

Asia-Pacific
Freshfields in Asia-Pacific
You will find us at the heart of Asia’s most complex deals and cutting-edge regulatory matters.
From helping on the first strategic foreign investment in Vietnam to setting up the Tokyo AIM market, from engineering a complex public takeover in Hong Kong to restructuring China’s telecoms industry, and from aiding pioneering investments in Myanmar to leading the largest IPO in southeast Asia, we are often involved in the region's most important and ground-breaking transactions.
We help our clients liaise with global antitrust and regulatory authorities, create innovative financing and banking structures, and navigate cross-border international arbitration, litigation and employment issues across the region.
Client successes
Advising SoftBank on its £24.4bn public bid for ARM, the largest overseas acquisition made by a Japanese company and the largest takeover of a British company by an Asia-based company.
Advising Tesco on the establishment of a joint venture with China Resources Enterprise, creating a leading Chinese retailer with over 3,000 stores; and the auction sale of its Korean retail business, Homeplus, to MBK Partners.
Advising ChemChina on its $1bn acquisition of KraussMaffei, a German plastics machinery manufacturer, from Onex, a Canadian private equity fund; and its $8bn bid for Pirelli, a major Italian manufacturer of vehicle tyres and other rubber products.
Advising Metro Group, one of the world's biggest retailers, on the €655m sale of its wholesale business Metro Cash & Carry Vietnam to Thailand-based TCC Holdings, one of the largest onshore non-energy M&A deals in Vietnam.
Advising Guotai Junan Securities on its $2.1bn global offering, the largest IPO to take place in Asia in 2017 to date.
Our team

Thomas Ng パートナー
Hong Kong

Robert Ashworth パートナー
Hong Kong

Teresa Ko パートナー
Hong Kong

Alan Wang パートナー
Shanghai, Beijing

Simon Weller パートナー
Singapore, Hong Kong

Calvin Lai パートナー
Hong Kong

Philip Li パートナー
Hong Kong

Edward Freeman パートナー
Hong Kong

Richard Wang パートナー
Hong Kong

Arun Balasubramanian パートナー
Hong Kong, Singapore

Tony Foster パートナー
Hanoi

Richard Bird パートナー
Hong Kong

John Choong パートナー
Hong Kong

Georgia Dawson Senior Partner
Singapore, London

Daniel French パートナー
Hong Kong

Grace Huang パートナー
Hong Kong

Tim Mak パートナー
Hong Kong

Richard Perks パートナー
Hong Kong, 東京オフィス

Nicholas Lingard パートナー
Singapore, 東京オフィス

Takeshi Nakao 東京オフィス代表パートナー
東京オフィス

Kaori Yamada パートナー
東京オフィス

Howie Farn パートナー
Hong Kong

David Yi パートナー
Shanghai

Sarah Su パートナー
Hong Kong

Joaquin Terceño パートナー
東京オフィス, Singapore

Philip Morgan パートナー
Singapore

Bui Thanh Tien パートナー
Ho Chi Minh City

Nigel Gleeson パートナー
Singapore

Xin Liu Partner
Hong Kong, Beijing

Matthew O'Callaghan パートナー
Hong Kong

Jochen Ellrott パートナー
東京オフィス

Bing Guan Partner
Hong Kong