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China’s Rebound Creates Domestic PE Opportunities

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Partners Tracy Wut and Derek Poon were featured in Private Equity International’s Keynote Interview, entitled “China’s rebound creates domestic PE opportunities.” In this interview they reflected on the impact of COVID-19 on PE firms and portfolio companies and its ramifications on deal activity in China. They also discussed the effects of US-China trade tensions on PE in China, the role of PE in China’s recovery and Hong Kong’s future as a PE hub for the region.

Read the full article here.

This article was originally published in the November issue of Private Equity International.

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Tracy Wut is the managing partner for Baker McKenzie's China and Hong Kong offices. She is experienced in mergers and acquisitions and foreign direct investments in China. She regularly acts for clients in complex cross-border transactions, in particular in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sector, and navigates clients through various issues relating to investments in China. She has been recommended as a leading lawyer in Corporate/M&A by Chambers Global, Corporate/M&A and Life Sciences by Chambers Asia and M&A and private equity by IFLR1000. She is the co-head of the Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Industry Group in China and Hong Kong.

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Derek Poon is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office and a member of the Firm's Private Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions practice groups. He is also the chair of Baker McKenzie's Asia Pacific Private Equity Group and a member of the Global Private Equity Steering Committee. Derek has extensive experience representing private equity firms, investment banks and major corporations on a wide variety of corporate matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, real estate private equity and distressed M&A transactions. Earlier in his career, Derek spent time on client secondment with Bain Capital with the Asia Private Equity team.

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