Anuj Shah is a Partner in the Firm’s Asia Banking and Credit Practice, based in Hong Kong. Anuj advises on complex cross-border financing transactions throughout the Asia-Pacific region. He represents a range of private equity sponsors, their portfolio companies, financial institutions, private credit funds and corporate borrowers, providing liquidity solutions at all levels of the capital structure. This includes a mix of acquisition and leveraged finance, fund finance, back-leverage and margin finance, infrastructure finance, real estate finance and other corporate finance transactions. Anuj’s pan-Asia Pacific experience covers jurisdictions including India, Greater China, Singapore, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and Australia. His clients span a wide range of industries including infrastructure, healthcare, financial institutions and consumer products.
Anuj has been named a 2024 “Rising Star” by the Fund Finance Association. He has also been a speaker at the Fund Finance Association’s 2023 and 2024 APAC Symposium.
Between 2021-2022, Anuj spent time on secondment with KKR in Hong Kong, where he supported the capital markets and legal teams on a variety of financing transactions.
Among his representative matters, Anuj has advised:
- KKR (and its portfolio companies) in connection with multiple financings and investments including its:
- S$1.75 billion (US$1.3 billion) investment (in consortium with Singtel) in ST Telemedia Global Data Centres;
- US$650 million investment in Vinhomes, the largest real estate developer in Vietnam;
- US$530 million acquisition of a controlling stake in Ramky Enviro Engineers;
- US$625 million acquisition of a controlling stake in Vini Cosmetics;
- NT$47.8 billion (US$1.56 billion) take-private of Taiwan’s LCY Chemical Corp., which was named a 2019 deal of the year by Asian-mena Counsel, Finance Asia and IFLR; and
- ChemChina on a US$5.5 billion refinancing in connection with its take-private acquisition of Syngenta AG
- SoftBank on its US$4.5 billion equivalent margin loan financing
- Blackstone (and its portfolio companies) in multiple financings and refinancings across Asia-Pacific
- Alibaba on its takeover of Ele.me, a leading online delivery service in the PRC
- PHC Holdings (f/k/a Panasonic Healthcare) in its approximately US$1.14 billion acquisition of the Anatomical Pathology business of Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
- Financing aspects in connection with the formation of pan-Asia funds, including Advantage Partners VI (¥85 billion) and VII (¥130 billion); J-GIA II Fund Series (¥38 billion); J-STAR No.5 Series Funds (¥75 billion) and Continuation Funds (¥17.9 billion); Mercuria II (¥43.85 billion); NIC II and III Series Funds (¥51 billion and ¥63 billion respectively); PAG Real Estate SCREP VII (US$2.75 billion); Sunrise Capital IV (US$450 million) and V (US$500 million); TACO III (US$310 million); and TCAP VI Series Funds (¥81 billion) as well as fund financing in connection with certain of these funds
- Cognita Schools on its acquisition of Woodland Pre-Schools (Hong Kong)
- Various pan-Asia funds on their subscription (or capital call) facilities secured by uncalled capital commitments
- Various private equity sponsors on their net asset value (NAV) financings and hybrid variations provided as aftercare facilities for funds that are later in their life cycles with less uncalled capital and more portfolio asset value
- Various private equity sponsors on back-leverage financings supported by fund level equity commitment letters
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Anuj worked in a Magic Circle law firm in London and Hong Kong, where he advised various private equity sponsors on their European infrastructure investments, ranging from airports to waste disposal businesses.
Anuj is passionate about diversity initiatives and has served as a member of the Firm’s Diversity Advisory Council since 2018. He also co-chairs the Fund Finance Association’s Asia-Pacific Diversity Committee. Anuj also helps to lead pro bono initiatives for the Firm in Asia.
Anuj graduated from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2009, where he received his LL.B. with first class honors. He is a dual-qualified solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong, commencing his career in London before relocating to Hong Kong in 2015.