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
Arun Balasubramanian 合伙人
香港, 新加坡
Jon Bowden 合伙人
新加坡
Bui Thanh Tien 合伙人
Ho Chi Minh City
Noah Carr 合伙人
Tokyo
Georgia Dawson Senior Partner
London, 新加坡
Jochen Ellrott 合伙人
Tokyo
Tony Foster 合伙人
Hanoi
管冰轩 合伙人
香港
李 谦一 合伙人
香港
Nicholas Lingard 合伙人
新加坡, Tokyo
柳 昕 中国区争议业务主管
香港, 北京
Tim Mak 合伙人
香港
Alastair Mordaunt 合伙人
London, 香港
Takeshi Nakao 合伙人
Tokyo
Gordon Palmquist 合伙人
Tokyo
Richard Perks 合伙人
香港, Tokyo
Sarah Su 合伙人
香港
Samantha Tan 合伙人
新加坡
Joaquin Terceño 合伙人
Tokyo, 新加坡
Alan Wang 合伙人
上海, 北京
Simon Weller 合伙人
新加坡, 香港
Kaori Yamada 合伙人
Tokyo
David Yi 合伙人
上海
