Partners Ian Ho and Adam Furber, Co-Heads of the Firm’s Asia Offices, were featured in a Bloomberg News article titled, “Simpson Thacher Sees More PE-Led Deals With Pent-Up Demand in Asia,” which discussed the outlook for deal activity in APAC. Ian noted, “It’s been an up-and-down year for M&A in APAC, but overall sentiment has improved and we expect an uptick in deal activity towards year-end.” He went on to further indicate that private equity firms are deploying an increasing volume of capital in Japan and India and that “the appetite for investment from funds is very high, so we expect both markets to remain very busy in the long term.” In discussing fundraising in APAC, Adam noted that while there have been some challenges in other markets, “Japan is the exception.” He added, “Alternative asset managers are very busy and they’re able to raise funds very quickly in Japan.”~~To read the full article, please click here (subscription required).