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Alun Evans

Partner

Email

alun.evans@aoshearman.com

Phone

+65 6671 6072

Offices

Singapore

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Alun has 20 years of experience focusing on M&A and joint ventures across the Asia Pacific region, particularly in ASEAN, India, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Alun has a strong track record of advising corporates, funds, banks and sponsors on a range of investments and particularly on complex multi-jurisdictional transactions.

Alun has experience across a range of sectors especially infrastructure (including digital infrastructure), energy transition, financial services, healthcare and consumer. He helps lead the infrastructure M&A practice in APAC and also co-heads the firm’s Philippines Foreign Desk.

Experience

Representative matters

  • Mitsui & Co. on its approx. USD 1bn investment by way of convertible bonds in and strategic alliance with, CT Corp Group. CT Corp is one of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates operating across media, travel, infrastructure, energy and FIG.
  • A Japanese bank on its ground breaking voluntary tender offer for Bank of Ayudhya, a major Thai commercial bank. This is the largest ever acquisition by a Japanese bank in Asia, with a deal value of USD 5.75bn.
  • Central, one of the largest supermarket and shopping mall businesses in Thailand, on their EUR 1.1bn acquisition of the Big C supermarket and mall business in Vietnam from Casino.
  • Pilmico International and Aboitiz Equity Ventures on the acquisition of Gold Coin, one of Asia’s largest agribusinesses operating across 11 countries in Asia, including Singapore, Indonesia, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.
  • Edgeconnex on (i) the acquisition of a data centre business (PT Graha Teknologi Nusantara) from PT Multipolar Technology and Mitsui and subsequent joint venture, financing, land acquisitions and various other matters relating to Edgeconnex’s Indonesian operations; (ii) its 50:50 joint venture, AdaniConneX Private Limited, with Adani Enterprises Limited to acquire, develop and operate data centre facilities throughout India; and (iii) its joint venture with Aboitiz Infrastructure to acquire, develop and operate data centre facilities throughout the Philippines.
  • The Macquarie-managed PINAI Fund on the disposal of Philippine Coastal Storage & Pipeline Corporation to a consortium comprising Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation.
  • Macquaire Asia Infrastructure Fund on the sale of Japanese chemical storage tank operator Central Tank Terminal to KKR and the sale and purchase of various other assets, including toll road and renewable assets in India.
  • Sumitomo Corporation and other Japanese investors on their investment into Sunseap Group Pte. Ltd., a clean energy solutions provider in the APAC region covering multiple jurisdictions including Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
  • Engie on the disposal of its geothermal assets in Indonesia, including the sale of Rantau Dedap, Muara Laboh and Raja Basa projects to a combination of Sumitomo Corp, Inpex, Marubeni and Tohoku Electric.
  • General Atlantic on (i) its Series C fundraising investment into Kumu, a Philippines-based livestream platform; and (ii) on its Series D investment into Biofourmis, a healthtech business based in Singapore.
  • Jollibee on its shareholder arrangements re and investment into International Coffee & Tea, LLC which owns and operates the “Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf” international chain of coffee stores and franchises.
  • Baring Private Equity Asia on an investment by a consortium led by it and Alibaba in The CrownX, the integrated consumer retail arm of Masan Group, one of Vietnam’s largest conglomerates.
  • Thanachart Bank on the sale of 50.1% of Thanachart Fund Management and TMB Bank on the sale of 65% of TMB Asset Management, both to Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc.
  • A Japanese bank on its USD783m acquisition of 20% of Security Bank of the Philippines.

Recognition

“He is one of the strongest M&A partners at Allen & Overy. He has very good industry knowledge, and his approach is always very practical, well thought out and business-oriented.”
Chambers Asia Pacific 2023 (Corporate & Finance - Philippines) 2023
“Clients love him because he is very practical and very responsive. He's effective in providing solutions to deadlocks and in providing very good, sound business advice.”
Chambers Asia Pacific 2020

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 2006

Academic

BA (Hons) International Relations and Politics, the University of Birmingham, 2001
Post Graduate Diploma in Law (Hons), Nottingham Trent University, 2002
LPC, Nottingham Law School, 2003

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.