ADVISERS ROTHSCHILD
JENNIFER YU
HEAD OF GREATER CHINA
BRIGHT Foods was advised by Rothschild and Linklaters’ teams in Britain and China.
Rothschild’s team here was made up of Akeel Sachak, global head of consumer, Robert Plowman, Jessica Gretton and Abhishek Wahi. In China the deal was led by Jennifer Yu, Rothschild’s head of Greater China, and Ting-Jie Zhang. Last year Sachak led the team advising Labelux when it bought Jimmy Choo – his third involvement in a deal for the shoe brand. Sachak was also an adviser in the £110m sale of the luxury label by Phoenix Equity Partners to Lion Capital in 2004 and the £180m sale by Lion to Towerbrook Capital Partners.
Two years ago Yu helped lead the deal when carmaker Zhejiang Geely bought Volvo Cars from Ford for $1.8bn, after months of painstaking negotiations over the future of the Swedish maker of robust sedans.
The Linklaters team was led by corporate senior consultant Richard Gu and corporate partner Teresa Ma in Shanghai and corporate partner Clodagh Hayes and corporate managing associate Tom Matthews in London.
Law firm Mills & Reeve advised the Weetabix Food Company and Weil, Gotshal & Manges acted for Lion Capital.