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 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
