GO WEST, GOOD INVESTOR, GO WEST…TO THE WEST COAST [Part 1]

The first session of this two-part panel will provide an overview of key Asian outbound investors and explore current investment trends, focusing particularly on investments in the western states and provinces of the United States and Canada.

CO-MODERATORS:

Ronald D. Husdon, Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig, LLP, United States
Ronald Husdon represents and counsels both domestic and foreign corporations and financial institutions in a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, expansion strategies, corporate divestures, joint ventures, general corporate and commercial matters, real estate, and finance. He regularly represents foreign clients with respect to all forms of international commerce. MORE>

Roger S. Saxton, Special Counsel
Nash O'Neill Tomko Lawyers, Australia
Roger Saxton is an international commercial transactions and corporate lawyer who has practiced in the United States, Japan, Sweden, and, since 1989, Australia. Best known for his work advising mining, natural resource, and energy companies, he is also well versed in advising consumer products, electronics, software, food distribution and retail, and food service retail companies. MORE>

PANELISTS:

Yong-Jae Chang, Partner
Lee & Ko, Korea
Yong-Jae Chang is a partner at Lee & Ko and has extensive experience in cross-border M&A and leveraged finance transactions. He has been involved in many high profile cross-border transactions, some of which have won awards from the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) and FinanceAsia. He regularly represents top Korean and international companies and financial institutions. MORE>

William Y. Chua, Partner
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Hong Kong
William Chua has broad experience in private equity and M&A transactions, having advised acquirers, targets, financial sponsors, hedge funds, special committees of boards of directors, and investment banking firms in takeovers, auctions, leveraged buyouts, “going private” transactions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic investments. MORE>

Atul Dua, Senior Partner
Seth Dua & Associates, India
Atul Dua specializes in cross-border transactions and international taxation and trade. He has contributed to various publications on the subjects of investing in India, taxation, international trade, and telecom. He has also recently co-authored a book, Joint Ventures and M&A – Legal & Tax Aspects, which has been published by Butterworths.

Masahisa Ikeda, Partner
Shearman & Sterling LLP, Japan
Masahisa Ikeda is a partner in Shearman & Sterling’s Capital Markets Group and the managing partner of the firm’s Tokyo office. Mr. Ikeda has extensive experience representing Japanese issuers and underwriters in registered global offerings, listings, and in global private placements. MORE>


Cheryl Chengyu Luan, Partner
Lifang & Partners, China
Cheryl Luan specializes in international trade and has extensive experience advising and assisting foreign clients in the structuring of their foreign direct investment projects, M&A, and antitrust issues. She has been actively involved in representing a diverse range of multinational companies and foreign enterprises with their investment projects in China. MORE>

Kevin McFarlane, Managing Director
Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance LLC, United States
Kevin McFarlane has over 15 years of investment banking experience advising both public and private entities on strategic and financing initiatives with emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and the raising of equity, hybrid equity, and debt capital. He has served as a lead advisor for companies across a broad spectrum of industries. MORE>


Return to Programs List>