The Asia Deal Digest, published periodically, is a look at some of the largest deals carried out in Asia and who is leading them. In this edition, Law.com International notes how U.K. and European law firms have been benefiting as Japanese companies acquire assets in Europe, and writes about how multiple U.S. law firms have scored billion-dollar overseas deals led by Hong Kong and South Korean conglomerates.  

Hong Kong 

Latham & Watkins and Ropes & Gray, together with Kirkland & Ellis, Linklaters and Mourant Ozannes, have advised on Hong Kong-based investment firm BPEA EQT and London-based international school operator Nord Anglia Education’s $1.25 billion joint acquisition of Florida-based sports education institution IMG Academy from U.S. media entertainment company Endeavor Group Holdings Inc.