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SJ Berwin has one of the largest integrated global teams advising on private equity fund formation and transactions.

We’ve closed more funds internationally in the past 36 months than any other law firm*, which is testament to our unrivalled depth and breadth of knowledge.

With offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai, we offer a comprehensive service across Asia and work seamlessly with our established teams in Europe and the Middle East to provide round the clock advice.

Our specialist lawyers offer the full range of private equity services including fund formation, buyouts, secondaries, spin-outs and venture capital, with dedicated support from experts in regulatory, tax, leveraged and acquisition finance and competition.

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*According to a search of the Preqin database conducted 9/11/12

AIF Capital (www.aifcapital.com) is one of Asia’s largest independent private equity firms with an established track record of successfully implementing a pan-Asian, multi-industry strategy for over 17 years. Since its establishment in 1994, AIF Capital has received investor commitments for its funds in excess of US$2.0 billion. The Firm has made 37 investments in 9 countries across Asia.
The Firm has a team of 26 investment professionals across its offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, New Delhi and Singapore, which oversees a diversified pan-Asian portfolio of investments, primarily providing capital for expansion opportunities.

Asia Alternatives is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. The Firm is currently managing Asia Alternatives Capital Partners, LP ($515 million), Asia Alternatives Capital Partners II, LP ($950 million) and Asia Alternatives Capital Partners III, LP ($908), Asia-focused private equity funds-of-funds. The Firm has over $3 billion in assets under discretionary management. Asia Alternatives invests with top performing private equity fund managers across Asia primarily in Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong), Japan, Korea, South East Asia, India and Australia and is diversified across buyout, growth and expansion, venture capital and special situations funds. The firm currently has over 25 professionals and offices across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco.  For more information, go to www.asiaalternatives.com.

Clearwater Capital Partners, LLC (Clearwater) is an investment firm founded in December 2001 to invest in credit and special situations in Asia, excluding Japan (Asia Region). Clearwater focuses on investing in undervalued assets and securities in the Asia Region. Clearwater’s investment strategy is to leverage its distinct advantages in due diligence and execution capabilities across local currencies, languages and jurisdictions to build a diversified, cash generative portfolio of investments. Clearwater combines the disciplines of private equity and credit investing to capitalize on what the firm perceives to be a historic opportunity for special situations investing in the Asia Region. Clearwater’s investment portfolios are diversified across various economies that comprise the region and over 25 industries. Clearwater has more than 70 professionals across its six primary offices, located in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mumbai, Seoul, Beijing and New York. The firm manages over $2 billion and has completed over 200 investments.

Denning & Company LLC is a FINRA registered global private equity advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2001, Denning & Company, LLC serves the private equity fundraising needs of both veteran General Partners seeking only to broaden their L.P. base as well as the next generation of Private Equity Managers, requiring a more elaborate fundraising effort. With over 70 years of combined industry experience, the Denning and Company team has raised capital in excess of $9 billion for General Partners based in the U.S., Japan/Asia, UK/Europe, Russia, and Israel from a Limited Partner base similarly diversified.

Pacific Equity Partners (PEP) Funds take control positions in a select group of Australian and New Zealand companies with enterprise values in the range A$250M~A$1B+. Operating Company management are provided with capital and resources as necessary to deliver full potential. Established in 1998, the firm has made over 25 platform investments and over 70 add-on acquisitions at the portfolio company level and manages A$6B of equity funds. The 10 current PEP group operating companies have some A$5B combined revenues per annum, spanning industrial, energy, consumer products, entertainment/media and the financial services industries; employ over 50,000 people and generate over A$850M dollars in profits. In terms of liquidity and returns PEP has been fortunate over the last 14 years to be among the best performers in the industry worldwide and recognised with a number of awards, including Firm of the Year, Best LBO Deal of the Year and Australian Private Equity Firm of the Year.

TVS Shriram Growth Fund (1A) is a domestic Rupee capital Private Equity Fund situated in India. It is sponsored by TVS Group and Shriram Group which are highly respected and reputable business houses. TVS Capital Fund (TCF) is the Asset Manager of the Fund with Gopal Srinivasan as the Chairman & MD and D. Sundaram (ex VC & CFO of HUL) as the VC & MD.
 
Fund 1A was raised in 2008 with a fund size of $120Mn, with investment from Sponsors, Financial Institutions, Family offices and HNIs. Supported by a high quality team, based both in Chennai and Mumbai, the Fund is fully deployed in 12 investments. Given the successful track record of Fund 1A and the momentum achieved from its experience, TCF has successfully raised the top up Fund 1B with a corpus of $110Mn. Fund 1B has already achieved the first close with current commitment of $90Mn.

The Fund targets investments across consumer consumption and business services sectors such as food & agri, retail, healthcare delivery, education, hospitality, FMCG, restaurants, facility management, institutional catering and security services.

EQT is the leading private equity group in Northern Europe with close to EUR 18 billion in raised capital and multiple investment strategies. Together with an extensive network of independent Industrial Advisors, EQT implements its investment strategy by acquiring or financing good medium-sized to large companies in Northern and Eastern Europe, Asia and the United States, supporting their development into leading companies. Development is achieved by an industrial strategy with focus on growth. Since inception, EQT has invested more than EUR 11 billion in around 100 companies and exited close to 50. EQT-owned companies have more than 550,000 employees.

EQT Partners, acting as Investment Advisor to the managers of each EQT fund, has around 120 investment professionals with an extensive industrial and financial competence. EQT Partners and its affiliates have offices in Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Oslo, London, Munich, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Stockholm, Warsaw and Zurich.

More information can be found on www.eqt.se

Southern Capital is a leading private equity firm that focuses on control investments in middle market businesses in Southeast Asia. The firm practises an active post investment value creation strategy and has a successful track record of acquiring and growing middle market businesses with enterprise values of between US$20 million to US$200 million. 

Operating from offices in  Singapore and Kuala Lumpur,  Southern Capital seeks to make proprietary investments in businesses that have proven track records, healthy cash flows and strong management teams. The firm has considerable investment and operational expertise in the certain industries such as healthcare, value-added manufacturing, business process outsourcing, consumer products and services and selected infrastructure.

Southern Capital has one of the most experienced investment teams in Southeast Asia and all team members are local in their respective markets.

Asia Alternatives is a solution platform dedicated to helping institutional investors make investments in private equity across Asia. The Firm is currently managing Asia Alternatives Capital Partners, LP ($515 million), Asia Alternatives Capital Partners II, LP ($950 million) and Asia Alternatives Capital Partners III, LP ($908), Asia-focused private equity funds-of-funds. The Firm has over $3 billion in assets under discretionary management. Asia Alternatives invests with top performing private equity fund managers across Asia primarily in Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong), Japan, Korea, South East Asia, India and Australia and is diversified across buyout, growth and expansion, venture capital and special situations funds. The firm currently has over 25 professionals and offices across Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and San Francisco.  For more information, go to www.asiaalternatives.com.

Denning & Company LLC is a FINRA registered global private equity advisory firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2001, Denning & Company, LLC serves the private equity fundraising needs of both veteran General Partners seeking only to broaden their L.P. base as well as the next generation of Private Equity Managers, requiring a more elaborate fundraising effort. With over 70 years of combined industry experience, the Denning and Company team has raised capital in excess of $9 billion for General Partners based in the U.S., Japan/Asia, UK/Europe, Russia, and Israel from a Limited Partner base similarly diversified.

Southern Capital is a leading private equity firm that focuses on control investments in middle market businesses in Southeast Asia. The firm practises an active post investment value creation strategy and has a successful track record of acquiring and growing middle market businesses with enterprise values of between US$20 million to US$200 million. 

Operating from offices in  Singapore and Kuala Lumpur,  Southern Capital seeks to make proprietary investments in businesses that have proven track records, healthy cash flows and strong management teams. The firm has considerable investment and operational expertise in the certain industries such as healthcare, value-added manufacturing, business process outsourcing, consumer products and services and selected infrastructure.

Southern Capital has one of the most experienced investment teams in Southeast Asia and all team members are local in their respective markets.

Clifford Chance has 35 offices in 25 countries with some 3,600 legal advisers, helping clients achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local expertise. We have unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the four key markets of the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, and focus on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.    Our experience in advising fund and asset management businesses is market-leading and our clients include the leading global fund managers. Our practice comprises over 150 lawyers worldwide, drawing on the firm’s wide experience in the banking, real estate, securities, commodities and futures markets. We have particular strength in the key markets of Singapore, Hong Kong, London, New York, Luxembourg, Amsterdam and Frankfurt.  We cover the full range of funds, including private equity funds, exchange traded funds, hedge funds, real estate funds and retail funds.

 Best Law Firm, Asia ex-Japan award for investments funds 2012

                                                                                      AsianInvestor

 Marquee Award for Asia's best provider of legal services 2012

                                                                                     AsianInvestor

eFront is a software provider that specializes in the Alternative Asset management industry.

FrontInvest, eFront’s flagship product, is the leading Alternative Investment solution in Europe, and serves a growing number of customers in North America, Asia and in the Middle-East regions.

Within the competitive landscape, eFront’s product strategy is differentiated by large R&D investments and a constant effort to turn the latest technologies into unmatched functional reach, flexibility and user ergonomics.

Founded in 1999, eFront employs over 160 staff and has offices in London, New York, Montreal, Paris, Dubai, Hong Kong, Bonn and Jersey. eFront is listed on Alternext, by NYSE Euronext.

eFront solutions serve over 200 customers worldwide, including VC and buyout firms, secondary funds, mezzanine funds, fund of funds, institutional investors (banks, insurance companies, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds) and fund administrators.

The ILPA is the global, member-driven organization dedicated to advancing the interests of private equity Limited Partners through industry-leading education programs, independent research, best practices, networking opportunities and global collaborations.

Initially founded as an informal networking group, the ILPA is a voluntary association funded by its members. The ILPA membership has grown to include over 250 member organizations from around the world representing over US $1 trillion of private assets globally.