Justin Lau

Mr. Lau has acted for public and private corporations, financial institutions and private equity sponsors on a wide range of corporate and corporate finance matters, including initial public offerings, secondary fund raisings, debt offerings, cross-border acquisitions and disposals, and corporate reorganizations. He also advises clients on corporate governance issues, including ESG-related matters.

Mr. Lau’s recent experience includes advising (certain matters were advised on prior to joining Skadden):

• SHEIN Global Holdings Limited on its HK$13.6 billion ($1.7 billion) initial public offering and listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• The Magnum Ice Cream Company N.V. on its $9.1 billion separation, demerger and spin-off from Unilever plc and triple-listing on the London Stock Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange
• International Paper on its US$9.9 billion acquisition of DS Smith and secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange
• Xavier Niel on a strategic minority investment in Vodafone Group plc and related financing arrangements
• Prosus N.V. in the disposal of its investment in Delivery Hero SE to Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Pollen Street Capital, Markerstudy and Saturn Holdings plc, the parent company of Tradex Insurance Company plc, a leading independent motor insurer in the U.K., in connection with multiple regulatory capital issuances and refinancing arrangements, including Saturn’s inaugural £180 million 9% reset subordinated Tier 2 notes offering and listing on the International Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange and numerous other private regulatory capital issuances to private investors
• Telegram Group in connection with its US$1.7 billion offering of convertible bonds and a related tender and exchange offer for existing pre-IPO convertible bonds
• Pfizer Inc. in connection with its US$15 billion euro commercial paper program
• Becton, Dickinson and Company on the establishment of its US$2.75 billion multicurrency euro commercial paper program and the upsize of its U.S. commercial paper program to US$2.75 billion
• Convera on its US$910 million acquisition of The Western Union Company’s business solutions division, one of the world’s largest nonbank providers of cross-border payment and foreign exchange solutions
• Bally’s Corporation on its US$2.7 billion cash and share exchange takeover offer for Gamesys Group plc
• Victoria Plumbing PLC on its £800 million Regulation S and Rule 144A initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• Koch Equity Development on its preferred equity PIPE investment into Victoria plc and block trade of Victoria plc shares with Invesco-advised funds
• Loungers plc in connection with its £185 million initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange, subsequent secondary fundraises and block trades by its shareholders
• GCA Altium and Berenberg Bank in connection with Team17 Group plc’s £217 million initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange
• Trafigura on a number of debt securities and financing transactions, including its €3 billion medium term note program listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, its acquisition of the Nyrstar Group through a scheme of arrangement and the offering of US$600 million perpetual securities on the Singapore Stock Exchange