Our Corporate/M&A team extends across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and all of our Australian centres, making our team one of the largest in the Asia Pacific region.
In Asia, we have over 20 years of experience advising multinationals and local companies encompassing public and private M&A transactions, public takeovers and mergers, private equity, restructurings and corporate governance and foreign investments.
Clients choose Mallesons for our depth of expertise across key industries including financial services, energy and resources, infrastructure, commercial property, insurance and telecommunications.
Recent transactions include acting for:
Asian Citrus Group in respect of its acquisition of Beihai BPG Food & Beverage Holdings Limited for a consideration of approximately HKD 2.04bn for cash and issue of new shares
Campbell Soup, the world's largest soup company on a joint venture with Swire Pacific, one of Hong Kong's leading listed companies, to develop the growing soup market in Mainland China
China Overseas Grand Oceans Group on its HKD 1.23bn acquisition of the 30% equity interest in Pan China Land Group
GE on its cooperation and proposed establishment of a 50:50 joint venture with China Southern Railways Qishuyan for the manufacturing and servicing of locomotive engine parts and power assemblies
Quality HealthCare (one of the leading healthcare services providers in Hong Kong) in respect of a very substantial disposal of its medical and health administrative servicing businesses for approximately HKD 1.5bn. The transaction involved issues around Hong Kong laws, Hong Kong Listing Rules and the Takeovers Code
China Overseas Grand Oceans Group on the acquisition of its share capital by China Overseas Land & Investment Limited, which was a listed SOE on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. We advised the client on all aspects of Hong Kong laws, Hong Kong Listing Rules and the Takeovers Code
A number of Hong Kong listed companies on all of their Hong Kong post IPO stock exchange matters and regional M&A and finance matters, such as UC Rusal Plc (the world's largest aluminium producer), SOHO China (a premium PRC property developer), Hidili Industry (one of the leading non-State owned coking coal producers) and Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited (the world’s number one laminate producer and largest printed circuit board manufacturer in China)
MetLife on the merging of its two joint ventures in China, Sino-US Metlife Insurance Co Ltd, located in Beijing, and United MetLife Insurance Company Limited, located in Shanghai
SOHO China on its acquisition of controlling stakes in a project company which holds land use rights in a plot of land in the Bund, Shanghai, for an initial consideration of RMB 2.25bn.