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Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference 2025 – Semi-Finalist Selections

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As part of Morrison Foerster’s long-term commitment to the startup and venture capital ecosystem and technology development in Asia, we are proud to be the Founding Sponsor once again in the Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference (ATEC) Startup Competition 2025, the largest university alumni club-led technology conference and startup competition in Asia.On September 19, MoFo private equity/M&A partner Xiaoxi Lin will be joining as a judge at the semi-finalist selection for “Track 4: Consumer Digital Experience.”A group of 38 start-ups will be interviewed by the selection committee and approximately 13 startups will move forward to the finals. The final competition will be held on December 5.The competition is founded by the Hong Kong and South China University and business school alumni clubs of Harvard, Columbia, MIT, and Stanford.<a href="https://www.atecstartup.org/competition.html" target="_blank">Read more about the competition</a>.<h4>Event Agenda:</h4>9:30am-10:00am – Registration10:00am-1:00pm – Semi-Finals (concurrent track)<ul><li>Track 1: Frontiers of Health & Human Enhancement</li><li>Track 2: AI-Powered Infrastructure & Industrial Intelligence</li></ul>1:00pm-2:00pm – Lunch Break 2:00pm-5:00pm – Semi-Finals (concurrent track)<ul><li>Track 3: Sustainable Systems & Climate Tech</li><li>Track 4: Consumer Digital Experience</li></ul>5:00pm-7:00pm – Networking Cocktail<hr>

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Xiaoxi Lin has over 15 years’ experience advising private equity and investment fund clients on their most complex and strategic transactions, including control and leveraged buyouts, growth capital investments and public takeovers.Xiaoxi is one of the most experienced practitioners in Asia in U.S. public transactions, including take privates, PIPE (private investment in public equity) and SPAC/de-SPAC transactions.He has significant experience advising both financial sponsors and corporations on M&A transactions, with a particular focus on the technology, consumer, healthcare and energy sectors, as well as inbound and outbound investments related to China and the U.S.Xiaoxi has advised a wide range of financial sponsors across the U.S. and Asia, including Advantage Partners, Bain, Baring Private Equity Asia (now EQT Private Capital Asia), Boyu Capital, Carlyle, Centurium Capital, China Everbright, CITIC Capital/Trustar Capital, C Capital, CPE, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), DCP, Evenstar Capital, Genesis Capital, GF Capital, GP Investments, Hammer Capital, Hillhouse, KKR, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Mubadala, Ocean Link, Orchid Asia, PAG, Snow Lake, Thomas H. Lee Partners, TPG and Warburg Pincus.Xiaoxi studied automation at Tsinghua University in Beijing, and actuarial science at the University of Hong Kong. He holds a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. He has also passed all three levels of the chartered financial analyst (CFA) exam. From 2017 to 2021, Xiaoxi was the principal author of the China chapter in The Private Equity Review, an annual publication by Lexology In-Depth (formerly The Law Reviews).Xiaoxi is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>The Carlyle Group, China International Trust Investment Corporation (CITIC) Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings in the US$2.08 billion acquisition of McDonald’s operations in mainland China and Hong Kong SAR and negotiation of a 20-year master franchise agreement, the largest McDonald’s franchise in the world.</li><li>An investor consortium, comprising Warburg Pincus Asia, General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte., Ocean Link Partners, and Jinbo Yao, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of 58.com, in the take-private of 58.com Inc., China’s largest online classifieds marketplace, at a valuation of approximately US$8.7 billion. This is the second-largest U.S. take-private in Asia to date.</li><li>The Special Committee of Qihoo 360 (NYSE: QIHU) in its US$9.3 billion going private transaction. This is the largest U.S. take-private in Asia to date.</li><li>The Special Committee of Nord Anglia (NYSE: NORD) in its US$4.3 billion going private transaction.</li><li>Plus, a provider of self-driving truck technology, in its proposed US$2.5 billion de-SPAC transaction and the related US$180 million PIPE financing from U.S. and Asian institutional investors.</li><li>BaiJiaYun in its reverse merger with NASDAQ-listed Fuwei Films (NASDAQ: FFHL).</li><li>Hillhouse, in various public and private investments in Asia and globally.</li><li>PAG in its US$200 million investment in Flash, a leading Southeast Asia logistics platform.</li><li>Sea Limited, a leading global consumer internet company, in the acquisition by its digital entertainment arm, Garena, of Phoenix Labs, an acclaimed independent games development company founded in Vancouver.</li><li>Consortium of Bain Capital and GIC in their acquisition of a minority interest in QuEST, a global engineering solutions provider.</li></ul>

林晓希律师在代表私募股权和投资基金客户处理其最复杂、最具战略性的交易方面拥有超过15年的丰富经验，其中包括控制权和杠杆收购、成长资本投资和上市公司并购。林律师是亚洲地区处理美国上市公司交易方面经验最丰富的律师之一，尤其擅长处理私有化交易、PIPE（私人投资公开股权）和SPAC/de-SPAC交易。林律师在代表金融投资者和企业处理并购交易方面拥有丰富的经验，尤其侧重于科技、消费、医疗保健和能源行业，以及与中国和美国相关的境内外投资。林律师曾代表美国和亚洲的多家金融投资者，包括Advantage Partners、贝恩资本、霸菱亚洲投资基金（现为殷拓亚洲私人资本）、博裕资本、凯雷、大钲资本、中国光大、中信资本/信宸资本、C资本、CPE源峰、加拿大养老金计划投资委员会（CPPIB）、德弘资本、Evenstar Capital、元生资本、广发资本、GP Investments、黑马资本、高瓴投资、KKR、马来西亚主权财富基金、穆巴达拉、鸥翎投资、兰馨亚洲、太盟投资集团、雪湖资本、THL基金、TPG和华平投资。林律师曾就读于北京清华大学自动化专业，毕业于香港大学精算专业，并拥有美国乔治城大学法学院的法律博士学位。他还通过了特许金融分析师（CFA）所有三个级别的考试。从2017年至2021年，林律师是《私募股权评论》中国章节的主要作者，该书是由Lexology In-Depth（原The Law Reviews）出版的年度刊物。林律师的英语、普通话、粤语和上海话均十分流利。<h4>具有代表性的交易</h4><ul><li>代表凯雷集团、中国国际信托投资公司和中信资本控股有限公司处理以20.8亿美元收购麦当劳在中国大陆和香港特别行政区的运营事宜，并就有关麦当劳全球最大特许经营权的20年期限《主特许经营协议》进行谈判。</li><li>代表由华平亚洲、General Atlantic Singapore Fund Pte.、鸥翎投资和58同城董事长兼首席执行官姚劲波组成的投资者财团处理以约87亿美元的估值对58同城进行私有化事宜。58同城是中国最大的在线分类信息网站。此次交易是迄今为止亚洲第二大美国私有化交易。</li><li>代表奇虎360（纽约证券交易所股票代码：QIHU）的特别委员会处理其93亿美元的私有化交易。此次交易是迄今为止亚洲最大的美国私有化交易。</li><li>代表诺德安达（纽约证券交易所股票代码：NORD）的特别委员会处理其43亿美元的私有化交易。</li><li>代表Plus处理其拟议进行的25亿美元de-SPAC交易，以及从美国和亚洲机构投资者获得1.8亿美元PIPE融资的事宜。Plus是一家自动驾驶卡车技术提供商。</li><li>代表百家云处理其与在纳斯达克证券交易所上市的富维薄膜公司（纳斯达克证券交易所股票代码：FFHL）进行的反向合并事宜。</li><li>代表高瓴投资处理其在亚洲和全球进行的各种公开和私人投资事宜。</li><li>代表太盟投资集团向Flash进行2亿美元投资的事宜。Flash是一家领先的东南亚物流平台。</li><li>代表冬海集团处理其数字娱乐公司Garena收购Phoenix Labs的事宜。冬海集团是一家领先的全球消费互联网公司。Phoenix Labs是一家总部位于温哥华的知名独立游戏开发公司。</li><li>代表贝恩资本和新加坡政府投资公司组成的财团处理收购全球工程解决方案提供商QuEST少数股权的事宜。</li></ul>

Asia Technology Entrepreneurship Conference 2025 – Semi-Finalist Selections

19 Sep 2025 9:30 AM - 7:00 PM HKT

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