Since joining Kirkland & Ellis, Yawen was involved in the following selected matters:
- Asia Innovations Group Limited (ASIG), a leading mobile social company across emerging markets, on its proposed business combination with Magnum Opus Acquisition Limited (NYSE: OPA), a special purpose acquisition company. The business combination, which provides for an equity valuation of $2.5 billion for the combined company
- Bain Capital on its leveraged buy-out of VXI Global Solutions, a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing services to businesses around the world, from the Carlyle Group
- Sequoia China Infrastructure Fund on its investment in GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: GDS; HKSE: 9698), a developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China, through the purchase of $200 million 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2029. Sequoia China Infrastructure Fund and GDS also entered into a strategic cooperation agreement to pursue future collaboration
Prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis, Yawen was involved in the following selected matters:
- First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. in its pending merger of equals with Old National Bancorp.
- UnitedHealth Group Incorporated in its pending acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc.
- China Oceanwide Holdings Group Co., Ltd. in its proposed acquisition of Genworth Financial, Inc. (later abandoned)
- Insight Enterprises, Inc. in its acquisition of formerly NASDAQ-listed PCM, Inc.
