PATRICK LIU advises on investment fund formation, with a particular emphasis on private equity, buy-out and venture capital formation matters, and has experience in hedge funds and bespoke hybrid fund products. He also has a strong track record advising on private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, take-private transactions and shareholder dispute matters.
With his experience in both upstream and downstream transactions, fund managers and investors appreciate Patrick’s commercial sense and familiarity with market terms at all stages of the fund formation and investment process. Patrick advises a diverse variety of fund managers including Hong Kong, Singapore and North American alternative asset managers. From the investor side, he has a particular focus on advising sovereign wealth funds, state-owned investors, pension funds and family offices in Asia and EMEA.
Complementing his experience in the private funds space, Patrick has broad experience advising on a wide range of transactional matters involving public company and private company targets across Asia, including Greater China and Southeast Asia and the U.S. His transactional experience covers MNCs and state-owned enterprises and spans across a range of industries, with a particular focus on the technology, media and telecommunications sectors, as well as the healthcare, infrastructure and biotechnology sectors.
Patrick is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese and has practiced in the United States and Hong Kong.