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Alvin Kwong
 

Alvin Kwong

Counsel (New York)
 
ICBC Tower – 35th Floor
3 Garden Road, Central
Hong Kong  

Alvin Kwong is Counsel (New York) in the Firm’s Asia Banking and Credit Practice. Focusing on cross-border transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Alvin advises on a wide range of acquisition finance, real estate finance, fund finance, back leverage transactions, margin finance and other corporate financing transactions. He regularly represents leading private equity sponsors, including Blackstone (and its portfolio companies), KKR, Apax and others, on various acquisitions across different industries and jurisdictions in Asia.

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Work Highlights
  • Blackstone Real Estate in multiple financings, including its approximately $6.3 billion acquisition of Crown Resorts Limited
  • Blackstone in multiple financings, including in its acquisition of International Gemological Institute and acquisition of a majority stake in R Systems International Limited and Mphasis Limited
  • KKR (and its portfolio companies) in multiple financings in Asia
Education
  • Columbia Law School, 2015 J.D.
    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
  • Boston University, 2010 B.A.
Admissions
  • New York 2016

Based in the Hong Kong office, Alvin Kwong is Counsel (New York) in the Firm’s Asia Banking and Credit Team. His practice focuses on complex cross-border transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region, and he advises on a wide range of acquisition finance, real estate finance, fund finance, back leverage transactions, margin finance and other corporate financing transactions. Alvin represents leading private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, corporate borrowers, international financial institutions and private credit funds. His pan-Asia practice covers both a wide range of jurisdictions, including India, Australia, Greater China and Japan, and industries, such as real estate, financial institutions, technology and industrials and many others.

Select highlights of Alvin’s work on publicly announced representations include:

  • Blackstone (and its portfolio companies) on multiple financings, including its:
    • Acquisition of Crown Resorts Limited
    • Acquisition of VivoCity mall in Shanghai from Mapletree
    • Acquisition of International Gemological Institute
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in R Systems International Limited
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in Mphasis Limited
    • Acquisition of a majority stake in ASK Investment Managers
    • Acquisition of PGP Glass Private Limited
    • Acquisition of Comstar Automotive Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.
  • Apax Partners LLP and its portfolio company Azentio Software Private Limited in their acquisition of Path Solutions and Beyontech Solutions
  • SoftBank Group Corp. in multiple margin loan financings
  • Various private funds with their subscription and NAV facilities
  • Other confidential real estate financing transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region

Alvin received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2015, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.A. from Boston University in 2010. He is admitted to practice in New York.

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