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Japan's Mizuho to buy M&A advisor Greenhill

Boutique investment bank Greenhill, arguably best known in private equity for advising on LP and GP-led secondary transactions, has agreed to an acquisition by Japan’s Mizuho Financial Group.

  • Advisory
  • 24 May 2023
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Jefferies hires Dennis Kwan to lead Asia secondaries advisory

Dennis Kwan, formerly of Chinese private equity firm Harvest Investments Management and placement agent MVision, has joined boutique investment bank Jefferies to lead secondaries coverage in Asia.

  • Advisory
  • 17 May 2023
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BDA recruits Asia secondaries specialist

BDA Partners, a global boutique investment bank that focuses on Asia, has entered the private capital advisory (PCA) space with the appointment of secondaries specialist Dominik Woessner.

  • Advisory
  • 08 May 2023
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Put a bow on it: India draws funds to GIFT City

India has created an onshore jurisdiction with offshore characteristics to lure country funds currently domiciled in Singapore and Mauritius. Does GIFT City have staying power?

  • South Asia
  • 26 April 2023
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Goodwin adds investment funds partner in Singapore

Goodwin Proctor has recruited Matthew Nortcliff as a partner in its investment funds practice in Singapore, adding headcount to an office that opened towards the end of last year.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 02 March 2023
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Allegro agrees take-private of Australian law firm

Allegro Funds has agreed to acquire Slater & Gordon, a Melbourne-headquartered law firm that trades on the Australian Securities Exchange, at a price that equates to a market capitalisation of around AUD 77.6m (USD 52.3m).

  • Australasia
  • 27 February 2023
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Alvarez & Marsal expands PE coverage in Australia

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) has appointed Timo Schmid as a managing director and head of its newly established private equity performance improvement practice in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Australasia
  • 06 February 2023
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Bain & Co appoints new Asia PE practice co-head

Bain & Company has named Sebastien Lamy, who has been with the firm for over 20 years and most recently focused on Asia infrastructure investment, as co-head of its regional private equity practice.

  • North Asia
  • 19 January 2023
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Labour shortages: Tales from north and south

Australia and Japan are facing extreme labour shortages. In the former, GPs can survive on policy support and emergency manoeuvres. In the latter, fundamental strategy shifts are a more immediate imperative

  • Australasia
  • 17 January 2023
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Allen & Overy adds fund formation partner in Shanghai

Allen & Overy has strengthened its Asia Pacific funds and asset management group with the appointment of Daisy Qi as a partner based in Shanghai.

  • People
  • 10 January 2023
Campbell Lutyens recruits Suvir Varma as Asia chairman

Suvir Varma, formerly head of Bain & Company’s financial investor practice in Asia Pacific, has been appointed chairman for Asia Pacific at placement agent Campbell Lutyens.

  • Advisory
  • 15 December 2022
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Q&A: Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s Patrick Reid

Patrick Reid, a UK-based managing director for alternatives distribution management at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, plots the future of themes around secondaries, longer holds, and hybrid approaches to PE

  • Secondaries
  • 30 November 2022
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LPs’ ESG checklists get ever more intricate – AVCJ Forum

LPs want more nuanced emissions measurement from their portfolio managers, the AVCJ ESG Forum heard.

  • LPs
  • 15 November 2022
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GP selection: Discriminating customers

Sizeable LPs are hardening their criteria for fund commitments in reaction to a tougher investing environment. But going with fewer, deeper relationships is an uphill climb

  • Australasia
  • 11 October 2022
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Q&A: Mayer Brown's Soumitro Mukerji

Soumitro Mukerji, a partner in the banking and finance practice at Mayer Brown in Singapore, explores potential drivers of increased fund finance activity in Asian private equity

  • Southeast Asia
  • 05 October 2022
ICI signals growing climate agenda in Asia PE

Initative Climat International (ICI), a private equity community dedicated to stemming global warming, has launched an Asia Pacific chapter, signalling a growing regional commitment to climate issues.

  • Greater China
  • 08 September 2022
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Ex-EQT partner wins funding for Asia ESG services platform

Tak Wai Chung, who until early last year was a Singapore-based partner at EQT, has secured funding for a pan-Asian platform that will provide software solutions to corporates that need to meet environment, social, and governance (ESG) requirements.

  • Southeast Asia
  • 08 August 2022
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Placement agents: Asian entries

Asia’s sparse placement agent scene is fleshing itself out despite macro headwinds, but the model is being revised to adapt to a changing market. This appears irreversible

  • Greater China
  • 22 June 2022
Clifford Chance poaches Asia funds partner from Kirkland

Clifford Chance has bolstered its Asia private funds offering with the recruitment of Liyong Xing, formerly a partner at Kirkland & Ellis.

  • People
  • 17 June 2022
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Emerging Asia start-ups: Governance revisited

Even a modest cooling off from tech investment euphoria experienced in the peak of the pandemic could reveal big cracks in Asian start-up markets. Diligence efforts are ramping up, but is it enough?

  • South Asia
  • 11 May 2022
Asia PE firms must get smart, integrated on due diligence - Bain & Co

GPs must take a more comprehensive and integrated approach to due diligence in Asia if they are to find ways of driving operational improvement in companies and justify lofty entry valuations amid mounting economic uncertainty, according to Bain & Company.

  • GPs
  • 31 March 2022
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Rede opens Hong Kong office, appoints Asia head

Placement agent and fundraising advisor Rede Partners has opened an office in Hong Kong and appointed Charles Wan, formerly of Atlantic Pacific Capital, as Asia head.

  • People
  • 09 March 2022
Blue Owl recruits Pak-Seng Lai from UBS

Blue Owl Capital, a US alternatives manager expanding its Hong Kong operations, has hired Pak-Seng Lai, a managing director at UBS, to head its Asia Pacific private wealth business.

  • Greater China
  • 19 February 2022
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US GP invests $30m in Australia's Protecht

US venture capital and private equity firm Arrowroot Capital has invested AUD 42m (USD 30m) in Australian enterprise risk management software and services provider Protecht Group.

  • Australasia
  • 16 February 2022
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