William Tong
Advises clients on transactions including private and public M&A, early-stage and growth equity financings and investments, joint ventures and restructuring.
William advises private equity, corporate and investment banking clients on a wide range of transactions, including private and public M&A, early-stage and growth equity financings and investments, joint ventures and restructuring matters. He has handled matters across multiple industries, with extensive experience in the fintech, consumer retail and financial services sectors. He also has particular experience advising on Chinese outbound investments into Europe.
He was named among MergerLinks’ 2023 “Rising Stars: Top UK PE Lawyers.”
Experience
Private Equity
- Telemos Capital investment partnership with Helios Global Group
- Stellex Capital Management acquisition of Fox Brothers Holdings Group
- Astorg acquisition of OPEN Health
- Lightyear Capital acquisition of Wren Sterling
- Ding sale of majority stake to Pollen Street Capital
- Advice to Whitney Wolfe Herd on Blackstone majority investment in MagicLab
- Davis Polk Advises Comodo on the Acquisition of a Majority Stake in Comodo Certificate Authority by Francisco Partners
Other mergers & acquisitions
- MSCI acquisition of Foxberry
- MSCI acquisition of Trove Research
- MSCI investment in Evora Global
- Natura $2.525 billion sale of Aesop to L’Oréal
- Ferrero-related company acquisition of Burton’s Biscuit Company
- Ferrero acquisition of Eat Natural
- Cubic Telecom €473 million strategic investment by SoftBank
- Tencent €300 million investment in Ubisoft
- SS&C Technologies acquisition of Hubwise
- Verisk Analytics £250 million acquisition of Sequel
Insights
Recognition
MergerLinks – “Rising Stars: Top UK PE Lawyers,” 2023
Legal 500 UK – “William Tong is highly experienced in fintech and insurance transactions.”
Education
Prior experience
- Slaughter and May, 2010-2013
Qualifications and admissions
- England and Wales