Finance Monthly Deal Maker Awards 2017 Edition

www.finance-monthly.com 33 FINANCE MONTHLY DEAL MAKER AWARDS 2017 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS KENT CHONG Senior Foreign Lawyer at PwC Legal Kent Chong is the Senior Foreign Lawyer of PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal (“PwC Legal”) in Taiwan. He is qualified to practice law in Australia and is a Registered Foreign Lawyer approved by the Ministry of Justice, Taiwan. Kent joined PwC Legal in 2008 and in the last 3 years, Kent was working in the Sydney office. Kent specialises in cross-border acquisitions, disposals, joint-ventures and restructurings. He has over 10 years of experience advising both Greater China and international clients on complex cross-border acquisitions and restructuring transactions in Asia, Europe and the US. He has often been called upon by clients to solve complex legal issues and to act as lead legal counsel to deliver multi-jurisdictional legal services. Kent is noted for his ability to navigate clients through complex transactions and to provide prompt, pragmatic and commercially oriented legal advice to clients. Kent is working alongside with Ross Yang, Partner. Both are experienced lawyers specialised in mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial transactions, and have frequently worked with colleagues from accounting, tax, consulting and advisory services to offer integrated multidisciplinary services to clients. Ross, Kent and the team in PwC Legal are recognised as the leading cross-border mergers and acquisitions team in Taiwan and are trusted by clients to provide advice on large-scale and complex cross-border transactions. FIRM PROFILE PwC Legal is a full services corporate and commercial law firm in Taiwan with offices in Taipei and Hsinchu. Since its establishment in 2000, PwC Legal has worked alongside financial, accounting and advisory specialists from PricewaterhouseCoopers to provide clients with integrated multidisciplinary services. PwC Legal’s practice areas comprised of mergers & acquisitions, corporate & commercial, banking & finance, commercial litigation & dispute resolution, employment, tax litigation & dispute resolution and intellectual property. PwC Legal is part of the world’s largest legal services network by geography, with over 3,500 lawyers in 90 countries and immigration law services in 116 countries. By using the resources globally shared by PricewaterhouseCoopers and establishing a close business cooperation relationship with PwC Legal’s network of firms and external firms, PwC Legal is capable of providing clients with comprehensive and holistic global legal services through a single point of contact. ABOUT KENT CHONG Awarded for his involvement in the following transactions: Luxshare acquires TRW’s Global Body Control Systems business TRANSACTION REPORT PwC Legal advised Luxshare Limited in relation to the acquisition of TRW’s Global Body Control Systems business (including the Radio Frequency Electronics business). TRW’s Global Body Control Systems business has nearly 6,000 employees at 16 locations in 11 countries and 11 sales and engineering offices in 5 different countries. PwC Legal is the lead counsel advising Luxshare on all legal aspects of the transaction, including managing and coordinating counsels from 10 jurisdictions (Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, Poland, US, Mexico, Turkey, UK and China) to deliver due diligence, anti-trust, restructuring and other legal services. The PwC Legal team that advised on the transaction was led by Ross Yang, Partner and Kent Chong, Senior Foreign Lawyer with assistance from Cathy Hu, Associate. PwC Legal is supported by a team of experienced foreign lawyers from PwC Legal’s network of firms and external firms. Ross Yang, Partner of PwC Legal says, “ Our involvement in this transaction demonstrated our ability to advise client in complex cross-border transaction. In particular, to mobilise resources across the PwC network and external firms in delivering seamless cross-border legal services to our clients. This transaction reinforced our standing as the leading M&A advisor. ” Kent Chong, Senior Foreign Lawyer of PwC Legal says, “ We are delighted to have advised Luxshare Limited in this transaction, working with the excellent teams at Luxshare Limited. The successful signing of the transaction is a result of close collaboration between our foreign lawyers, us and Luxshare’s in-house legal and project management teams, all had worked closely around the clock, to ensure Luxshare Limited received prompt, comprehensive and relevant legal advice under a tight time frame. ” CONTACT Kent Chong PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal 22F., No. 333, Sec. 1, Keelung Road Taipei 11012, Taiwan Email: kent.chong@tw.pwc.com Tel: +886 2 2729 5200 ext. 23849 Web: www.pwc.tw