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As the earliest regions impacted and who have made some steps to recovery from COVID-19, China and Hong Kong SAR are being closely watched for M&A recovery momentum in the 2H of the year.
Dealmakers strived to pull the M&A back to the negotiation table, though difficulties still exist as the prolonged outbreaks in other parts of the world dampened demand and continue to disrupt supply chains. In H1 2020, China and HKSAR outbound investment recorded the lowest six months M&A deal value since 2005.
The silver lining for Greater China M&A lies in the government’s continuous efforts to attract foreign investment and push for domestic industry restructuring. Inbound transactions value rose by 110.3% YoY in H1 2020 (US$15.8bn; 69 deals). Private equity funds’ resumed buyout activities generated US$24.4bn across 64 deals in H1 2020, increasing 71.5% in value compared to 2019.
Hong Kong’s historical hot spot on real estate M&A continued in 1H 20 but notably financial service and consumer sectors were emerging to the forefront. Primarily driven by sliding valuations, HK Ex’s privatization activities still lead the top deal list.
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In this live panel, we take stock of M&A activity in China and Hong Kong SAR and consider the areas where financial stress is of greatest concern, including:
- Overview of M&A H1 activity and insights
- Which sectors of the M&A landscape will present most opportunities?
- How should deal makers take advantage of regulatory changes to grasp next deal opportunities?
- How are M&A transactions being transformed in an era of work from home and social distancing?
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Bagrin Angelov is an M&A Executive Director in the Investment Banking division of China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) based in Beijing, where he is exclusively dedicated to China cross-border M&A situations. Mr. Angelov has profound experience in supporting multinational corporations, private enterprises and state owed enterprises with their cross-border M&A undertakings. To date he has advised on 100+ M&A deals globally (both in emerging and developed markets such as USA, Germany, Korea, Japan, Israel and Australia), with a combined transaction value of some US$100bn. Prior to CICC Mr. Angelov worked in the Investment Banking divisions of Barclays, ABN AMRO, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and a Middle Eastern SWF.
Samson Lo joined UBS in 2010 and is primarily responsible for M&A origination and execution in the Asia Pacific region across many industry sectors. From 2007-2010, Mr. Lo was a member of Merrill Lynch Asia Pacific's investment banking team for Hong Kong-based corporations. From 2000-2007, Mr. Lo was a member of Lehman Brothers' M&A group in New York City and led executions for transactions across many industry sectors.
Mr. Lo graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania's Management & Technology Program, with joint undergraduate degrees from Wharton School and School of Engineering & Applied Sciences.
James Parker is a corporate lawyer based in the Hong Kong office of Norton Rose Fulbright, with nearly 20 years of experience. He has considerable experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity and restructuring and regularly advises family offices and wealthy individuals in relation to their investments.
Eric Xin is CITIC Capital's Senior Managing Director and Managing Partner of Trustar Capital responsible for private equity investments in China. Prior to joining the firm, he was a management consultant at Mckinsey & Company in Shanghai and Washington D.C focusing on helping Japanese and U.S multinationals source and set up factories in China. He was previously a Deputy Manager for China Leasing Co., Ltd., the largest leasing company in China and a subsidiary of CITIC Group.
Mr. Xin received an MBA from the Harvard Business School with Honors and a B.A. in Economics from Beijing University.
Jacey Paik currently leads Datasite’s business development and growth strategy for Hong Kong SAR, South Korea and Taiwan markets.
Jacey is a tech enthusiast with 15 years of experience in M&A, corporate strategy and B2B SaaS. She started her career as an investment banking analyst and held various leadership roles in leading companies in Korea and Hong Kong prior to joining Datasite in 2015.
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About Datasite
Datasite, formerly known as Merrill Corporation, is a leading SaaS provider for the M&A industry, empowering dealmakers around the world with the tools they need to succeed across the entire deal lifecycle. For more information, visit www.datasite.com
Yiqing Wang is China Editor/Head of APAC Editorial Operations for Mergermarket, a global news intelligence service for advisors, private equity firms and corporates. She leads a team of dedicated journalists across Greater China to cover PE/VC fundraising, M&A deals, PE buyouts and China cross-border M&A intelligence.
Yiqing has been an investigative M&A reporter and researcher since 2009, writing industry news ranging from healthcare, new energy and financial service, etc. She achieved her master’s degree of multilingual multicultural studies from New York University.