Haibo (Jason) Zhao

Jason’s recent representative experience includes advising:

Control Acquisitions

• Fedrigoni, a global manufacturer in specialty papers for luxury packaging and other creative applications, on acquiring a majority stake in BoingTech, a subsidiary of Shanghai Inlay Link Inc (a NEEQ-listed Chinese holding company) and pioneer in manufacturing RFID inlays and tags
• Ares Management on acquiring Crescent Point Capital, a Singapore-based private equity firm
• Trustar Capital, formerly CITIC Capital Partners, and its affiliate on acquiring Salion Food Condiment Company Limited, a manufacturer of condiments and seasonings, with its principal business in China
• MBK Partners Fund V, L.P. on the US$950 million acquisitions of ocean parks across China from Hong Kong-listed hospitality group Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Ltd. 
• Everbright Securities on purchasing 30% of the shares of Sun Hung Kai Financial Group Limited held by Sun Hung Kai & Co. Limited, with total consideration of HK$2.4 billion
• The general partner of a multibillion dollar private equity fund on its self-tender offer to restructure the fund for a potential IPO*
• A group of private placement noteholders on an out-of-court restructuring of Savers, one of the largest thrift store operators in the US and Canada*
• Jiangxi Copper on acquiring three copper mines in Albania*
• A Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE) on acquiring a tungsten mine in Kazakhstan*
• Lukoil on selling energy assets in Kazakhstan to Sinopec*
• A Russian oil company on selling energy assets in Iraq to a Chinese SOE*
• A US investment firm on its bid for certain oil and gas assets in the Eagle Ford*
• A US investment firm on its bid for certain oil and gas assets in Oklahoma*
• A US utility company on its bid for certain pipeline assets in Pennsylvania*

Public M&As and PIPES

• Trustar Capital, formerly CITIC Capital Partners, as a major member of the buyer consortium on the US$4.76 billion privatization of US-listed China Biologic Products Holdings Inc., a developer of plasma-based therapies
• CICC as a member of the buyer consortium in the US$126 million privatization of Genetron Holdings Limited, a leading precision oncology platform company in China
• A buyer consortium led by Mr. Bing Zhang, the chief executive officer and chairman of Glory Star New Media Group Holdings Limited (GSMG), on the proposed going-private of GSMG
• Aspex, as a member of the buyer consortium, on the privatization of US-listed New Frontier Health Corporation, operator of the premium healthcare services provider United Family Healthcare 
• Aspex Management, as lead investor, on the pipe investment in conjunction with a de-SPAC merger between an Asian-sponsored SPAC and a North America-based biotech company
• CPPIB on its US$100 million investment in Hutchison China MediTech Limited, an innovative biopharmaceutical company in China dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM market and the Nasdaq Global Select Market
• Tencent on:
  • Acquiring a controlling stake in Huya, a New York Stock Exchange-listed leading Chinese game live-streaming platform
  • Its proposal for Huya to enter into a stock-for-stock merger with DouYu International, of which Tencent is the largest shareholder; Huya and DouYu are both US-listed and the two largest game live-streaming platforms in China
  • Selling a stake in NIO, a China-based company engaged in researching, developing, and manufacturing premium smart electric vehicles, by Image Frame Investment (HK) Limited, a Tencent affiliate

Growth Capital and Venture Capital Investments

• Temasek, as one of the lead investors, on the US$110 million funding round for Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong-based game software company
• Primavera Capital on:
  • The Series C financing round of LoveBonito Holdings Pte. Ltd, a Southeast Asia’s omnichannel womenswear brand, as lead investor
• The US$88 million Series B financing of Hex Trust, an Asia-focused crypto custody provider
• Beijing Kuaishou Technology Co., Ltd. on its US$3 billion Series F financing from a group of Tencent-led international and Chinese investors
• Tencent Music Entertainment Group on its minority investment and business cooperation with Wave XR, a US-based virtual concert company that assists artists in live performance avatar creations

General Corporate

• A number of US-based religious congregations on their civil configuration*
• A US fashion trade show organizer on its proposed joint venture with a Chinese SOE*
• Far East on its gas joint venture project with a Chinese SOE, CUCBM*
• A US multinational food company on sourcing renewable energy in China*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham