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Stephen Hui focuses on complex cross-border financing transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, direct lending and special situations debt investments. He has extensive experience in a wide range of jurisdictions in the Asia-Pacific region and regularly represents prominent private equity sponsors, credit funds and corporate borrowers. His practice spans across industries including infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, technology and real estate.
Clients quoted in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific praise his handling of transactions, noting that Stephen’s “client service level is impressive”.
Stephen has also spent time on secondment to the capital markets team of KKR in Hong Kong.
Experience
- Represented Bain Capital Credit in connection with the financing related to its investment in Schwan’s Company, a leading frozen foods company in the United States and an indirect subsidiary of CJ Foods America Corp.
- Represented KKR in connection with the financing related to its acquisition of a controlling stake in J.B. Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a leading pharmaceutical company in India. Named “Deal of the Year in Asia” in 2020 by Private Equity International.
- Represented TPG Capital in connection with the financing obtained by its joint venture with China Lodging Group.
- Represented Bain Capital Credit in connection with the financing related to its investment in Douzone Bizon, a leading ERP software developer.
- Represented Bain Capital in obtaining debt financing in connection with its investment in Hugel Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company.
- Represented KKR in connection with the financing related to its acquisition of a minority stake in a major conglomerate in South Korea.
- Represented KKR in connection with the financing related to its acquisition of two medical waste management companies in South Korea.
- Represented some of Asia’s leading special situations/credit funds on debt investments throughout Asia.
- Represented Hillhouse Capital Group and CDH Investments in connection with the financing for the privatisation of Belle International Holdings Limited, previously listed in Hong Kong.*
- Represented MBK Partners and TPG Capital in connection with the financing for the acquisition of Wharf T&T.*
- Represented CVC Asia in connection with the financing for the privatisation of Nirvana Asia Limited, previously listed in Hong Kong.*
- Represented China Merchants Bank in connection with the financing for the privatisation of Peak Sport Products Co., Limited, previously listed in Hong Kong.*
- Represented Biostime International Holdings Limited on its bank/high-yield bond combination refinancing.*
*Completed prior to joining Ropes & Gray