Natixis

Natixis is the international corporate and investment banking, asset management, insurance and financial services arm of Groupe BPCE, the 2nd-largest banking group in France with 31 million clients spread over two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne.

With more than 21,000 employees, Natixis has a number of areas of expertise that are organized into four main business lines: Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Specialized Financial Services.

A global player, Natixis has its own client base of companies, financial institutions and institutional investors as well as the client base of individuals, professionals and small and medium-size businesses of Groupe BPCE’s banking networks.

www.natixis.com

Vermilion Partners is an investment banking advisory business focused on China. Founded in 2004, it offers cross-border and domestic transaction advice to leading multinational and Chinese companies. Vermilion operates from offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, London and Munich. It became an affiliate of Natixis in 2018 and forms part of a global M&A team of over 200 professionals.

www.vermilion-partners.com

BDA Partners

BDA Partners is an investment banking firm that advises on international mergers and acquisitions, distressed situations, private placements, capital raisings, valuations and financial restructurings. We specialize in cross-border transactions involving Asia with enterprise values up to US$1bn, where we have a strong track record advising North American, European, and Asian corporates and financial sponsors. We have over 80 professional staff throughout 10 offices located in Asia, the US, and Europe.

Duff & Phelps

Duff & Phelps is a premier independent advisor with expertise in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, disputes and investigations, compliance and regulatory matters, and other governance-related issues. Our clients include publicly traded and privately held companies, law firms, government entities and investment organizations such as private equity firms and hedge funds. We also advise the world’s leading standard setting bodies on valuation issues and best practices. Duff & Phelps’ nearly 3,500 professionals are located in over 70 offices in 28 countries around the world.

Eurazeo

Eurazeo is a global leading investment firm(PE) listed on Euronext Paris with 140 years of history. 

With offices in Paris, New York, Shanghai and Sao Paulo, Eurazeo manages approximately € 17 bn in assets and has a diversified portfolio of more than forty companies in sectors including high tech, consumer, healthcare, travel, education, financial services, cleantech and luxury brands. 

As a global long-term shareholder, Eurazeo offers deep sector expertise, a gateway to global markets and a stable foothold for transformational growth to the companies it supports. Eurazeo covers all private market segments with 7 investment strategies: Capital, PME, Growth & Venture, Brands, Real Assets, Private Debt and Other Investment Solutions.

Eurazeo China/Asia office was established in 2013 and is committed to carry the long tradition and brand of being a first class investment company, to bring the innovative and rigorous investment philosophy, and to create value for portfolio companies and business partners. Since its establishment, Eurazeo China/Asia has  actively engaged in cross-border M&A.

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shearman & Sterling LLP is a leading global law firm with approximately 900 lawyers in financial and business centers throughout Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East. Fluent in more than 60 languages, our lawyers have acted in many of the region’s most complex, high-profile and first-to-market transactions with local law capabilities in major international markets, practicing Hong Kong, U.S., English, French, German, Italian, EU, OHADA and Saudi law, as well as Dubai International Financial Centre law and Abu Dhabi Global Market law. We are ranked top 10 on The American Lawyer 2018’s A-List, which honors the 20 top law firms in the United States. In addition, we are consistently ranked as a top-tier law firm in Asia, North and Latin Americas, Europe and the Middle East by leading global independent directories, including Chambers, IFLR1000, Legal 500, AmLaw 100 and Euromoney, among others.

We are among the first global law firms to receive approval from the PRC government to establish an office in China (in Beijing since 1993), with dedicated teams based in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. With a longstanding commitment to China, we have advised on opportunities and challenges offered by China’s rapid growth for 40 years. The China offices have extensive knowledge and industry experience in virtually every sector, including healthcare, technology, media and telecommunications, automotive, energy and natural resources, infrastructure, government and state-owned companies. We are widely recognized as a leading law firm for Corporate/M&A, Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution, Investment Funds and Project Finance.

Taishin Securities

Taishin Securities (TSS), a subsidiary of Taishin Financial Holdings (TSFHC), is one of the leading investment banks in Taiwan and has been awarded the best security firm for IPO services by Taiwan Stock Exchange and Taipei Exchange. The core business of TSS includes brokerage, proprietary trading, underwriting, as well as financial advisory services. In addition, by leveraging the resources from TSFHC and over a hundred branches from Taishin International Bank, TSS aims to provide every client with comprehensive and diversified financial services. Most importantly, TSS’s well-established relationship among institutional investors, mass media, and regulators combined with TSS’s financial expertise has been helping corporate clients increase their brand awareness and further boost their market value.

Intralinks

Intralinks is a leading financial technology provider for the global banking, dealmaking and capital markets communities. As pioneers of the virtual data room, our technology enables and secures the flow of information, empowering our customers to work more productively and with complete confidence. Intralinks facilitates strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, capital raising and investor reporting. Our solutions enhance these activities by streamlining operations, reducing risk, improving client experiences and increasing visibility. We’ve earned the trust and business of more than 99 percent of the Fortune 1000 and have executed over $34.7 trillion worth of financial transactions on our platform.

Donnelley Financial Solutions

With the right solutions in moments that matter, Donnelley Financial Solutions (NYSE: DFIN) delivers risk and compliance solutions that fuse deep industry experience, unparalleled service, and elegant technologies to provide our clients with insights that power their decisions and shape global markets. The company has 3,500 employees in 61 locations across 18 countries, serving thousands of clients globally.

Our Venue® secure online workspace provides a powerful set of features and an intuitive design that allows you to easily organize, manage, share and track all of your sensitive information. Venue® data rooms provide complete control, allowing you to manage who has access to your data room, which documents they see, and how they can interact with those documents. Venue® gives you access to hands-on, start-to-finish service that’s unique in the industry and that earns us a satisfaction rating of more than 97% from our demanding users. Get full Venue® room service or manage your room yourself, with our experienced in-house team ready 24/7/365. As part of Donnelley Financial Solutions, the global leader in managing time-sensitive, highly confidential documents, Venue provides the control you need with the security you demand.

Venue® has been named Data Room of the Year at the M&A Atlas Awards for the third year in a row.  

APAC Headquarters: 20th and 21st Floor, Wheelock House, 20 Pedder Street, Central, Hong Kong (+852 2509 7973)

Shanghai Office: Room 736, BRICS Tower, 333 Lujiazui Ring Road, Pudong Area, Shanghai 200120, China (+86 (21) 2050 1831)

Hengdu Law Firm

Focusing on capital market, intellectual property and commercial litigation, Hengdu Law Firm is a full-service law firm providing high-end legal services to both domestic and international clients. Hengdu is headquartered in China World Center, Beijing. It has already set up branches in Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Chongqing, Quanzhou and Kunming. Branches in Guangzhou and Jinan are in preparation. Thanks to its outstanding performances in its past legal services, Hengdu has been granted more than 80 awards from social groups, industry organizations and awards committees, winning wide acclaim in and out of this industry.

Hengdu has always been upholding the culture of “Clients First and Dedication”. By virtue of professional theoretical knowledge, profound legal accomplishment, skillful negotiation strategy, it has assisted large and medium-sized enterprises both at home and abroad to deal with major and intricate cases or projects of which the total accumulated amount has reached over 10,000, including more than one hundred influential and typical projects or cases in the industry. Nowadays, Hengdu has extensive and solid foundation of clients. It has served over 6000 clients, including fortune global 500, China’s top 500 enterprises, over 2000 large and medium-sized enterprises at home and abroad.