Max Chu

Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Max’s experience has included advising:

• iKang Healthcare Group, Inc.: advised Ligang Zhang, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of iKang Healthcare Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: KANG) (“iKang”), as a member of the buyer consortium in the US$1.5 billion going private transaction of iKang. iKang is one of the largest providers in China’s fast-growing private preventive healthcare space through its nationwide healthcare services network. Other members of the buyer consortium included affiliates of Yunfeng Capital, Alibaba Group Holding Limited and Boyu Capital
• Nord Anglia Education Inc.: advised the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of NYSE-listed Nord Anglia Education Inc., a leading global premium schools organization, in connection with its acquisition by a consortium led by funds affiliated with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Baring Private Equity Asia. The transaction was named PE Deal of the Year by The Asia Legal Awards 2018
• The Carlyle Group, CITIC Limited and CITIC Capital Holdings in the US$2.08 billion acquisition of the McDonald’s operations in China and Hong Kong and negotiation of a 20-year master franchise agreement ― the largest McDonald’s franchise in the world

Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis, Max’s experience has included advising:

• A major Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer listed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange in its US$5.4 billion acquisition of GE Appliances unit from GE through an auction process
• An Asian-focused private equity fund, on the US$193 million exit of its equity interest in a Chinese O2O education services provider
• A major European steel company in its proposed joint ventures respectively with a leading Chinese special steel maker and a major Chinese state-owned steel maker
• A major Chinese consumer electronics manufacturer in its acquisition of major Japanese consumer electric appliances (white goods) business assets in South East Asia
• A major classified advertisement and publication company in Japan, in its joint venture project with a major Chinese classified information website operator to construct a real estate classified information website in China
• A leading U.S. based energy commodity company, in its joint venture in China to construct an oil and petrochemical import/export terminal and storage facility