M&A

Adam Zhang, managing director of Collabrium Partners, shares his views with FA on how Chinese companies are changing their approach to cross-border M&A, including finding opportunities in Southeast Asia and in technology.

The division of the Swiss company has a workforce of approximately 7,000 and had revenues of $2.3bn in 2024; SoftBank is looking to fuse artificial super intelligence and robotics.

Entry deadline for the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025 is now extended to September 26, 2025; the awards will celebrate the best deals and firms across Asia Pacific and the Middle East over the last 12 months.

The entry deadline for the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2025 has been extended to September 26; the awards will celebrate the best deals and firms across Asia Pacific and the Middle East over the last 12 months; FA's Deal Maker poll is also still open.

Private equity firm TPG is selling the luxury cosmetics packaging firm after purchasing it in July 2023 for around $230m.

David Wang and Meka Meng have joined from Paul Hastings in Shanghai and Beijing.

The deal for 50% of Bluegrass Business Park, which is worth $280m, includes an under-construction office tower and a one-million square foot tower leased to Mastercard.

The sustainability linked financing covers greenfield and operational assets across Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, and involved a consortium of 60 banks. The financing comes after Blackstone and CPPIB's acquisition of the group last year.

The €2.85bn deal will expand the French gas giant's presence in Asia; the acquisition is being financed by a bridge loan and will be (re)financed by bond issues.