Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP — Hong Kong

About

The firm: Weil is one of the leaders in the marketplace for sophisticated, global legal services. With approximately 1,200 lawyers across Asia, Europe, the US and the Middle East, the firm advises many of the world’s most successful organisations on complex, multi-jurisdictional corporate transactions as well as litigation and restructuring matters. Weil has one of the deepest benches of deal-making experience in Asia, led by top-ranked M&A and private equity lawyers and backed by an international finance practice. The firm’s lawyers are qualified in the US, HK, the PRC, New South Wales and the UK. Main areas of practice: Weil’s Asia practice focuses on corporate transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, leveraged and acquisition finance. It advises leading multinationals, private equity firms, hedge funds and financial institutions on transactions across the entire Asia-Pacific region. With its ‘one-firm’ approach, Weil’s Asia-based lawyers also work closely with lawyers from its other global offices to offer expertise on international tax, intellectual property, securities laws, restructuring and EU and US competition and regulatory matters. Mergers and acquisitions: As part of a global M&A practice that is consistently ranked among the top tier both internationally and in each key market, Weil’s M&A group in Asia has comprehensive experience in complex cross-border mergers and acquisitions matters. The firm advises multinational corporate clients, SOEs and regional corporate clients on their inbound and outbound transactional matters, including HK, PRC and US public and private acquisitions and dispositions, takeovers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, tender offers and public-to-private transactions. Private equity: Weil is a pioneer in private equity with experienced teams in the US, Europe and Asia representing first-tier private equity sponsors and investors on the full range of private equity matters. The firm’s private equity lawyers in Asia have extensive experience advising the leading global and Asia regional players in the international private equity arena on all types of private equity transactions, including buyouts, growth capital investments, PIPEs, public-to-private transactions, recapitalisations, financings and divestitures. Finance: Weil’s leading finance practices include premier global leveraged and acquisition lawyers and highly ranked capital markets and structured finance teams in Asia, Europe and the US. The firm’s finance team in Asia frequently represent sponsors, corporate clients and financial institutions on all aspects of complex cross-border debt financing matters, including leveraged and acquisition financing, syndicated loans, recapitalisations, restructurings and special situations lending. Restructuring: Weil invented much of what has become standard practice in the restructuring field. For more than 50 years, Weil has played a pivotal role in defining this field by offering creative, practical and thoughtful solutions for its clients. Weil’s global Restructuring group of more than 100 dedicated lawyers coordinate across the US, Europe and Asia to provide clients with tailored, seamless advice to complex cross-border restructurings. Our Asia team counsels clients across industries on a range of distressed situations; we bring extensive experience advising both debtors and creditors in relation to contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency matters in the Asia-Pacific region. ### Languages - English - Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin) ### Staffing Figures - 0 Number of Lawyers Worldwide

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Lawyers in this office

Chris Welty

Chris Welty is a partner in the Corporate Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Chris represents public and private companies, private equity sponsors, and financial advisors in connection with corporate and transactional matters, including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, leveraged and managed buyouts, going private transactions, growth investments, consortium transactions, exits and joint ventures. · Corporate

Graham Price

Graham Price is a counsel in Weil’s Banking & Finance practice and based in Hong Kong. Dually qualified in England & Wales and Hong Kong, Graham focuses on both finance and restructuring matters across the Asia-Pacific region. He represents private equity sponsors, private credit funds, major institutional lenders and asset managers on a wide range of finance transactions, including cross-border leveraged financings, restructurings, special situations, direct lending, margin loans, real estate finance and corporate facilities. · Banking & Finance

Henry Ong

Henry is a partner in the Corporate department. Based in the Firm’s Hong Kong office, Henry has a longstanding track record advising on the full range of complex cross-border and Hong Kong M&A transactions and corporate matters. · Corporate

Jie Yuan

Jie Yuan is counsel in Weil’s Corporate Department and is based in Hong Kong. Jie advises private equity sponsors, corporates and pension funds on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, including minority investments, growth equity investments and co-investments. · Private Equity

Kathleen Aka

Kathleen Aka (formerly Kathleen Berkeley) is a partner in the Restructuring Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. She has nearly 20 years of experience advising both debtors and creditors in relation to contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency matters in the Asia-Pacific region. · Restructuring

Minna Zhang

Minna Zhang is an associate in the Restructuring Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. She has experience advising on contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency-related matters, acting for a wide range of stakeholders including debtors, creditors and insolvency practitioners. Minna has been involved in corporate insolvencies and restructuring transactions in Australia and Hong Kong, and has worked on cross-border transactions involving the PRC, the US and the Cayman Islands. · Restructuring

Peng Yu

Partner · Private Equity

Sandy Lin

Sandy Lin is a partner in the Corporate Department of the Firm’s Hong Kong office. Sandy’s practice is focused on complex cross-border transactions in the Asia-Pacific region, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border joint ventures, emerging companies, venture capital financing, and energy project development. · Mergers And Acquisitions

Yujing Liu