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 CK Hutchison on the landmark US$6bn merger of its Indonesian telecommunications business, Hutchison 3 Indonesia with Ooredoo Group subsidiary Indosat Tbk (Indonesia’s largest inbound foreign merger and second-largest M&A deal ever)
Advising Korean Air on the merger control and regulatory strategy in several jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region in relation to its proposed c. US$1.3bn acquisition of Asiana Airlines, merging South Korea’s two largest airlines
Advising Aquila Acquisition Corporation, the first-ever SPAC to be listed on HKSE, on its de-SPAC transaction, a business combination with China’s ZG Group. This was the first-ever de-SPAC transaction under Hong Kong’s SPAC regime, which came into effect in 2022
Advising Li & Fung and Temasek on the US$3.6bn sale of LF Logistics, a leading pan-Asian logistics services provider, to Maersk and on Li & Fung’s long-term strategic partnership with Maersk
Securing the largest publicly-known damages award for a Japanese investor in investor-state arbitration proceedings for our client Eurus Energy, a renewable energy group
Advising the underwriter on the issuance of RMB 2.13bn of UN Sustainable Development Goals bonds by Zhangzhou Jiulongjiang Group
Advising Alibaba on various aspects of its treasury activities, including a US$1.5bn loan to a Hong Kong-headquartered investment company in connection with the construction of a new logistics centre at Hong Kong International Airport
Our team
Thomas Ng Partner
Hong Kong
Teresa Ko Partner
Hong Kong
Robert Ashworth Partner
Hong Kong
Daniel Anderson Partner
Hong Kong
Arun Balasubramanian Partner
Hong Kong, Singapore
Richard Bird Partner
Hong Kong
Jon Bowden Partner
Singapore
Bui Thanh Tien Partner
Ho Chi Minh City
Noah Carr Partner
Tokyo
John Choong Partner
Hong Kong
Georgia Dawson Senior Partner
London, Singapore
Ninette Dodoo Partner
Beijing
Jochen Ellrott Partner
Tokyo
Howie Farn Partner
Hong Kong
Tony Foster Partner
Hanoi
Edward Freeman Partner
Hong Kong
Daniel French Partner
Hong Kong
Nigel Gleeson Partner
Singapore
Bing Guan Partner
Hong Kong
Grace Huang Partner
Hong Kong
Calvin Lai Partner
Hong Kong
Philip Li Partner
Hong Kong
Nicholas Lingard Partner
Singapore, Tokyo
Xin Liu Partner
Hong Kong, Beijing
Tim Mak Partner
Hong Kong
Alastair Mordaunt Partner
London, Hong Kong
Philip Morgan Partner
Singapore
Takeshi Nakao Partner
Tokyo
Matthew O'Callaghan Partner
Hong Kong
Gordon Palmquist Partner
Tokyo
Richard Perks Partner
Hong Kong, Tokyo
Yuxin Shen Partner
Beijing
Sarah Su Partner
Hong Kong
Samantha Tan Partner
Singapore
Joaquin Terceño Partner
Tokyo, Singapore
Alan Wang Partner
Shanghai, Beijing
Richard Wang Partner
Hong Kong
Simon Weller Partner
Singapore, Hong Kong
Kaori Yamada Partner
Tokyo
David Yi Partner
Shanghai
