Alvin Kwong is a Partner of the Firm and a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Hong Kong office. He is a member of 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, infrastructure and data center finance, backleverage 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 transactions across different industries and jurisdictions in Asia.
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Work Highlights
- Blackstone in multiple financings, including its:
- Approximately US$16.1 billion acquisition of AirTrunk
- Approximately US$6.3 billion acquisition of Crown Resorts Limited
- Acquisition of International Gemological Institute
- Acquisition of Quality Care India Ltd
- Acquisition of a majority stake in R Systems International Limited; and
- Acquisition of a majority stake in Mphasis Limited
- KKR (and its portfolio companies) in multiple financings in Asia
Education
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Columbia Law School, 2015 J.D.
Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
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Boston University, 2010 B.A.
Alvin Kwong is a Partner of the Firm and a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Hong Kong office. He is a member of the Firm’s Asia Banking and Credit Practice focusing on complex cross-border transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He advises on a wide range of acquisition finance, real estate finance, infrastructure and data center finance, backleverage 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, Korea and Japan, and industries, such as data centers, 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:
- Acquisitions of: AirTrunk; Crown Resorts Limited; VivoCity mall in Shanghai from Mapletree; International Gemological Institute; a majority stake in R Systems International Limited; a majority stake in Mphasis Limited; a majority stake in ASK Investment Managers; PGP Glass Private Limited; and Comstar Automotive Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd.
- Announced tender offer to acquire Infocom Corporation in Japan
- KKR in its acquisition of Healthium Medtech 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.