Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is an international white shoe law firm headquartered in New York.  Cleary Gottlieb’s Hong Kong office opened in 1980. With integrated U.S., Hong Kong and English law capability, lawyers in Cleary’s Hong Kong and Beijing offices represent clients in international securities offerings and financial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, restructurings, privatizations, project finance matters, regulatory and antitrust matters and other corporate transactions.

Highlights

The firm has gained well-known recognition for its expertise in private equity, frequently representing prominent international and local private equity firms in their most intricate and demanding transactions. Within the fund space, the firm has acted for sponsors of some of the largest Asia-focused funds ever established, including providing counsel to TPG during the creation of its most recent flagship Asia private equity fund, TPG Asia VIII.

In addition to private equity, the firm is also active in capital markets and corporate M&A, having participated in major transactions including Shark Ninja Inc.'s $286 million follow-on offering of ordinary shares on a secondary market registered with the SEC. 

Key Clients

Key clients of the firm include Brookfield Asset Management, DCP Capital, Hillhouse, L Catterton, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Mubadala, PAG Asia, Silk Road Fund, Temasek Holdings, TPG, and KKR.