Natixis; Vermilion Partners

Natixis is a French multinational financial services firm specialized in asset & wealth management, corporate & investment banking, insurance and payments. A subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France through its two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, Natixis counts over 16,000 employees across 36 countries. Its clients include corporations, financial institutions, sovereign and supranational organizations, as well as the customers of Groupe BPCE’s networks. Natixis has a solid financial base with a CET1 capital under Basel 3(1) of €12.4 billion, a Basel 3 CET1 Ratio(1) of 11.5% and quality long-term ratings (Standard & Poor’s: A / Moody’s: A1 / Fitch Ratings: A+).

(1) Based on CRR-CRD4 rules as reported on June 26, 2013, including the Danish compromise - without phase-in.

Figures as at 30 June 2021

www.cib.natixis.com

Vermilion Partners is an investment banking advisory business focused on China. Founded in 2004, it offers cross-border and domestic transaction advice to leading multinational and Chinese companies. Vermilion operates from offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, London and Munich. It became an affiliate of Natixis in 2018 and forms part of a global M&A team of over 250 professionals.

www.vermilion-partners.com

Duff & Phelps

Duff & Phelps is the global advisor that protects, restores and maximizes value for clients in the areas of valuation, corporate finance, investigations, disputes, cyber security, compliance and regulatory matters, and other governance-related issues. We work with clients across diverse sectors, mitigating risk to assets, operations and people. With Kroll, a division of Duff & Phelps since 2018, our firm has nearly 3,500 professionals in 28 countries around the world.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is one of the top international law firms with a history that dates back to 1743. The firm has 394 partners and over 2,800 lawyers working from 27 offices in 16 countries across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States. A global law firm with a long-standing track record of successfully supporting some of the world's leading national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments on ground-breaking and business-critical mandates.

In Asia, Freshfields has offices in Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. The firm leverages the knowledge, experience and energy of its global platform for its clients across Asia. With a long-standing presence in the region, Freshfields has a strong record of successfully supporting its clients on their ground-breaking and business-critical mandates in Asia.

InterChina Partners

InterChina Partners is one of the leading independent corporate finance advisory firms solely dedicated to China-related cross-border mergers and acquisitions transactions, and an alternative to global investment banks.

InterChina Partners provide advisory services to global fortune 500 to fortune 1000 multinational and Chinese companies and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, divestments, restructurings and financing. We undertake over 40 mandates each year and, in the last 20+ years, we have closed over 190 transactions accumulating over Euro 8 billion in value.

Almost all of our transactions come from five sectors - automotive, life science and healthcare, food and beverage, material and chemical, machinery, and business services - all areas that we have critical expertise in.

InterChina is the exclusive China partner for Clearwater International.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Founded in 1931, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has been a preeminent provider of legal services for the past 90 years. With approximately 1,100 lawyers in offices on three continents, Weil has been a pioneer in establishing a geographic footprint that has allowed the Firm to partner with clients wherever they do business.

As one of the first-movers in the private equity space globally, we are consistently ranked as a market leader in this field. We understand the market, the players and the issues.  We support clients – in real time and in local languages – to execute their regional investment strategies. Our unparalleled experience in working with private equity funds, pension funds and large corporates makes us the destination practice for high-profile, cross-border transactions of all types, across all sectors and deal sizes. 

Weil's practice in the Asia-Pacific region focuses on complex, high stakes transactional matters for corporate and private equity clients since we set foot in the region 17 years ago. The Firm advises clients across the entire region – including China, India, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, South-East Asia and Australia/New Zealand – on both domestic and cross-border matters. Our lawyers are deeply experienced in mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, take-private transactions, minority investments (including PIPEs), joint ventures, strategic alliances, and other deals involving listed companies on the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKSE, PRC stock exchanges and other stock exchanges in Asia (including Tokyo, Singapore and Mumbai). With a team of more than 20 dedicated private equity and M&A specialists in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, we work with our on-the-ground finance and restructuring teams to cover the full life cycle of investments – from acquisitions to exits, financing to management.

SS&C Intralinks

Intralinks, an SS&C company, is a leading financial technology provider for the global dealmaking, alternative investments and capital markets communities. As pioneers of the virtual data room, our technology enables and secures the flow of information, empowering our customers to work more productively and with complete confidence. Intralinks facilitates strategic initiatives such as mergers and acquisitions, corporate lending, debt sales, capital raising and investor reporting. Our solutions enhance these activities by streamlining operations, reducing risk, improving client experiences and increasing visibility. We’ve earned the trust and business of more than 99 percent of the Global Fortune 500 and have executed over $35 trillion in financial transactions on our platform.