Andrew Tyau
Biography
Andrew is a senior associate in the Corporate team in Baker McKenzie's London office, having completed his training contract at the Firm. He is a member of the Firm's M&A Practice Group and Healthcare Group. Andrew previously worked in Baker McKenzie's Hong Kong office focusing on M&A in the Greater China region and also spent six months on secondment to the Corporate & Transactions team at Unilever plc. Andrew is a committee member of the Hong Kong Society.
Practice Focus
Andrew's practice focuses on cross-border M&A and joint ventures, as well as advising on general corporate law matters, primarily for clients active in the consumer, technology and pharmaceutical sectors.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised PDS on its strategic partnership with ABG for Ted Baker Operations in Europe
- Advised S&P Global on the sale of its Global Engineering Solutions Business to investment funds managed by KKR
- Advised Bacthera on the acquisition of 4D Pharma's Spanish subsidiary
- Advised Celanese on the acquisition of DuPont's Mobility & Materials business
- Advised Siemens on its acquisition of UltraSoC Technologies Ltd
- Advised a global pharmaceutical company on the carve-out and separation of its consumer healthcare business
- Advised SS&C Technologies on the international carve-out aspects of its acquisition of IBM's Algorithmics business
- Advised an American private equity firm on the proposed divestment in a leading global manufacturer of power conversion and embedded computing solutions
- Advised Unilever on the EUR 6.825 billion sale of its global Spreads business
- Advised Atos on its acquisition, through its subsidiary Worldline, of First Data Baltics from First Data Corporation
- Advised British American Tobacco on the expansion of its business into Bulgaria through the acquisition of Bulgartabac Holding
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of England & Wales
- The Hong Kong Society
- The Hong Kong Society Business Network
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom
Education
- BPP University Law School (LPC) (2016)
- University of Law (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2015)
- University of Cambridge (MPhil Management) (2014)
- McGill University (BA (Hon) International Development Studies) (2013)
Languages
- Cantonese
- English
- Mandarin
Previous Offices
- Hong Kong
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.