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Paul Strecker
Partner

Education
New York University School of Law, J.D., 1997
Oxford University, B.A., 1994

PRACTICE
Mr. Strecker, a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, represents buyers, sellers, special committees of independent directors and financial advisors in connection with mergers and acquisitions transactions, including negotiated and hostile acquisitions of public companies, negotiated sales of private companies, subsidiaries and divisions, private equity transactions, leveraged buyouts, formation of joint ventures and asset sales. Mr. Strecker’s mergers and acquisitions assignments have spanned a wide range of industries.

Mr. Strecker heads the Asia (ex-Japan) private equity practice and has extensive experience advising U.S. and Asia-based private equity funds, including Bain Capital, TPG Capital, CVC Asia Pacific, Citi Venture Capital International, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Norwest Venture Partners, Tiger Group and Longreach Partners, on investments in Asia. Mr. Strecker was named by IFLR’s Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms as a Leading Lawyer in its 2011 edition for M&A and Private Equity in Hong Kong and China and was also named by Chambers 2011 as a Leading Lawyer in Hong Kong M&A and Private Equity.

Experience
  • TPG Capital, Kingsford Resources Limited and CDH Inservice in connection with the proposed management buyout of CNinsure
  • Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to the independent committee of the board of Harbin Electric in its management buyout
  • Tiger Group Investments in its $5 billion shipping joint venture with The Carlyle Group
  • AES Mong Duong Holdings B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The AES Corporation, in the sale of minority stakes in the Mong Duong 2 Power Project in Vietnam to Posco Power Corporation and China Investment Corporation
  • Goldman Sachs as financial advisor to Hutchison Telecommunications Holdings Limited in the privatisation of Hutchinson Telecommunications International Limited
  • Morgan Stanley as financial advisor to the Special Committee of the board of Tongjitang Chinese Medicine Company in its management buyout
  • International Finance Corporation and IFC Capitalization (Equity) Fund, L.P. in their US$150 million investment in Banco De Oro Unibank, Inc.
  • Tiger Group Investments in its joint venture with Seacor Holdings
  • Merrill Lynch and a consortium of investors in connection with the restructuring of their stakes in Bank of China
  • Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd in its attempted acquisition of Hummer from General Motors
  • China Netcom in its US$24 billion merger with China Unicom
  • Hong Kong listed United Energy Group Limited on its proposed US$215 million investment in Transmeridian Exploration Inc.
  • China Mobile Communications Corporation in its purchase of the outstanding shares of Paktel Limited from Millicom Pakistan B.V.
  • PetroChina in its acquisition of the outstanding shares of Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited, Jinzhou Petrochemical Company and Liaohe Jinma Oilfield Company
  • Trustmart in its sale to Walmart, Inc.
  • Kellwood Company in the sale of its Smart Shirts Business to Youngor Group Co., Ltd.
  • Huawei Technologies in its joint venture transaction with 3COM Technologies
  • Morgan Stanley in connection with Linktone’s sale of its stake to PT Media Nusantara Citra
  • China Mobile Communications Corporation in its proposed acquisition of Millicom International Cellular S.A.
  • Wockhardt in its acquisition of Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals
  • E-Ton Solar Technologies in its acquisition of Adema Technologies
  • TGC, Inc., a joint venture by TiVo to provide TiVo services and hardware in China
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. in its joint venture with Motorola, including the acquisition of a wafer fabrication plant from Motorola China Electronics
  • Agility Logistics Ltd (formerly PWC Logistics) in its acquisition of Synergy Logistics Pte Ltd and Synergy Shipping Pte Ltd
  • Viacom Outdoor in its acquisition of a minority interest in Magic Media
  • Hunan Valin Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. in its sale of a 37.175% interest in Hunan Valin Steel Tube & Wire Co., Ltd. to Mittal Steel Company N.V.
  • Public Warehousing Company Limited in its acquisition of Trans-Link Express Limited

 

PUBLICATIONS
Co-Author, “A Private Move”, International Financial Law Review, July, 2011
Co-Author, “Taking China Private”, International Financial Law Review, December, 2010


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