Gavin Anderson is based in the Hong Kong and London offices, and is a member of the firm’s Investment Funds and Investment Management, and Private ...
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Experience
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Sponsor Fundraising
- Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VIII, a $11.2 billion pan-Asia private equity fund.
- Baring Private Equity Asia Fund VII, a $6.5 billion pan-Asia private equity fund.
- Baring Asia Private Equity Fund VI, a $4 billion pan-Asia private equity fund.
- CDH Fund V, a $2.6 billion growth capital fund focused on investments in China.
- Baring Asia Private Equity Fund V, a $2.5 billion Asia growth capital fund.
- Hony Capital Fund V, a $2.4 billion China growth capital fund.
- Hony Capital Fund VIII, a $2.2 billion China growth fund with a parallel structure comprising a RMB onshore vehicle and a U.S. dollar offshore vehicle.
- A large corporate group in the formation of a $2 billion private equity fund with third party capital to pursue opportunities adjacent to its core strategy.
- North Haven Private Equity Asia IV, a $1.7 billion Asia buyout fund.
- CDH China Fund III, a $1.6 billion China growth capital fund.
- CDH Fund VI, a $1.5+ billion China growth fund.
- CDH Fund IV, a $1.45 billion China growth capital fund.
- Navis Asia Fund VII, a $1.4 billion Asia buyout fund.
- North Haven Private Equity Asia III, a $1.4 billion Asia buyout fund.
- Navis Asia Fund VI, a $1.2 billion Asia buyout fund.
- Navis Asia Fund V, a $1 billion Asia buyout fund.
- BPEA RE II, a $1 billion pan-Asian real estate fund.
- Navis Asia Fund VIII and related vehicles, a $900 million Asia buyout fund.
- Ally Bridge Group-WTT Fund, a $788 million Asian buyout fund.
- Hony Capital Fund III, a $580 million China growth capital fund.
- Baring India Private Equity Fund III, a $562 million India and South Asia growth capital fund.
- CDH VGC Fund II, a $520 million China growth fund.
- CDH Venture Partners II, a $505 million China venture fund.
- Lightspeed India Partners Fund IV, a $500 million India venture fund.
- BPEA Credit India Fund III, a $475 million India credit fund.
- North Haven Thai Fund, a $440 million Thai buyout fund.
- Southern Capital Fund III, a $408 million Asia buyout fund.
- Advantage Partners’ Asia Fund, a $380 million fund investing in small to mid-cap companies across Asia.
- CDH Growth Fund III, a $340 million China growth capital fund.
- Lunar Capital Fund IV, a $300 million China buyout fund.
- Southern Capital Fund IV, a $300 million private equity fund for investment in Southeast Asia.
- Mulberry Asia Fund II, a $291 million Asia buyout fund.
- Lightspeed India Partners III, a $275 million India venture fund.
- Principle Capital Fund IV, a $225 million China growth fund.
- CDH Venture Partners I, a $210 million China venture fund.
- Themes Investment Partners II, a $202 million China buyout and growth capital fund.
- North Haven India Infrastructure Fund, a $160 million India Infrastructure Fund.
- Ally Bridge Group Capital Partners II, a China – U.S. cross border healthcare fund.
- CDH Venture III, a fund for venture capital investment in China.
- Clearwater Capital in the formation and restructuring of Clearwater Capital Yield Fund.
- Clearwater Capital in the formation of Clearwater Capital Fund V.
- Clearwater Capital in the formation of Clearwater Direct Lending Fund.
- Baring Private Equity Asia in the formation of Baring Private Equity Asia Credit India Fund IIA.
- Quilvest in its structuring of a separate account with a sovereign wealth fund.
- HongShan in various investment vehicles and strategic initiatives.
- Various sponsors in the formation of co-investment funds, separate accounts, project funds and other investment arrangements.
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Secondary and Fund Investment Restructuring
- Pantheon as co-lead investor alongside AlpInvest and TPG GP Solutions in a €505 million continuation fund sponsored by IK Partners for the purchase of Yellow Hive, a leading Dutch insurance platform.
- HarbourVest Partners, TPG NewQuest and Committed Advisors as the lead investors in CSP Fund II, a $700 million continuation vehicle sponsored by a partnership between Capital Square Partners and Basil Technology Partners to acquire a portfolio of companies from existing funds.
- Navis Capital in a fund restructuring involving the transfer of five portfolio companies into a new $450 million continuation fund vehicle.
- Baring Private Equity Asia in a fund restructuring involving the transfer of a portfolio company into a continuation fund. The transaction was named “GP-Led Deal of the Year in Asia” by Secondaries Investor in its annual awards.
- Baring Private Equity Asia in an LP tender offer.
- BVCF in a fund restructuring transaction involving the transfer of assets into a new fund capitalized by a sovereign wealth fund.
- Committed Advisors as the lead investor in a GP-led restructuring of Funds managed by Zodius Capital.
- Everbridge Partners in the formation of a continuation fund to manage assets being acquired from certain Capital Group funds.
- HarbourVest Partners as the lead investor in a multiple-vehicle continuation fund sponsored by Ameba Capital.
- HarbourVest Partners as the lead investor in the restructuring of an interest in Yifeng Pharmacy by Capital Today.
- Harvest Investments in the formation of a hybrid continuation fund / blind pool vehicle.
- Hollyport Capital as an investor in a RMB-USD fund restructuring by Kinzon Capital.
- Morgan Stanley Private Equity Asia in an LP tender offer.
- Pantheon and Committed Advisors as the investor consortium for a single asset continuation fund sponsored by Hosen Capital.
- Southern Capital in a fund restructuring involving the transfer of assets into new vehicles established for a consortium led by AlpInvest Partners.
- True North in a fund restructuring transaction involving the establishment of a new vehicle capitalized by a leading U.S. secondaries fund manager to participate in certain legacy portfolio assets.
- Various secondary market participants in the purchase and sale of portfolios of LP interests.
Education
- Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, 2002, L.P.C.
- University of Oxford, 2000, B.A.