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Citi is the leading global financial services company with some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Through Citicorp and Citi Holdings, Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services and wealth management.
In the Asia Pacific region, Citi has over 50,000 employees across 19 countries and territories: Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, China, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Macau, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Citi's legacy in the Asia Pacific dates back more than a hundred years. Today we provide more services in more markets for more clients than any other financial institution in the region.
Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com.
KPMG is one of the leading providers of Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We respond to clients' business challenges with a global perspective and local knowledge that spans industry sectors. Our high-performing people mobilise around our clients, using our expertise and insight to cut through complexity and deliver informed perspectives and clear solutions that our clients and stakeholders value.
The KPMG Private Equity group brings together our leading transaction advisory, deal origination and M&A Tax professionals who work full time on deals for the private equity funds. They combine industry specific skills with a deep understanding of the requirements of private equity funds as they search out the value enhancing attributes of each deal. Our professionals work closely with the management of portfolio companies, embedding ‘best practices' and helping build value prior to exit. Depending on the exit route, we also help prepare companies for IPO or manage the sales process.
KPMG Advisory professionals provide advice and assistance to enable companies, intermediaries and public sector bodies to mitigate risk, improve performance, and create value in relation to both transactions as well as their everyday activities.
KPMG's Tax services are designed to reflect the unique needs and objectives of each client, KPMG firms work with their clients to assist them in achieving effective tax compliance and managing tax risks, while helping to control costs.
KPMG - Dedicated to Private Equity.
China Renaissance Capital Investment (CRCI) is an independent private equity investment manager focuses on providing growth and venture capitals to companies across a broad range of industries in Greater China. Founded in 2005, CRCI currently manages China Harvest Funds, growth capital for business expansions, and China Spring Fund, venture capital that finances business formations.
It is an essential investment philosophy of CRCI to fund companies that are lead by strong entrepreneurs where Partners of CRCI can add substantial value through their prior business operation, advisory and principal investing experiences in the Greater China market. CRCI has 40 team members with offices located in Hong Kong, Beijing Shanghai and Chengdu.
Coller Capital is the leading investor in private equity secondaries worldwide, with approximately $8 billion under management.
We provide liquidity to investors wishing to exit early from their private equity investments - which may be either Limited Partner positions in private equity funds or portfolios of direct investments in private companies (typically owned by financial institutions or corporations). Our investments vary widely in size - from single LP positions in small private equity funds, to large portfolios of diverse assets - from as small as $1 million, to $1 billion or more.
In 2007, the firm closed its fifth secondaries fund, Coller International Partners V, with capital commitments of $4.8 billion and backing from 200 of the world's leading institutional investors.
Coller Capital has a truly multinational investment team and a global reach.
New Pacific Consulting is the leader in providing Private Equity and their portfolio firm's China industrial sector due diligence and research. NPC's China practice has over 30 consultants across five dedicated industrial teams including Power, Building, Chemicals, Industrial Equipment and Auto Parts.
NPC's clients include over half of the 30 largest global private equity firms, leading China funds as well as various industrial focused medium sized funds. More information about NPC available at: www.newpacificconsulting.com
Founded in 2002, PAG is now one of the region's largest Asia-focussed alternative investment managers, with over US$5 billion funds under management across Private Equity, Real Estate and Hedge Funds and Special Situations.
PAG has over 150 staff across Asia in locations including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing and Tokyo. PAG also recently merged with Secured Capital Japan, providing an additional team of over 100 professionals and real estate assets across Asia.
The firm: JUN HE LAW OFFICES is widely recognized as a leading full-service law firm in China, uniquely positioned to provide superior legal services in commercial transactions and disputes. As one of the first private PRC law firms, we are renowned as a pioneer in the re-establishment and development of the legal profession in contemporary China.
Since our inception in 1989, we have become one of the largest and most established PRC-based law firms with over 300 attorneys and eight offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Dalian, Haikou, Hong Kong, New York and Silicon Valley. Our firm possesses strong foreign language capabilities, and our working languages include Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean. Operating under an integrated system and aided by state-of-the-art communications technology, we are fully equipped to provide our clients with professional services of the highest caliber.
Areas of Practice:
- Corporate and M&A
- Securities and Capital Markets
- Banking and Finance
- Infrastructure and Project Finance
- Real Estate and Construction
- Mining and Natural Resources
- Intellectual Property and Hi-tech
- Dispute Resolution
- Tax
- Labor
- International Trade
- Anti-trust and Competition
- Bankruptcy
- Entertainment and Media
- Outbound Investment
With more than a thousand lawyers in fifteen offices around the world, Morrison & Foerster LLP offers clients comprehensive, global legal services in business and litigation. The firm is distinguished by its unsurpassed expertise in finance, life sciences and technology, legendary litigation skills, and an unrivaled reach across the Pacific Rim, where the firm has nearly 200 lawyers resident in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai, and Tokyo. Our attorneys are well positioned to provide our clients with on-the-ground support for their business ventures around the Asia-Pacific region and internationally.
Morrison & Foerster's expertise extends to private equity and venture capital, M&A, cross-border joint ventures, financial transactions, securities, bankruptcy, litigation, IP, real estate, technology, and other practice areas to bring the full resources of the firm to bear in addressing the needs of our clients. We have one compelling mission: to deliver success for our clients.
Highly Acclaimed Practice
• Chambers Asia 2011 ranks the firm in band 1 for private equity and venture capital in China. "Really understand[s] investment in China and is outstanding for international fund formation and China work. Its international lawyers are supported by senior Chinese lawyers - they work together closely and seamlessly."
• Asia Pacific Legal 500 2011 says, "Morrison & Foerster has a prestigious history in the private equity sector, both in Hong Kong and mainland China."
• Chambers Global 2011 ranks the firm in band 1 for M&A in Japan.
• PLC Cross Border's Private Equity Handbook highly recommends the firm as a leading advisor for private equity and venture capital investments in Hong Kong and China each year since 2006.
• IFLR 1000 2011 recognizes the firm as a leading private equity firm in Asia and notes, "Morrison & Foerster has been lauded by rivals for its strong practice in private equity and venture capital."
• Sole Japan recipient of the International Law Office's "Client Choice Award" for excellence in client services (based on a survey of 1000 in-house counsel).
• Asian-Counsel named us "2010 Firm of the Year" for Telecoms, Media and Technology in Hong Kong as part of their in-house counsel survey.
The Burgiss Group, LLC, headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey (USA), is a privately held company catering to limited partners, advisors and fund of funds in the private equity market.
With over 300 clients worldwide, Burgiss provides solutions to manage investments through every stage of the private equity investment life cycle. We count many of the world's largest investors in alternative assets among our customers, including pension funds, endowments, foundations, funds of funds, gatekeepers, consultants and family offices.
Our applications and financial data services are designed to follow the entire private equity life cycle from initial deal pipeline and due diligence, through deal and document management, performance measurement, and portfolio holdings monitoring. At the Burgiss Group, we are helping our clients make good long-term choices in the face of rapidly changing technology.
Over 4,300 of the world's leading companies, private equity and venture capital firms actively use Capital IQ to enhance deal flow, evaluate opportunities more efficiently, and add value to portfolio companies. The core of Capital IQ is a rich database that contains comprehensive information on the vast majority of organizations and professionals that are relevant to private capital investors.
With Capital IQ, you can access profiles of over 2,300,000 private companies, 66,000 public companies, 694,000 transactions, and 2,000,000 professionals across the globe. In addition, you can access news from over 20,000 sources, and have email alerts sent to you about companies you are tracking. Seamlessly integrated with the database are hundreds of easy-to-use tools that map to the day-to-day work processes of private capital investors.
For more information on Capital IQ, please see our website at: www.capitaliq.com, send us an email at sales@capitaliq.com, or call us at +852 2533 3588.
Control Risks is one of the world's leading global business risk consultancies. As a trusted adviser to almost three quarters of the Fortune Global 500, we protect our clients' most valuable assets: their investments, people, brand and reputation. Our support and advice enables clients to manage the political, security, operational and integrity risks that come with doing business internationally.
Our services include:
• Political risk analysis
• Fraud and corporate investigations
• Crisis management and business continuity planning
• Incident response
• Legal technologies
• Security risk audits, protection and training
• Security design solutions
• Travel security analysis and management services
For more information on our China practice, please contact:
Beijing
Tel: +86 10 8454 9104
Email: beijing@control-risks.com
Shanghai
Tel: +86 21 5298 1800
Email: shanghai@control-risks.com
Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2810 9028
Email: hongkong@control-risks.com
IntraLinks (NYSE: IL) is a leading global provider of Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") solutions for securely managing content, exchanging critical business information and collaborating within and among organizations. Our cloud-based solutions enable organizations to control, track, search and exchange time-sensitive information inside and outside the firewall, all within a secure and easy-to-use environment.
Our customers rely on our cost-effective solutions to manage large amounts of electronic information, accelerate information-intensive business processes, reduce time to market, optimize critical information workflow, meet regulatory and risk management requirements and collaborate with business counterparties in a secure, auditable and compliant manner. We help our customers eliminate the inherent risks and inefficiencies of using email, fax, courier services and other existing solutions to collaborate and exchange information. More than 1,000,000 professionals in industries including financial services, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer, energy, industrial, legal, insurance, real estate and technology, as well as government agencies, have utilized IntraLinks' easy-to-use, cloud-based solutions.
SecondMarket is the marketplace for alternative investments, including private company stock, structured products, bankruptcy claims, public equity and more. It has become the online destination for building an investment network, accessing market data and transacting in alternative assets. SecondMarket centralizes and simplifies secondary market activity by connecting buyers and sellers, and providing world-class market and operations expertise. Since 2004, SecondMarket has brought together more than 50,000 individuals and institutions and completed billions of dollars in alternative investment transactions. SecondMarket is a registered broker-dealer, SEC-regulated alternative trading system (ATS) and member of FINRA, MSRB and SIPC. For more information, please visit www.secondmarket.com.
Invest Hong Kong is the department of the HKSAR Government for Foreign Direct Investment, supporting overseas, Mainland and Taiwanese businesses to set up and expand in Hong Kong. We provide free advice and customised services to help your business succeed in our vibrant economy.
We can provide the latest information on Hong Kong's business environment including sector-specific advice, business incorporation procedures, licensing requirements, tax and business regulations, cost-of-business models, employment legislation, work visa requirements, and business networking opportunities. We also provide public relations services during the launch and expansion of your company.
InvestHK can also arrange introductions for you with financial regulators, professional associations and government departments.
For more information, please visit our website www.investhk.gov.hk or contact our Head of Financial Services, Ms Priscilla Law at plaw@investhk.gov.hk or (852) 3107 1085.
The Wall Street Journal Asia is the leader in global business news for Asia. Since 1976, it has provided indispensable news and analysis of regional and global business developments for an influential pan-Asian audience of corporate and government decision-makers. The Wall Street Journal Asia has been voted the most "important business reading" among international daily newspapers in Asia in every ABRS/BE:ASIA study since the survey's inception in 1985.
The Wall Street Journal's China staff won a Pulitzer Prize in 2007 for coverage of the consequences of the nation's rapid growth. Dow Jones publications won a combined five awards in the 2009 Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence.
Edited and published in Hong Kong, The Wall Street Journal Asia is printed in eleven Asian cities-Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo-and distributed throughout the Asia Pacific region. More than 75% of its subscribers are Asian.
The Wall Street Journal's Web site for Asia is at www.asia.wsj.com and homepage for India is at www.india.wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal is also published online in Japanese at www.japan.wsj.com and in Chinese at www.chinese.wsj.com.
ISI Emerging Markets (www.securities.com) is a pioneer of high-value emerging market business and financial information, with the Internet as its distribution channel where over 10,000+ users in Asia use the online service. ISI Emerging Markets is headquartered in New York and has 29 offices around the world.
We partner with a range of customers like private equity firms, venture capitalists, investment bankers, brokerage firms, management consultancies, banks, and other diversified companies for their business and financial requirements.
ISI Emerging Markets aggregates hard-to-get information from premium sources on the basis of business news, company financials for private & public listed company, research on companies, M&A & PE deals across all the sectors, in-depth Industry research for more than 100 sectors along with the Macro-economic and Financial market information of the country. A one stop consolidated resource for information from more than 20,000 sources.
Elite PR Consultants Beijing Co., Ltd.
Established in 1987, Elite PR Group is the largest independent PR organization and the fastest growing PR network in Taiwan, encompassing 12 distinct companies – Elite, K-Concepts, Apex, Elite Beijing, Elite Shanghai, Bravo, Clavis, Focus, Kinetics, MediCom, Fides and K-Communications. With over 300 local professionals and strong affiliate partners in the Asia Pacific region, the Elite PR Group provides in-depth consultancy for international, regional and local clients, covering Corporate, Community, CSR, Consumer, Healthcare, Finance, Telecom, Internet, Semiconductor, Consumer Electronics and Digital Marketing sectors.
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Beijing Private Equity Association
Beijing Private Equity Association (BPEA) was established on Jun 20, 2008
Until now, BPEA has 83 members, which managed over 320 billions, our members including top China PE/VC institutions such as, Hopu Investments Management Co., Ltd., Hony Capital and CITIC Private Equity Funds Management Co., Ltd. etc.
BPEA committed to:
Promote the issuance of preferential policies for PE industry
Build the self-regulatory discipline of PE industry
Safeguard the legitimate rights of members
Research development trends of PE industry
Train relevant professional people
Cooperate with domestic and oversea institution
BPEA Service Center:
BPEA provide services for industrial and relevant people: professional consultation and guidance, fund registration and recording, business meeting, training and so on.
CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the world's leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with 183,000 members and students operating in 168 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit organisations.
CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employers' choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders. CIMA is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy.
To find out more about how CIMA can deliver value to you and your organisation, please visit: www.cimaglobal.com or www.cncima or contact our China Office at 400 820 4080.
The Institutional Limited Partners Association is a not-for-profit association committed to serving limited partner investors in the global private equity industry by providing a forum for facilitating value-added communication, enhancing education in the asset class and promoting research and standards in the private equity industry. ILPA has over 240 institutional member organizations that collectively manage approximately $1 trillion of private equity assets. For a copy of the ILPA Private Equity Principles or for more information about ILPA, please visit http://ilpa.org.
Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA) is the oldest, most influential and largest member-based national organization of its kind. It represents venture capital and private equity firms to promote the industry within India. It seeks to create a more favorable environment for equity investment and entrepreneurship. It is an influential forum representing the industry to governmental bodies and public authorities.
IVCA members include leading venture capital and private equity firms, institutional investors, banks, corporate advisers, accountants, lawyers and other service providers to the venture capital and private equity industry. These firms provide capital for seed ventures, early stage companies, later-stage expansion and growth finance for management buyouts/ buy-ins.
Initiated in September 2008 by leading Limited Partners ("LP") in Asia, Limited Partners Association of China (LPACN) aims to become the most credible non-profit platform of interaction for institutional investors in private equity from China and abroad.
LPACN commits itself to maintaining the common interests of LPs in China, promoting the understanding and cooperation between Chinese and international institutional investors through research, forums and exchange programs, and facilitating a healthy and sustainable development for the Chinese venture capital and private equity industry.
Taiwan M&A and Private Equity Council (MAPECT), a non-profit organization, was established in Taipei on September 29th, 2009 by more than 70 industry professionals who recognized that Taiwan needed a dedicated organization solely devoted towards promoting M&A and private equity. MAPECT is an exclusive high-level advocacy platform dedicated towards promoting cross-strait investment activities by enhancing better industry-government relations, building an optimized regulatory framework for M&A and private equity deal-making, and leveraging resources provided by major private equity firms in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China. Our members include the Taiwan Stock Exchange, the Taiwan Insurance Institute, Credit Agricole, Citigroup, Deloitte & Touche, and other many other highly respected financial and private equity industry companies, as well as legal services and accounting firms.
MAPECT's mission is to facilitate cross-strait M&A and private equity activities and to offer its unique services to the global market. Our mandate to serve our clients as an "official" go-between the industry, government, and general public is why MAPECT is able to advance our membership's interests as an effective advocacy platform.
Shanghai Private Equity Association
Shanghai Private Equity Association（"SHPEA"）,formerly Shanghai Foreign Direct Investment Fund Association, was established on 7th April,2004. The association is a non-profit organization founded by international private equity funds and their managing entities, international institutional investors, relevant professional service providers and investment promotion organizations. Now SHPEA has around 60 members and its main functions are:
- Facilitating deal sourcing, matchmaking and fund raising
- Hosting international forum, seminars and workshops on private equity
- Organizing the training in the area of private equity
- Releasing information and research report related to private equity
Based out of London, New York, and Hong Kong, IE Consulting is a strategy consulting team, focusing on the needs of General Partners and other practitioners in the global private equity and venture capital markets, as well as hedge fund managers and institutional asset managers.
AVCJ Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UK's Incisive Media, is the leading source of information on Asian private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions. A catalyst in the region, the Group has been providing editorial coverage, quality data and intelligent analysis to Asia's deal-making industry for more than 20 years.
AVCJ publishes the Asian Venture Capital Journal (Weekly), the leading financial weekly covering Asia's private equity and venture capital markets. Private Equity Asia (Monthly) and M&A Asia (Bi-Weekly).M&A Asia, the region's only magazine specializing in mergers and acquisitions, as well as the Asian Venture Capital Journal.
The Asian Venture Capital Journal organizes the Gobal Asian Venture Forums, now in their 21st year, held in Hong Kong, Chicago, Taipei, New York, Tokyo, Seoul, Silicon Valley, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Mumbai and London attract global private equity dealmakers throughout the year.
AVCJ's events serve a dual purpose: to encourage an exchange of ideas on industry developments and trends and to provide a meeting place for its leading practitioners.
