Yvette T.L. Ho

Yvette’s experience includes advising: 

• KKR on the sale of a minority interest in Pinnacle Towers to British Columbia Investment Management Corp (BCI) 
• BPEA EQT Funds V and VI and portfolio company Vistra (BPEA EQT) on the merger of Vistra with Tricor, an existing BPEA EQT Fund VIII portfolio company, in a transaction that values the combined company at an enterprise value of US$6.5 billion. This transaction was awarded the Private Equity Exit of the Year (Large Cap) at AVCJ Private Equity & Venture Capital Awards 2023 and Best Private Equity Deal: Hong Kong at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2023
• China Jinmao Holdings Group on its privatization, by way of a scheme of arrangement, of China VAST Industrial Urban Development Company, a previously Hong Kong-listed property developer focused on planning, developing, and operating industrial towns in China
• Tianqi Lithium Corporation, a leading global lithium producer, on its HK$13.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) H-share IPO on HKEX. This transaction was awarded Capital Markets Deal of the Year by Chinese Business Law Journal's Deals of the Year Awards 2022  
• Hong Kong Airlines on the holistic restructuring of its US$6.2 billion debts and liabilities, including its guarantee of the US$683 million perpetual securities issued by Blue Skyview. This restructuring involves the first-ever parallel Hong Kong scheme of arrangement and UK restructuring plan. This transaction was awarded Cross-border Deal of the Year by China Business Law Journal's Deals of the Year Awards 2022
• Huachen Energy, a private thermal power generator in China, on its US$500 million bond restructuring, including interactions with the onshore restructuring undertaken by its PRC parent, Wintime Group and the first-ever US chapter 15 recognition of a PRC bankruptcy reorganization plan
• Pearl Holding III Limited, a sponsor-backed manufacturer and distributor of precision plastic injection moulds, on its restructuring of US$175 million senior secured notes due 2022, through a Cayman scheme of arrangement in conjunction with a refinancing of its senior secured revolving credit facility