Mergermarket M&A Forum Hong Kong 2023
The premier M&A forum in Hong Kong
The Four Seasons Hotel, Hong Kong SAR & Online
06
Dec
Mid-market deal flow: Seizing the opportunities
As dealmakers’ appetite for risk diminishes amidst increasing macroeconomic challenges, the opportunities for M&A seems to be dominated by smaller and mid-market deals where activity has remained buoyant. More difficult access to financing and company divestitures is also contribute to the increased deal flow for the segment and ultimately more investors playing in this segment of the market where acquisitions can get done. Our panel of dealmakers will share their insight into why mid-market deals are the current staple of dealmaking in the region.
- Will mid-market M&A remain a bright spot in the market, and how is deal flow expected to play out in 2024?
- Which sectors have performed the best, and will we see the most activity in the next 12 months?
- Have acquirers with a strong balance sheet been a main driver for mid-market dealmaking?
- How much are divestitures and portfolio assessments generating mid-market deal flow?
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SpeakersMarco Chung Group Head of Legal CLSA
Shengyan Fan Managing Director, M&A Department CHINA EVERBRIGHT LIMITED
Miranda Zhao Managing Director, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Asia Pacific NATIXIS CIB
Gary Chan Managing Director Investment Management & Head of Private Equity SUN HUNG KAI & CO
Edan Lee Managing Director OLYMPUS CAPITAL ASIA
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Marco is currently the Group Head of Legal at CLSA and is also an executive director of a Hong Kong listed company, CLSA Premium Limited (HKEx Stock Code: 6877). Before joining CLSA, Marco spent approximately 10 years at Morgan Stanley Asia, holding various senior positions including, the Regional COO role of the Private Funds business and the Regional Head of Legal role for both Private Funds and IBD M&A. He was awarded M&A individual of the Year in 2019 by the Association of Corporate Counsel. He was a corporate attorney at Slaughter and May (London and Hong Kong) for more than 7 years prior to that.
Ms Shengyan Fan joined China Everbright Limited in 2009 and is a Managing Director of the Merger & Acquisition Department. She also serves as a Managing Partner of the CEL Catalyst China Israel Fund and a member of the investment committee of the CEL Global Investment Fund and the CEL Catalyst China Israel Fund.
Ms. Fan has 20 years’ experience in direct investment, capital raising and investment banking businesses. Prior to joining CEL, Ms. Fan has held various positions with increasing responsibility at multinational investment banks.
Ms. Fan holds a BA and a BS from Tsinghua University and an MA from the University of Oxford.
Miranda Zhao joined Natixis in 2019 as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Asia Pacific, Corporate & Investment Banking. Miranda is responsible for leading the development of M&A activities for the Asia Pacific platform, working closely with the bank’s in-house teams as well as its network of boutiques in the region and globally.
Miranda has extensive investment banking experience across Asia Pacific and Europe, with a strong focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions.
Her most recent role prior to joining Natixis was as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at China Everbright Capital Limited. Prior to that, she works for various global investment banks, including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and The Royal Bank of Scotland/CIMB.
Gary has over 25 years of investments and banking experience. At SHK & Co he leads the Private Equity team where he focuses on Fund, Co-Investments and Direct Investments. The team has a global mandate with a focus in the areas of financial services, healthcare, technology and consumer.
Prior to SHK & Co, he led the alternative investments team at Mirae Assets covering both private equity and private credit. He started his career as an investment banker leading teams at institutions including Macquarie and Barclays.
Edan Lee is a Managing Director of Olympus Capital Asia and joined the Firm in 1998. The Firm is an independent private investment manager that has been successfully investing in middle market companies across Asia for over 20 years. Since its founding in 1997, Olympus Capital Asia has invested more than $2.6 billion of equity capital on behalf of its funds and co-investors in over 65 portfolio companies throughout Asia. The Firm’s private equity strategies center on elevating Sustainable Development objectives including investments in Sustainable Energy/Water, Sustainable Cities, and Sustainable Financial Services.
Prior to joining Olympus Capital Asia, Mr. Lee served as Project Director in China for The AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, in the mid-1990s, where he developed and financed some of the most significant foreign invested power projects at the time. Previously, Mr. Lee was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. in the US and in Australia. Mr. Lee holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and BS (Mechanical Engineering) and BA (Economics) degrees from Rice University. Mr. Lee is a member of the Rice School of Engineering Advisory Board and a member of the Executive Committee, Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong.