During the past decade or so, we were involved in a number of M&A related transactions for world leading private equity groups, including ADV Partners, Bain Capital, Carlyle, Farallon, LeapFrog, Lombard, Thailand Equity Fund, TPG, and Vanguard.
We have also advised a number of leading asset and investment management companies worldwide on their fund raising and marketing of investment units into and outside of Thailand as well as Thai securities regulations and compliance. In Thailand, our experience and expertise are extended to include IPO, merger and acquisition, establishment of asset management companies, application for licences, foreign direct investment related activities, good governance, securities regulations and compliance and general corporate and commercial.
Notable transactions include:
- Advising Stashaway in connection with personal data protection and certain commercial agreements
- Advising Allianz Asset Management in connection with its investment in Thai securities and other securities regulations
- Advising Denali Prestige, a leading private fund management company in Thailand, in its incorporation and application for a securities licence
- Advising UOB Asset Management on its business consolidation with ING Funds (Thailand)
- Advising Lombard and LeapFrog in connection with their acquisition (approximately 11% each) from Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc of approximately 21.75% of Syn Mun Kong Insurance through a bidding process
- Acquisition by Mindo Asia Investments Limited of 8.5% interest in MC Group Public Company Limited
- Advising DBG Managing Partner GmbH & Co. KG in connection with its acquisition of an entire equity interest in a film business company from Huhtamaki Group
- IPO of LH Hotel Leasehold Real Estate Investment Trust and its investments in a number of Grande Centre Point hotels
- IPO of L&H Shopping Centers Real Estate Investment Trust
- IPO of Land and Houses Freehold and Leasehold Property Fund and its investment in a number of Centre Point and Grande Centre Point hotels and apartments
- IPO of Quality Houses Leasehold Property Fund and its investments in QH Lumpini, QH Sathorn, QH Ploenchit and Wave Place
- Acquisition by First Pacific Group of approximately 29.45% interest in Don Muang Tollway from Capital Asia
- Disposition by Thailand Equity Fund (which is co-invested by Lombard) of 23.33% interest in S. Pack & Print Public Company Limited to Oji Paper
- Merger of Ayudhya Fund Management and PrimaVest Asset Management
- Disposal by Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) to CIMB Group of approximately 42% interest in BankThai through a bidding process
