Asia's H&Q joins forces with THL Partners

HQ Asia Pacific, one of Asia's pre-eminent private equity firms, has announced a partnership with $9 billion US private equity fund, Thomas H Lee Partners.

The partnership reflects HQ's belief that attractive transactions in the North Asian region will begin to get bigger in size and that working with a globally experienced partner to bid for such transactions will give it a competitive edge.

We are tremendously excited by the number and nature of opportunities that exist in Asia today and those that we believe will emerge in the next few years, says Dr Ta-lin Hsu, founder and chairman of HQ Asia Pacific. By...