ERM

ERM is the global market leader in the provision of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) related consulting services to a client base of over 100 GPs and LPs on a consistent and regular basis. ERM's holistic service offering covers the full breadth of a Private Equity (PE) firms’ ESG needs across the investment life cycle, including GP-level policies, procedures and reporting, ESG due-diligence (acquisition and vendor), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), portfolio company value protection and value creation strategies, ESG compliance and risk management.

ERM has unrivalled capabilities and senior expertise including 20+ Partners focusing on PE globally, and over 4,900 specialists across 45+ markets to draw from, covering a full spectrum of technical service and sector specialists.

We are committed to creating value for our clients by providing strategic and technical advice in the business context. Our outputs comprise bankable reports, as a highly respected ESG adviser to lenders and pension funds, which rely comfortably on ERM's findings. Our 500+ PE assignments a year have helped ERM build a reliable reputation amongst PE practitioners globally.

Sustainability is at the heart of the services ERM provides and how we operate our business.

KKR

KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) is a leading global investment firm that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, growth equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate and credit, with strategic manager partnerships that manage hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns for its fund investors by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and driving growth and value creation with KKR portfolio companies. KKR invests its own capital alongside the capital it manages for fund investors and provides financing solutions and investment opportunities through its capital markets business. For additional information, please visit us on Twitter @KKR_Co.

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TAU Investment Management

TAU Investment Management is a New York and Hong Kong-based investment firm with deep sector expertise in the global apparel and textile value chain.

We seek growth equity investments and buyout opportunities in the apparel and textile supply chain in Southeast Asia – a region that is undergoing tremendous economic growth.

Our purpose-built team of investors, operators, and advisors have extensive expertise in the apparel and textile sector. We leverage our expertise to:

• Identify apparel and textile manufacturers with strong management and a demonstrated track-record of robust growth.
• Connect high potential manufacturers with global brands and retailers in our vast network.
• Deploy best-in-class technology, drive vertical integration, and enhance corporate governance.
• Help our portfolio companies deliver high quality product through world-class manufacturing that is highly efficient, speedy, and flexible.

Vivien Teu & Co

Vivien Teu & Co LLP is a Hong Kong corporate and commercial law firm established with the philosophy of a boutique law firm, with particular focus on investment funds, asset management and financial services, securities and regulatory, tax and trusts. The lawyers at the firm carry in-depth Hong Kong and international legal practice experience, combined with deep and broad knowledge of China and regional markets.

The legal practice areas at Vivien Teu & Co LLP encompass providing corporate and commercial law advice, as well as on securities law and financial regulatory advice in local and international transactions, and typically a go-to firm for corporate transactions, funds formation and clients seeking legal and regulatory advice involving Mainland China and Hong Kong elements. The firm has gained a reputation of offering seamless support on cross-border Hong Kong and Mainland China matters in the areas of asset management, investment funds, cross-border securities and investments, inbound and outbound mergers & acquisitions, China market entry strategies.

Vivien Teu & Co LLP combines the specialist knowledge and experience of its asset management and financial services practice in advising financial institutions including securities brokers, asset management firms, private banks and trust service providers.  The firm also increasingly serves high-net-worth private clients and entrepreneurs in private trusts, tax, corporate and investment matters, in its wider financial services and wealth management practice; while the firm’s tax advisory capability is an integral part of its corporate and commercial practice and augments its asset management and financial services practice.

The team has strengthened an ESG focus of its investment funds and corporate practice, as well as working with charities, foundations, social enterprises and impact investors, seeing these as natural and necessary extensions of its existing practice areas. This latest development also reflects values embraced by the firm, as it believes sustainable finance is the future of investing and capital markets, and is committed to being a strong partner in this journey.

The firm has been ranked “Highly Recommended” in the practice area of “investment funds” by Asialaw Profiles 2019 and Asialaw Profiles 2020, “Recommended” for “Banking & Finance”, “Regulatory” and “Private Equity”, and as a notable firm for “Banking and Financial Services” and “Private Client”. It has also been recognised by the China Business Law Awards 2019 in the category of Family Wealth Management – International Law Firm.