2020 SINGAPORE SMU Singapore management university International Institute for the Study of Cross-Border Investment and M&A 2020 SINGAPORE 1 DIMITRY AFANASIEV Member of the Partners’ Committee, Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners Dimitry Afanasiev is a member of the Partners’ Committee and co-founding partner of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, the largest law firm in Russia and the CIS. Dimitry specializes in international corporate transactions, dispute resolution and public policy issues. He has represented the interests of leading multinational and Russian corporations. In 2010, the Financial Times listed Dimitry among the 10 most innovative lawyers in the world. In 2011, the “Russian Reporter” listed Dimitry among the top 10 most respected lawyers in Russia. He is recommended by Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal: CIS and other prominent legal guides as a leading practitioner in the areas of M&A and corporate law, dispute resolution, antitrust, banking and finance, investment, and restructuring/insolvency. Sources laud his experience and the depth of his insight, as well as his strategic advisory skill. Prior to co-founding Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners in 1993, Dimitry worked at Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis and Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen. He was a board member of MMC Norilsk Nickel in 2009 and CTC Media Inc. between 2011 and 2012. Dimitry is a board member of Business Russia (Delovaya Rossiya), an all-Russia public organization, a founding member of the Russian-American Business Council, a member of the Expert Council under the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights, a Presidium member of the Association of Lawyers of Russia, and a member of the Russian Council for International Affairs. He is the chair of the Non-Profit Partnership for Advancement of Corporate Law, and a member of the Competition Experts Association. Dimitry is a co-chairman of the CIS Leading Counsel Network, a professional network of the leading law firms across the CIS offering clients integrated multijurisdictional legal advice. Dimitry holds a state award as an Honoured Lawyer of the Russian Federation (2015). He was awarded the FAS Russia Medal “For Protection of Competition” (2019), the Medal for Distinguished Service in Defence of Human Rights and Freedoms (2015), and the Medal for Professional Excellence (2004) by the Federal Chamber of Lawyers; in 2017 he received the National Award in the “Business Reputation” category and was awarded the title “Honorary Lawyer of the City of Moscow” in 2019. He received commendations from the President of the Russian Federation for achievements in defending human rights (2015) and for active work on protecting the interests of the Russian Federation (2011). Dimitry studied law at the University of Leningrad, University of Pennsylvania and St. Petersburg Institute of Law. He has been admitted to the St. Petersburg Bar Association. PRACTICE AREAS M&A and Corporate, Litigation, Competition Law, Administrative Law 2020 SINGAPORE 2 ANDREW ANG Partner, WongPartnership Andrew Ang is the head of the corporate mergers and acquisitions practice and is a partner in the private equity practice. His main practice areas are local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, and privatisations, as well as private equity investments. Andrew graduated from the University of Nottingham. He is admitted as a Barrister-at-Law (Gray’s Inn) and to the Singapore Bar. PUBLICATIONS & LEGAL UPDATES • Casewatch – Singapore Court of Appeal Clarifies that Third-Party Offers for Shares Not Invariably Best Evidence of Fair Market Value • The Private Equity Review (Investing) – Singapore chapter 2nd – 8th Editions • Getting the Deal Through - Private M&A, Singapore Chapter - 2019 - 2020 Editions • Global Legal Insights - Mergers & Acquisitions, 3rd Edition - Singapore Chapter AWARDS & ACCOLADES Andrew is recognised as a leading Corporate M&A lawyer in legal publications such as Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business, IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession, Asialaw Profiles – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Domestic Law Firms, Asialaw Leading Lawyers – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers and Best Lawyers in Singapore in the area of Private Equity and M&A. Andrew was recognised as “Lawyer of the Year” for Private Equity Law in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers in Singapore. Andrew has been lauded by The Legal 500 for his “knowledge of key stakeholder behaviour and precedents” and his ability to “offer solutions to a myriad of options with listed companies.” Chambers Asia-Pacific has highlighted praise from clients that Andrew is “very innovative,” and is always “very calm and unfazed.” He has also been highlighted as being “commercial, very practical and quick to respond” and described as “the guru of the Singapore takeover code.” 2020 SINGAPORE 3 HENRIQUE VARGAS GAMA BELOCH Partner, Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão Henrique Beloch has been a partner in the Corporate and M&A areas of BMA since 2011, where he also leads the insurance practice. He works for public and private companies, private equity funds and other investors in domestic and cross-border deals, including mergers and acquisitions, portfolio sales and joint ventures in a number of different industries, predominantly in the insurance sector. Henrique also advises on securities and insurance regulations and general corporate and commercial law and contracts, assisting companies to set up, structure and reorganize their businesses in Brazil. SOME OF THE M&A DEALS HE LED: • Investments and divestments by ING, Swiss Re and IFC in SulAmérica, the largest independent insurance company in Brazil • Merger between Odontoprev and Bradesco Dental, forming the largest dental insurance company in Brazil • Joint venture between U.S. insurer Travelers and Junto Seguros (former J. Malucelli), the Brazilian surety leader • Investment by Mitsubishi and other investors in coffee producer and exporter Ipanema Coffees • Klabin’s R$1.7 billion private placement of hybrid securities to Temasek, IFC and other investors to fund a new plant by the country´s leading paper manufacturer • Sale of SulAmérica’s large-risk portfolio to French group Axa • UBS’s acquisition of asset management firm Consenso, with approx. R$20 billion AUM • Sale of SulAmérica’s P&C insurance business to Allianz for R$3 billion ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Henrique has been frequently highlighted in Corporate and M&A practice in such relevant legal publications as The Legal 500, Best Lawyers and Análise Advocacia. ASSOCIATIONS Henrique is a member of the Business Law Commission of the Brazilian Bar Association. EDUCATION Specialization in Constitutional Private Law, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ (2004). LL.B., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro – PUC (2000). 2020 SINGAPORE 4 NIGEL BOARDMAN Senior Consultant, Slaughter and May Nigel’s broad practice includes domestic and international corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs, demergers, private acquisitions and disposals, private equity, public takeovers, issues of compliance and corporate governance, investigations and insolvency, restructurings, investigations and sports law. He joined the firm in 1973. Nigel has received a number of accolades including: • The Financial Times’ Special Achievement Award; • Chambers Directories Lifetime Achievement Award; • Lawyer of the Decade Award from Financial News; • Included in Debrett’s ‘Who’s Who’; and • Ranked as a ‘star performer’ for Corporate and M&A work by Chambers in its UK, Europe and Global directories. Nigel is a vice president of Save the Children UK, a non-executive board member at BEIS and a deputy chairman of the British Museum. Since 2019, Nigel has taken an additional ambassadorial role as chair of Slaughter and May’s Africa Practice. RECENT WORK 19 Sep 2018: Slaughter and May advised Ørsted on its proposed disposal of a 50% interest in the 1.218MW Hornsea 1 offshore wind farm to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) 01 Nov 2017: Slaughter and May advised Ørsted (formerly known as DONG Energy) on its disposal of a 50% interest in the Walney Extension offshore wind farm 21 Jun 2017: Slaughter and May advised Centrica plc on the sale of its operational Langage and South Humber Bank combined-cycle gas turbine power stations to a subsidiary of Energetický a průmyslový holding, a.s. 13 Jan 2017: Slaughter and May advised Centrica plc on a sale of its 50% interest in the Lincs wind farm 21 Dec 2016: Slaughter and May advised DONG Energy in the disposal of a 50% interest in the Race Bank offshore wind farm 2020 SINGAPORE 5 BENJAMIN S. J. BURMAN Partner, Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier Ben Burman has been a partner of Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier since 2008, where he practices in the corporate law department focusing on cross-border mergers & acquisitions. He has advised clients from developed and emerging markets making inbound acquisitions in France, as well as French clients on their outbound transactions, including in Brazil, Russia, Ukraine and Thailand. He has significant experience in public market M&A in France as well as in the United States and routinely handles U.S. securities law matters for the firm. Prior to joining Darrois Villey, he was an associate with Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz in New York from 2000 to 2006. From 1990 to 1996 he worked for Bain & Company in London and San Francisco and for three years in Moscow. He graduated with first-class honors from Oxford University (1989), where he was a scholar at Christ Church, attended Yale University Graduate School on a Henry Fellowship and holds a J.D. from Yale Law School (1999). After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Pierre N. Leval of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is admitted to both the New York and Paris bars.