Justin Lau

Justin Lau practices corporate law, with a particular focus on capital markets and cross-border M&A transactions. 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.

Mr. Lau’s recent experience includes advising (* indicates matters prior to joining Skadden):

• Hochschild Mining plc on the demerger and listing of Aclara Resources on the Toronto Stock Exchange;
• two private equity funds on the acquisition of Western Union Business Solutions (a division of the Western Union Company);
• 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;*
• Central Asia Metals plc in connection with the reverse takeover of Lynx Resources Limited;*
• Trafigura on a number of debt securities and financing transactions, including:*
• its €3 billion medium term note programme 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;
• WIND Hellas Telecommunications on its Regulation S and Rule 144A offering of €95 million of high-yield senior secured notes;*
• Bally’s Corporation on its US$2.7 billion cash and share exchange takeover offer for Gamesys Group plc;*
• M. Safra & Co. on the disposal of 30 Fenchurch Street (formerly known as One Planation Place) to funds advised by Brookfield Asset Management;*
• APG and a Delancey-advised fund on the acquisition of Earls Court for £425 million from Capital and Counties plc;*
• Koch Industries on INVISTA’s sale of its HVA polymers business in Germany to Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited;*
• Koch Real Estate Investments in connection with an attempted consortium bid for Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC;*
• Transdigm Group, Inc. in connection with a number of Regulation S and Rule 144A offerings of senior and subordinated notes in the amount of over US$2 billion;* and
• Omnicom Group Inc., a leading global marketing and corporate communications company, in connection with the SEC registered public offerings of senior notes by its wholly owned U.K. finance subsidiary Omnicom Finance Holdings plc.*