Yun Cao is a finance associate in the Hong Kong office of Latham & Watkins. Yun advises financial institutions, private equity sponsors, and corporations on a wide range of cross-border financing transactions, including acquisition/leveraged financings, special situation debt investments, and syndicated corporate financings.
Profile
Experience
Yun’s experience includes advising:
- I Squared Capital on the financing for the acquisition of Philippine Coastal Storage & Pipeline Corp, the largest independent import terminal in the Philippines, from Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
- Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board on the financing for its inaugural investment into India – the acquisition of Sahyadri Hospitals Group, an India-based private hospital chain
- EQT on a historic financing in connection with the acquisition by EQT Infrastructure of Integrated Clinical Oncology Network Pty Ltd (Icon Group), Australia’s largest vertically integrated cancer care provider, from a consortium including Goldman Sachs Asset Management, QIC Private Capital Pty Ltd, and Pagoda Investment Advisors; the deal marks the largest-ever all-Australian dollar Term Loan B (TLB) financing on record and the first TLB in Australia to exceed A$1 billion
- Advantage Partners on a leveraged financing of major investment in a Philippine-based information and communications technology solutions provider Micro-D International, Inc.*
- MBK Partners for a real estate related special situation financing*
- HSBC on a syndicated margin loan for a leading insurance company*
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and a syndicate of financiers on a pre-IPO revolving loan facilities for DiDi Chuxing*
- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on a syndicated facility for a Hong Kong subsidiary of KE Holdings Inc.*
- Bytedance on US$1.335 billion term and revolving facilities provided by a syndicate of international banks led by Morgan Stanley*
- Some special situation/credit funds led by Nomura on a special situation financing for a real estate developer with bespoke structure*
- AsiaInfor Group on onshore and offshore multi-tranche facilities led by a syndicate of Taiwanese banks*
- HSBC and some special situation/credit funds on three corporate financings/pre-IPO financings for real estate developers in Hong Kong*
- International Finance Corporation on a corporate financing for an educational business in the PRC*
- China CITIC Bank International Limited in relation to an acquisition financing for the subscription of the rights issuance in a Hong Kong-listed company by a BVI company which in turn for the proposed takeover of an Australia listed pharmaceutical company*
- Ping An Bank and China CITIC Bank on a term loan facility for the acquisition of Wall Street English by CITIC Capital and Baring Private Equity Asia*
- China Merchants Bank on term loan facility for acquisition of approximately 50.75% shares of a Hong Kong listed company by Hony Capital*
- Bank of China and China Merchants Bank on onshore and offshore multi-tranche facilities (with SBLC structure) for the acquisition of 50% stake in a mining company in Argentina by a PRC stated-owned enterprise (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange)*
*Matter handled prior to joining the firm
Qualifications
Bar Qualification
- Hong Kong (Registered Foreign Lawyer)
- New York
Education
- LL.M., Cornell Law School, 2015
- LL.B., Tsinghua University School of Law, 2014
Languages Spoken
- English
- Chinese (Cantonese)
- Chinese (Mandarin)
Industries
News & Insights
October 24, 2024
Our Work
Asia corporate team represents I Squared Capital on its 100% acquisition indirectly of Philippine Coastal Storage & Pipeline Corp (PSCPC) from Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT) and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC).
September 14, 2023
Our Work
Latham Advises on kdc/one’s US$1.8 Billion Cross-Border Refinancing
A cross-border, interdisciplinary team represented the financing sources.
August 17, 2022
Our Work
Latham Advises Ontario Teachers’ on Acquisition of Majority Stake in Sahyadri Hospitals
Firm advises on acquisition of the largest private hospital chain in the state of Maharashtra.