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Morrison & Foerster has been named Law Firm of the Year, Singapore by The Legal 500 in its inaugural Southeast Asia Law Awards for 2020 and 2021.

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Morrison & Foerster has been named Law Firm of the Year, Singapore by The Legal 500 in its inaugural Southeast Asia Law Awards for 2020 and 2021.Shirin Tang, Managing Partner of Morrison & Foerster in Singapore commented, “We are thrilled to receive this recognition from The Legal 500 for our notable achievements over the past two years. These include the quality and ground-breaking nature of our work, our impressive strategic growth, and our excellence in client service across all of our practices in Singapore, frequently working in collaboration with our offices across Asia and worldwide. This award will be incredibly uplifting for everyone in our Singapore office, all of whom have shown extraordinary resilience and commitment to excellence over these last two, truly challenging, years.”As noted in the 2021 edition of The Legal 500 and other leading legal directories, Morrison & Foerster Singapore has been recognized for having:<ul><li>One of the most deeply experienced and established disputes, compliance and investigations practices amongst the international firms in Singapore that stands out for its local insights, as well as its Japan-related experience.  </li><li>Impressive handling of headline corporate transactions, including merger & acquisitions, joint ventures, fund formation, and restructuring. </li><li>Unparalleled depth of experience in warranty and indemnity insurance in M&A transactions in Asia involving both contentious and non-contentious issues. </li><li>Wide experience across the region in acquisitions and leveraged, private equity, real estate, and project financing, with a particular niche in subscription line financing, acting for both borrowers and lenders, including corporates, private equity houses, and global banks. </li><li>An exceptional TMT team that blends expertise from around the globe in a unique Asia package in TMT-related M&A transactions, venture capital investments, and technology-driven innovations in the fintech space.  </li></ul>Morrison & Foerster Singapore has also been recognized by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021, for being “prominent in the Singapore market, with an especially strong roster of clients in the financial services, technology and real estate sectors” and for its “prowess in handling high-end and cross-border transactions and disputes and its leading local and international expertise across multiple practice areas.”View a <a href="https://www.legal500.com/events/the-legal-500-awards-southeast-asia/" target="_blank">full list of the winners</a> for The Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards 2020 and 2021, or learn more about our Singapore capabilities, below.<iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/ygsYjTWdnbg?rel=0" title="Video: MoFo in Singapore" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="1" title="iframe"></iframe>

The Legal 500 Names MoFo 2021 Singapore Law Firm of the Year

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Lip Kian represents international funds, multinational corporations, and financial institutions in large cross-border private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and fund transactions.Aside from corporate transactional work, he regularly counsels clients on general corporate, regulatory and compliance, shareholder and investor relations, and employment matters. His work spans a wide range of industries including real estate, technology, innovative businesses, and fast moving consumer goods.Clients commend Lip Kian for being “excellent in terms of client service and work quality”, his “consistently good judgment, technical skill and thoroughness”, as well as his ability to “explain difficult concepts or issues with clarity” in providing advice that is “incisive and balanced, considering not just the legal aspects, but also the commercial and operational practicalities.”Lip Kian maintains an active pro bono practice, with particular interest in the areas of sustainability and education. He is also a member of our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) steering committee. <h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the $5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li></ul><ul><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in the formation of RMB 4.5 billion (approximately US$675 million) GLP China Value-Add Venture III with a group of leading international and domestic institutional investors to invest in GLP Park Lingang in Shanghai, the biggest and most advanced port-based logistics park in China.</li></ul><ul><li>GLP Pte. Ltd., the leading global provider of modern logistics facilities and technology-led solutions, on the establishment of a US$2 billion fund in China.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$11.64 billion privatization, reported to be the largest-ever private equity buyout of an Asian company by enterprise value (ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year (Premium); The Asia Legal Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia; 2017 Global PERE Awards: Deal of the Year, Asia; Finance Asia's 2017 Deal of the Year and Best Leveraged Finance Deal).</li><li>IndoSpace, India's largest developer of modern industrial and logistics real estate, on the formation of IndoSpace Core, its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which will focus on acquiring and developing modern logistics facilities in India.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$2.5 billion landmark agreement with a group of strategic partners including a large Chinese insurance company; Bank of China Group Investment Limited; and HOPU Funds.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$1.1 billion partnership, GLP Brazil Income Partners II, with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and a leading North American institutional investor.</li><li>Beam Mobility Holdings Pte. Ltd., the leading micromobility company in the Asia Pacific, in its US$26 million Series A financing from Sequoia Capital India, Hana Ventures and other investors.</li></ul>

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Jason R. Nelms is a corporate partner based in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore office. He focuses on advising Asia-based and U.S. sponsors and investors in the structuring, formation, and offering of private investment funds, including private equity funds, real estate funds, hedge funds, co-investment vehicles, and other alternative investment products.Mr. Nelms also advises fund sponsors regarding management company structuring, carried interest plans, shareholders’ agreements, and related internal governance matters, and has counseled investment firms and their principals in the purchase and sale of significant minority interests in asset management businesses.Mr. Nelms has more than 18 years of experience in both Asia and the U.S. Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, he worked in the Hong Kong and New York offices of other leading U.S. law firms.<h4>Representative Transactions</h4><ul><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the $5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio development within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. on the establishment of GLP Japan Development Partners IV (JDP IV), which will have US$9.1 billion in assets under management when fully deployed, one of the largest-ever Japan-focused private real estate funds. </li><li>Intudo Ventures, a venture capital firm in Indonesia, on the closing of its third fund, Intudo Ventures III, LP, valued at US$115 million, targeted to invest in early-stage start-ups in Indonesia.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd., the leading global provider of modern logistics facilities and technology-led solutions, on the establishment of a US$5.6 billion Japan-focused logistics private real estate fund.</li><li>IndoSpace in the formation of IndoSpace Logistics Parks III, its US$580 million India-focused industrial real estate fund.</li><li>A leading American multinational technology company in connection with the formation of a US$300 million fund focused on renewable energy projects in China.</li><li>EverStream, a global renewable energy investment firm, in connection with multiple funds established to make renewable energy investments in Japan.</li><li>A leading Japanese multinational holding conglomerate in connection with its investments in various venture capital funds.</li><li>IndoSpace on the formation of IndoSpace Core, its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board which will focus on acquiring and developing modern logistics facilities in India. </li><li>A Japan-based sponsor in the establishment of a US$475 million renewable energy fund.</li><li>A leading UK-based real estate fund manager in the establishment of a US$160 million Japan-focused residential real estate fund focused on residential properties. </li><li>Rocana in the formation of a Cayman-domiciled venture capital fund and a Delaware-domiciled parallel fund with a targeted fund size of US$25 million in order to invest in consumer-focused brands. </li><li>Intudo Ventures, an Indonesia-only venture capital fund manager, in connection with the formation of US$20 million Intudo Ventures I, LP.</li><li>Intudo Ventures, an Indonesia-only venture capital fund manager, in connection with the formation of US$50 million Intudo Ventures II, LP.</li><li>A Singapore-based sponsor in the establishment of a US$500 million Japan-focused real estate fund focused on office properties. </li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in the establishment of GLP Japan Development Venture II, a 50:50 joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board which is expected to reach US$2 billion over three years. </li><li>GREE, Inc. in the formation of a venture capital fund focused on virtual reality-related technologies. </li><li>Formation and offering of a US$1 billion China‐focused private equity fund sponsored by a newly‐formed Hong Kong‐based manager.</li><li>An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with anchor investment in a US$1 billion (target size) private equity fund sponsored by a leading Chinese investment bank. </li><li>Formation and offering of a US$500 million China‐focused private equity fund sponsored by a leading Chinese investment bank.</li><li>Multiple investment advisers in connection with new investment adviser registrations and relevant exemptions to registration under the U.S. Investment Advisers Act.</li><li>Formation and offering of two US$500 million (target fund size) private equity funds (a Pan‐Asia fund and a Japan‐focused fund) sponsored by a leading Hong Kong‐based manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$440 million Pan‐Asia real estate fund sponsored by a leading Singapore‑based manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$500 million real estate‐focused managed account vehicle sponsored by a leading Singapore‐based manager for investment by a U.S. state pension investor.</li><li>A Singapore‐based sponsor and an anchor investor in connection with formation of a US$2 billion hedge fund.</li><li>An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with investment in a US$6 billion (target size) Asia‐focused private equity fund sponsored by a leading U.S.‐based manager.</li><li>An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with investment in a US$8 billion (target size) North America‐focused private equity fund sponsored by a leading U.S.‐based manager.</li><li>An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with investment in a US$6.25 billion private equity fund sponsored by a U.S.‐based manager.</li><li>Represented An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with investment in a US$200 million private equity fund sponsored by a Japan‐based manager.</li><li>An Asian sovereign wealth fund in connection with investment in a US$1.5 billion (target size) private equity fund sponsored by a U.S.‐based manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$1.6 billion healthcare‐focused mezzanine fund sponsored by a leading U.S. private fund manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$250 million real estate private equity fund sponsored by a leading U.S. private fund manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$200 million biotech‐focused venture capital fund sponsored by a leading U.S.‑based, biotech‐focused private fund manager.</li><li>LP representation of an anchor investor in connection with the formation of a US$1 billion life insurance company‑focused investment fund.</li><li>A purchaser in connection with multiple LP secondary transactions.</li><li>Formation and offering of four venture capital funds managed by a leading venture capital fund‐of‐funds manager.</li><li>LP representation of European sovereign wealth fund in connection with a US$1.5 billion investment in fund of-one private equity fund-of-funds.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$150 million direct loan fund and related managed account vehicles sponsored by newly established U.S.‐based private fund manager.</li><li>Formation and ongoing maintenance of a Latin America‐focused hedge fund sponsored by an emerging leading markets‐focused hedge fund manager.</li><li>LP representation of a large ERISA investor in connection with several fund‐of‐one, managed account, and pooled investment vehicle investments.</li><li>Ongoing maintenance of a US$1.1 billion hedge fund sponsored by a leading biotech‐focused private fund manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of seven venture capital funds managed by a leading U.S.‐based venture capital fund manager.</li><li>LP representation of a U.S. state pension investor in connection with a US$180 million anchor investment in liquid debt fund.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$60 million early‐stage venture capital fund sponsored by a leading early‐stage venture capital manager.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$20 billion flagship private equity fund sponsored by a leading U.S.-based investment bank.</li><li>Formation and offering of a US$1.8 billion private equity fund focused on minority investments in third-party hedge fund management companies, sponsored by leading U.S.-based investment bank, and marketed primarily to sovereign investors.</li><li>Ongoing maintenance of flagship hedge fund with AUM of US$12 billion and sponsored by a leading U.S.‑based investment bank.</li><li>Formation, offering, and ongoing maintenance of a US$5 billion hybrid global real estate fund sponsored by a leading U.S.-based investment bank.</li><li>Formation and offering of investment vehicles in connection with management by a leading U.S.-based investment bank of equity portfolios for U.S. state and municipal pension funds.</li><li>Negotiation of exclusive placement agreements and related formation and offering of private equity “access funds,” sponsored and/or managed by a leading U.S.-based investment bank to facilitate indirect investments in third-party private equity funds.</li><li>Formation, offering, ongoing maintenance, restructuring, and/or winding-up of numerous funds managed by a leading U.S.-based fund-of-funds manager with AUM of US$17 billion.</li><li>Formation, offering, and ongoing maintenance of private equity and hedge funds sponsored by a Brazil-based investment manager focused on real estate, agricultural, and debt opportunities with AUM of US$1.8 billion.</li><li>Sale of minority stake in Brazil-based hedge fund manager.</li><li>Sale of minority stake in U.S.-based private equity fund manager.</li><li>US$35 billion sale of client Burlington Resources to ConocoPhillips.</li><li>US$86 billion merger of client BellSouth Corporation with AT&T Inc.</li></ul>

Jason R. Nelms

Dan Levison is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Singapore office, where he heads its Litigation Department and leads the firm’s Ethics and Compliance regional practice in Asia. Dan counsels clients regarding compliance matters and conducts internal investigations and compliance reviews across the Asia-Pacific region, where he has over 23 years of experience. His practice has included work in many countries in Southeast Asia and beyond, including Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore, as well as India, Nepal, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, and China.Clients say that Dan is “a highly skilled lawyer who specializes in managing large, complex internal investigations” and “very thoughtful and thorough, and extremely focused on giving high-quality advice across a broad range of issues.” Clients rely on his experience with highly sensitive and complex cross‑border matters, which have included fraud and corruption, cartel, and other competition matters, anti-money laundering, economic sanctions and export control, privacy and data security, and regulatory and product safety investigations. In addition, he assists clients with pre‑acquisition and third-party compliance due diligence and developing, reviewing, and implementing compliance policies, procedures, and training programs.Dan also focuses on complex commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with particular emphasis on the resolution of multi-jurisdictional disputes and has developed particular expertise regarding cross‑border electronic discovery matters. He has counselled clients in a range of matters involving contract disputes, business torts, antitrust, product liability, intellectual property, and other issues. Dan has represented clients in a variety of industries, including electronics and manufacturing, software, consulting and professional services, consumer goods, electronic commerce, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, sports and entertainment, transportation, construction and real estate, hospitality, insurance, and banking and financial services, among others. Dan is also a member of the firm’s COVID‑19 Task Force.Before moving to Singapore, Dan spent more than 12 years in MoFo’s Tokyo office, and clients continue to rely on him for his Japan-related expertise, for which he has been recognized by Chambers Global 2020, 2021, and 2022.Dan has been listed by Chambers Asia-Pacific every year for the last six years as a top practitioner (Band 1) in his field for Corporate Investigations/Anti-corruption. He is recognized as a leading individual for white-collar crime by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific from 2021 - 2023. Dan has also been recommended as a global leader in Investigations in Singapore by Who’s Who Legal/Global Investigations Review every year since 2019.Dan is also a sought–after speaker and thought leader on anti–corruption, investigations, and compliance‑related topics.In addition to his practice, Dan serves on the firm’s Board of Directors and on its Diversity Strategy Committee, and plays a leadership role in some of the firm’s global diversity initiatives, notably, as a member of the Board of Directors of the firm’s pro bono client, Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network, and he has been highly commended by Chambers for an Asia-Pacific Diversity & Inclusion Award 2020.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>A multinational company in connection with an internal investigation into allegations of bribery in Indonesia.</li><li>A real estate investment trust in relation to a compliance risk assessment concerning a joint venture in India. </li><li>A U.S.-based company in an investigation into corruption and procurement–related irregularities in India. </li><li>A global technology company in relation to an investigation into allegations of conflicts of interest and accounting irregularities by local management in Southeast Asia.</li><li>Several Asia-based employees of financial institutions in internal and government corruption and money laundering investigations. </li><li>U.S.-based medical device manufacturer in investigation into allegations of bribery and fraud in Japan.</li><li>A multinational pharmaceutical company in investigations into allegations of irregularities in the conduct of clinical trials in Japan.</li><li>A U.S.-based company with respect to several Japan Fair Trade Commission investigations.</li><li>Providing a global financial institution with anti-corruption counselling with respect to its global private equity and venture capital investments.</li><li>Conducted pre-investment and pre-acquisition anti-corruption and compliance due diligence for U.S., Europe, and Asia-based multinational companies in numerous transactions across the Asia‑Pacific region and beyond. </li></ul>

Daniel P. Levison

Eric is a highly accomplished practitioner with more than 25 years of experience in guiding clients through all stages of the real estate investment cycle, including fund formation and restructuring, real estate financing, strategic M&A, private equity and multi-investor club deals, development, dispositions, and exits.He has represented companies in all major real estate asset classes – particularly hotel/resort and industrial properties – worldwide, including the United States, Japan, China, India, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Brazil, and Hong Kong.Eric serves as a firm-wide Managing Partner, Asia Managing Partner, and heads MoFo’s market-leading Asia Real Estate practice.He spent 10 years in Morrison Foerster’s Tokyo office where he was consistently recognized as one of the leading U.S. real estate attorneys in Japan by Chambers Asia Pacific and an elite “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Eric was also recognized in the 2018 edition of Chambers Global for his work in Singapore and Japan for Investment Funds. He has also been recognized for Real Estate law in Singapore by Best Lawyers since 2009.Eric inspires confidence and loyalty in his clients who describe him as “a top-level lawyer” who is “very strong,” “intelligent and able to absorb a great deal of information quickly.”  “He’s a great resource – I can call him at any time and he’s got all the knowledge.”Eric lived in Japan for 15 years and is proficient in spoken and written Japanese.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$11.64 billion privatization, the largest-ever private equity buyout of an Asian company by enterprise value. (ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year (Premium); The Asia Legal Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia 2017 Global PERE Awards: Deal of the Year, Asia; FinanceAsia’s 2017 Deal of the Year and Best Leveraged Finance Deal).</li><li>IndoSpace on the formation of IndoSpace Core, its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board that will focus on acquiring and developing logistics facilities in India.</li><li>GLP on the acquisition of a US$4.55 billion U.S. logistics portfolio from Industrial Income Trust making it the second-largest logistics property owner and operator in the United States within a year of market entry.</li><li>GLP on the establishment of CLF II, US$7 billion infrastructure fund, the largest logistics infrastructure fund based in China. CLF II is more than double the size of US$3 billion CLF I, the world’s largest China-focused logistics fund to date in 2014. We also represented GLP in the formation of CLF I.</li><li>Host Hotels & Resorts in connection with its hotel acquisition and development work in Asia, including projects in India and Australia.</li><li>ING Real Estate Investment Management in connection with its assumption of management and control of New City Corporation’s US$772,000,000 pan-Asia real estate fund (Japan, China, and Korea).</li></ul>

Eric J. Piesner

Managing Partner, Asia

Shirin Tang has over 21 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions across Asia and the U.S. She handles complex and innovative transactions, including capital raising platforms, joint ventures and club deals, portfolio restructuring, and exits. Her practice spans the institutional real estate (including data centers), technology/e-commerce, life sciences, and consumer sectors. Over the past year, Shirin has advised clients on complex and innovative transactions worth over US$30 billion in aggregate, spanning South and Southeast Asia, Japan, China, and Latin America.Shirin is highly praised by clients as “a stand out attorney”, ”a highly skilled and accomplished M&A specialist” and “our go-to lawyer for high value, high impact transactions.” She is described as “proactive, experienced and efficient”, “very connected to the market”, and someone who “is able to balance legal analysis against the commercial realities of our transactions and shows incredible judgment in determining the appropriate balance.” Clients have commented that she “has a well-deserved reputation for her deft handling of complex and innovative transactions.”Shirin is ranked as “The Elite” for Corporate/M&A by Chambers Asia–Pacific, a Leading Individual for Corporate/M&A in Singapore by Chambers Global, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers, a Notable Practitioner for Private Equity/M&A by the IFLR 1000 and a Global Leader and a National Leader (Southeast Asia) in M&A by Who’s Who Legal. Asian Legal Business named her one of Asia’s Top 15 Female Lawyers in 2022, Woman Lawyer of the Year for Southeast Asia in 2018 and one of the “Top 40 under 40” outstanding private practice lawyers and in-house counsel in Asia in 2017. In addition, she has been included in the Asia Business Law Journal’s “A-List” of Singapore’s Top 100 Lawyers since 2018. Best Lawyers named Shirin their 2024 Lawyer of the Year (Singapore) for Mergers & Acquisitions.In addition to her practice, Shirin is the Managing Partner of Morrison Foerster’s Singapore office. She also sits on the firm’s Executive Committee, Women’s Strategy Committee, and Mental Health Steering Committee, through which she makes a significant contribution to developing the firm’s overall business and strategy, as well as its market-leading diversity and well-being initiatives.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>IndoSpace on the formation of IndoSpace Logistics Parks IV, a US$600 million India-focused logistics club deal.</li><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the US$5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in the establishment of GLP Japan Development Partners IV (JDP IV), which will have US$9.1 billion in assets under management when fully deployed, one of the largest-ever Japan-focused private real estate funds. </li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd., acting as lead counsel in the formation of its BRL5.2 billion (US$1 billion) GLP Brazil Development Partners II, a logistics-focused fund that will develop nine Class-A logistics parks in prime São Paulo submarkets.</li><li>A leading Asian institutional investor in its ongoing investments in Grab Inc., a popular ride-hailing “Super App” in Southeast Asia valued at over US$14 billion, and Grab’s US$39.6 billion SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp.</li><li>Everstone Group, one of Asia’s premier investment firms, on its US$1 billion strategic partnership with the Yondr Group to develop and operate data centers in India.</li><li>A leading global real estate business on the formation of a China-focused data center fund.</li><li>A leading global real estate business on the formation of a fund to develop logistics facilities in Brazil.</li><li>A global strategic investor in its significant Series F investment in Gojek, a major Southeast Asia ride-hailing player valued in excess of US$10 billion.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$11.64 billion privatization, then the largest-ever private equity buyout of an Asian company by enterprise value. The transaction won multiple awards, including Asian Legal Business’s SE Asia Law Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year (Premium); The Asian Lawyer’s Asia Legal Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia; 2017 Global PERE Awards: Deal of the Year, Asia; and FinanceAsia’s 2017 Deal of the Year and Best Leveraged Finance Deal.</li><li>Japan Tobacco International on its acquisition of the assets related to the tobacco business of Mighty Corporation for a total of US$936 million. This was one of the largest M&A deals by value in the Philippines in 2017.</li><li>IndoSpace on the formation of IndoSpace Core, its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which will focus on acquiring and developing modern logistics facilities in India.</li></ul>

Shirin Tang

Managing Partner, Singapore

Yemi Tépé is Global Co-Chair of the Finance Group and a member of the Private Equity Investments and Buyouts Group, and our global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) steering committee. With more than 23 years advising clients on the full spectrum of event-driven financings and private equity buyouts, she has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance, public to private takeovers, real estate finance, debt structuring and restructuring, margin loans, syndicated lending and subscription line financing.Her clients include leading international banks and financial institutions, private equity sponsors, multinational corporations, alternative financiers such as credit funds, hedge funds and asset managers and emerging growth, mid-cap, and large public and privately held companies.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the $5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li></ul><ul><li>The senior lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the acquisition of TRY Group, the largest one-to-one tutoring services provider in Japan.</li></ul><ul><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in relation to subscription line facilities for GLP Japan Development Partners IV (JDP IV), which will have USD9.1 billion in assets under management when fully deployed, one of the largest-ever Japan-focused private real estate funds.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. on a USD658 million sustainability linked syndicated loan facility.</li><li>The mezzanine lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the USD1.5 billion acquisition of Shiseido's personal care business.</li><li>The mezzanine lenders on Bain Capital’s approximately USD380 million acquisition of Kirindo, a Japanese pharmacy chain store operator. </li><li>SoftBank Group Corporation in connection with senior and mezzanine acquisition facilities for OYO’s acquisition of Netherlands-based @Leisure. </li><li>PA Chokmah Investment Limited (wholly owned by Ping An Overseas Holdings), as lender in relation to a HKD500 million convertible loan to Wisdom Education International Holdings Company Limited, a Hong Kong listco, principally engaged in operating premium primary and secondary schools in China.</li><li>BlackRock in relation to offshore and onshore acquisition financing in its acquisition of two blocks of grade-A office buildings in Changning, Shanghai from PGIM Real Estate, a property investment affiliate of Prudential Financial.</li><li>MUFG Bank, Ltd. as mandated lead arranger and underwriter of acquisition facilities for two strategic acquisitions aggregating close to USD1billion by Siam City Cement Public Company Limited, a listco on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and Thailand’s second largest cement producer, from LafargeHolcim Ltd.</li><li>Various lenders and private equity funds in relation to capital call/subscription facilities, fund financings and borrowing base facilities.</li></ul>

Yemi Tépé

Southeast Asia