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MoFo is proud to have been a platinum sponsor of the Private Equity Asia Forum that concluded on Tuesday with over 300 private equity leaders participating in this event in Singapore. 

MoFo is proud to have been a platinum sponsor of the Private Equity Asia Forum that concluded on Tuesday with over 300 private equity leaders participating in this event in Singapore. Organized by the Markets Group, this inaugural event brought together leading private equity allocators and asset managers for a day of networking and insightful discussions on the future of private equity, private debt, infrastructure, technology, allocation plans, and real asset investing.Singapore Partners Shirin Tang and Yemi Tépé spoke at the panels on “Secondaries, Co‑investments, & Funds of Funds” and “Private Credit—Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities” respectively.<h5>Secondaries, Co-investments, & Funds of Funds</h5>Moderated by Singapore Managing Partner Shirin Tang, this panel was joined by Amit Sachdeva of AlpInvest – The Carlyle Group, Timothy Huang of Lexington Partners, and Amit Gupta of TPG New Quest. The panel discussed the growing trend among private equity investors to utilize the secondary market and strategies for leveraging secondaries, co‑investments, continuation funds, and funds of funds to boost returns.Learn more about our <a href="/capabilities/private-equity-investments-buyouts" target="_self">Private Equity Investments + Buyouts practice</a>.<h5>Private Credit—Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities</h5>Moderated by Global co-chair of the Finance Group Yemi Tépé, this panel was joined by SJ Lim of KKR, Stephen Allan of BlackRock, Paul Kennedy of Bain Capital, and Fi Dinh of MUFG Investor Services. The panel explored how private credit is uniquely positioned to maintain resilience and seize attractive investment opportunities during this unprecedented market transition. Panelists also shared their insights into evolving dynamics within the private credit markets and their perspectives on the future of this asset class.Learn more about our <a href="/capabilities/lending-financial-transactions" target="_self">Finance practice</a>.<hr>

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Yemi Tépé is Global Co-Chair of the Finance Group of Morrison Foerster. With more than 24 years advising clients on the full spectrum of event-driven financings and private equity buyouts, she has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border acquisition and leveraged finance, public to private takeovers, real estate finance, debt structuring and restructuring, margin loans, syndicated lending and subscription line financing.Her clients include leading international banks and financial institutions, private equity sponsors, multinational corporations, alternative financiers such as credit funds, hedge funds and asset managers and emerging growth, mid-cap, and large public and privately held companies.Yemi also sits on MoFo’s Board of Directors, Global Diversity Strategy Committee, ESG Steering Committee and Pro Bono Committee.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>GLP China Logistics Fund I and its affiliates in the $5 billion recapitalization and exit of the portfolio developed within the fund, which was GLP’s flagship USD-denominated develop-to-core fund formed in 2013 to invest in prime, institutional-grade modern logistics assets in China.</li></ul><ul><li>The senior lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the acquisition of TRY Group, the largest one-to-one tutoring services provider in Japan.</li></ul><ul><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. in relation to subscription line facilities for GLP Japan Development Partners IV (JDP IV), which will have USD9.1 billion in assets under management when fully deployed, one of the largest-ever Japan-focused private real estate funds.</li><li>GLP Pte. Ltd. on a USD658 million sustainability linked syndicated loan facility.</li><li>The mezzanine lenders on the acquisition financing to CVC Capital Partners for the USD1.5 billion acquisition of Shiseido's personal care business.</li><li>The mezzanine lenders on Bain Capital’s approximately USD380 million acquisition of Kirindo, a Japanese pharmacy chain store operator. </li><li>SoftBank Group Corporation in connection with senior and mezzanine acquisition facilities for OYO’s acquisition of Netherlands-based @Leisure. </li><li>PA Chokmah Investment Limited (wholly owned by Ping An Overseas Holdings), as lender in relation to a HKD500 million convertible loan to Wisdom Education International Holdings Company Limited, a Hong Kong listco, principally engaged in operating premium primary and secondary schools in China.</li><li>BlackRock in relation to offshore and onshore acquisition financing in its acquisition of two blocks of grade-A office buildings in Changning, Shanghai from PGIM Real Estate, a property investment affiliate of Prudential Financial.</li><li>MUFG Bank, Ltd. as mandated lead arranger and underwriter of acquisition facilities for two strategic acquisitions aggregating close to USD1billion by Siam City Cement Public Company Limited, a listco on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and Thailand’s second largest cement producer, from LafargeHolcim Ltd.</li><li>Various lenders and private equity funds in relation to capital call/subscription facilities, fund financings and borrowing base facilities.</li></ul>

Private Equity Asia Forum 2024

25 Jun 2024

Secondaries, Co-investments, & Funds of Funds

Private Credit—Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities