Navigating Cross-Border Private Capital Investments: Legal, Regulatory, and Strategic Considerations in an Increasingly Fragmented Global Landscape

This panel will explore the evolving landscape of cross-border private equity (PE) and growth capital investments, focusing on the critical legal, regulatory, and strategic challenges faced by investors and their counsel (whether in house or external). As geopolitical tensions, trade regionalisation, and intensified regulatory scrutiny reshape global capital flows, private capital investors must adapt to complex foreign investment reviews, shifting tariff regimes, and divergent national security policies in structuring deals. The discussion will cover sectoral trends alongside deal structures that play a vital part in cross-border investments. Our panel of lawyers and investors will also address best practices for risk mitigation, compliance with emerging regulations, and innovative deal structuring to preserve value amid evolving macroeconomic and legal environments.

Presenters

Markus Rasner

Partner, Oppenhoff & Partner

Frankfurt

Markus Rasner is a partner with Oppenhoff, a leading law firm in Germany. He heads Oppenhoff’s Private Equity Practice and also the firm’s China and ASEAN Desks. Markus focuses on advising international and domestic financial sponsors, strategic investors, and entrepreneurs on complex M&A transactions, with in-depth expertise in multinational scenarios and has built a significant track record in mid-market transactions. In addition, over the past 20 years he has built a market leading practice in advising on RWI matters for leading insurance providers.

Markus regularly speaks and publishes on current topics in M&A and private equity and is a lecturer at the think tank Institute for Mergers & Acquisitions and Alliances. He is a member of the Executive Board of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association and in addition to his role at Oppenhoff, Markus serves as Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of Singapore in Frankfurt.

Kyle Lee

Partner, Wongpartnership Llp

Singapore

Kyle LEE is the Co-Head of the WPGrow: Start-Up / Venture Capital Practice and a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and FinTech Practices.

His main areas of practice encompass venture capital and start-up matters, local and international mergers and acquisitions, private equity, fintech, and general corporate and commercial transactions.

He is also recognised for his expertise in the areas of Startups & Emerging Companies, Fintech, Indonesia and M&A by all leading legal publications such as Chambers Asia-Pacific, Chambers FinTech, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, IFLR1000 and asialaw Profiles. Kyle was also featured as a Rising Star in ALB’s Rising Stars Singapore 2022.

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