Co-investors in the take-private deal for the healthcare firm include 65 Equity Partners, the Employees Provident Fund and China’s Silk Road Fund.

If the deal is finalised, a combination of the US and UK global asset managers will control almost $2.5 trillion of assets under management; they both have offices across Apac.

Hong Kong-based Peng Yu is a specialist in private equity and M&A transactions.

Sherlyn Lau has joined with a team of 12 in Hong Kong to lead the law firm's Apac capital markets and corporate finance team.

Issuances for offshore Rmb bonds now exceed Rmb1 trillion -- transitioning from a policy ambition to a commercial solution in less than two decades. Christopher Chu examines the trend, which started in 2007, as part of FA’s 30th anniversary coverage.

A two-thirds supermajority in the Lower House will allow prime minister Sanae Takaichi to push through her tax cutting agenda.

The buoyancy in the sector is being driven by multiple factors, including regulatory shifts, policy support, and debt capital market activity in the city.

The global law firm has promoted regional managing partner William Liu to drive regional strategy as it marks 50 years in the region.

The UK pharmaceutical giant has announced a landmark $15bn China investment during the UK prime minister’s visit, marking its largest expansion yet to boost manufacturing, R&D and biotech collaboration.