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Lawrence Leung joined Ropes & Gray's finance department in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Lawrence was a lawyer in the banking and finance team of the Australian office of an international law firm, where he worked on a broad range of domestic and cross-border financing transactions for large Australian institutional banks, private equity sponsors and LPs and Australian publicly listed companies.
During law school, Lawrence completed an internship at a large international law firm in Hong Kong.
Experience
- Represented TPG Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Learfield, the nation's leading media and technology company powering college athletics.
- Represented TPG Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its investment in Nextech, a leading provider of clinical and administrative healthcare technology solutions for specialty physician practices.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Inventus Power, a global provider of advanced battery and power systems.
- Represented H.I.G. Capital in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of International Aerospace Coatings, a leading provider of aircraft painting solutions for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), major airlines and operators, and maintenance, repair, and overhaul providers. IAC also provides engineering and advanced asset management solutions through its Eirtech Aviation Services (EAS) division.
- Represented Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan’s largest steelmaker, in connection with obtaining debt financing for the acquisition of U.S. Steel.
- Represented TSG Consumer Products in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of EOS Fitness.
- Represented Lee Equity Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of Carisk® Partners, a specialty risk transfer and care coordination company serving insurers, government entities, self-insured plan sponsors and other managed care organizations.
- Represented Aquiline Capital Partners in connection with obtaining debt financing for its acquisition of SEI's Family Office Services business.
- Represented McNally Capital in connection with the financing for its acquisition of Airforce Turbine Service, an aviation services company specializing in maintenance, repair, and overhaul of engines.
- Represented Gauge Capital in connection with financing for its acquisition of Coco & Eve, an Australian beauty brand selling hair and skincare products.
- Advised major Australian financial institutions on a club financing of the borrower’s acquisition of an Australian publicly listed company.*
- Acted for a major Australian retail company on the establishment of an IPO funding facility.*
- Acted for a global logistics and property group on the syndicated refinancing of their senior secured debt, working capital and fund through facilities.*
- Acted for a global private markets investment firm in relation to the provision of secured asset-backed facilities to a litigation funder.*
- Advised a financial institution as incoming lender on a debt sale from entities of a private equity manager (the vendors) and subsequently advising the same incoming lender and the existing lender on a syndicated financing which involved the recapitalization of the existing borrower.*
*Experience prior to joining Ropes & Gray