
Shaw Kwei seeks $800m for Asia fund
Shaw Kwei & Partners, a middle-market private equity firm that primarily focuses on the industrial, manufacturing and services sectors in Asia, is targeting $800 million for its fourth fund.
The launch comes three months after the GP agreed to sell YongLe Tape, China’s largest producer of PVC adhesive tape, to Avery Dennison for $190 million, with additional earn-outs of up to $55 million....
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