Taiwanese regulators have blocked a $1.6 billion Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.-backed buyout on which Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett; and Baker & McKenzie were advising.
In April, KKR backed Pierre Chen, the founder and chief executive officer of Taiwanese electronics company Yageo Corp., on his offer to acquire all of Yageo’s outstanding Taiwan-listed shares. The attempted buyout, which was set to be the biggest private-equity buyout in Asia at that time, was conducted via Orion Investment Co. Ltd., a joint venture between KKR and Chen.
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