients on complex cross-border M&A transactions in the U.S. and throughout the Asia-Pacific Region, including Greater China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia (including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), Bangladesh, India, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand. Diverse practice encompasses acquisitions, divestitures, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures, and minority and strategic investments, among other corporate matters across a broad range of industries, including consumer, education, healthcare/pharma, industrials, infrastructure (including renewables and data centers), real estate, technology and fintech. Ian has represented clients such as Alibaba, Ant Group, Blackrock, Blackstone, KKR, Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia, PAG, Seatown, Silver Lake, Softbank, Stonepeak and Trendyol. · Mergers and Acquisitions
Jie Min
Jie Min is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Corporate Department, where she focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. She regularly advises corporate clients and private equity funds in connection with a variety of public and private M&A, leveraged buyouts, minority and strategic investments, and other corporate matters across a broad range of industries. · Mergers and Acquisitions
Jin Hyuk Park
Corporate Partner in firm's Hong Kong office. Experienced in mergers and acquisitions, including buyouts and minority investments and capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings for companies engaged in manufacturing, banking, insurance, telecom, power and energy. Has represented private equity and strategic clients in various acquisitions in China, Korea, Southeast Asia and the United States, other investment banking clients and blue chip companies in Asia in SEC-registered and non-registered offerings of equity and debt securities. · Mergers and Acquisitions
Joongwon Park
Joongwon Park is Counsel in the Corporate Department at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s Hong Kong office. He started his career in the Firm’s New York office and relocated to Hong Kong, after also having spent several years in Seoul. He has extensive capital markets and mergers and acquisitions experience across a broad scope of industries and geographies. His capital markets experience includes representing issuers and investment banks on registered and unregistered debt and equity securities offerings such as IPOs, Rule 144A/Regulation S offerings and private placements. His experience in mergers and acquisitions includes complex buyouts and minority investments, representing private equity and strategic clients in various acquisitions and investments in China, Korea, Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. · Capital Markets
Michael Ceulen
Michael Ceulen is a Partner of the Firm’s Private Funds Practice. He specializes in the organization, structuring and operation of global private equity funds, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. Having worked in both Simpson Thacher’s New York and London offices before relocating to the Hong Kong office in 2014, Michael is able to offer clients an international perspective. He has extensive experience advising on fundraisings across numerous asset classes, including buyout, growth, real estate, infrastructure, and credit. In addition to traditional private equity fundraising initiatives, Michael regularly advises sponsors with respect to customized fund arrangements, separately managed accounts, co-investment vehicles, and carry plans and other internal arrangements, as well as regulatory compliance and fund-related aspects of M&A and financing transactions. · Investment Funds
William Son
William Son is a Corporate Associate in the Firm’s Hong Kong office. He has focused on M&A and capital markets transactions. He has represented major financial institutions and corporate clients in a broad range of financing transactions, including leveraged and investment-grade acquisition financings, asset-based financings and debt restructurings. · Corporate