Charmaine Yuen
Associate
Charmaine is an associate in Stephenson Harwood’s corporate finance team, specialising in private merger and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations and joint ventures.
Associate
Charmaine is an associate in Stephenson Harwood’s corporate finance team, specialising in private merger and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations and joint ventures.
Languages - English; Cantonese; Mandarin
Jurisdiction(s) - England & Wales; Hong Kong
She is experienced in advising both buy-side and sell-side clients in private and public mergers and acquisitions across diverse sectors, such as transportation, regulated financial institutions, and consumer products. She is also proficient in handling cross-border transactions, particularly those involving Asian entities. Her recent notable experience includes advising CityFleet Networks on its acquisition of Addison Lee, Industrial Physics Inc. on its acquisition of Torus Group, the management team on the management buyout of Abellio UK (now known as Transport UK).
Beyond M&As, Charmaine is regularly involved in corporate restructuring, joint ventures, and equity investments. Charmaine's experience is further enriched by the time she spent in the Hong Kong office prior to joining the London corporate team, where she regularly advised on M&A transactions and Hong Kong listing rules compliance matters.
Acquisition of Addison Lee
Advised Cityfleet Networks, a subsidiary of the Singaporean-listed multinational company ComfortDelGro, on its £270m acquisition of Addison Lee.
Acquisition of Torus Group
Advised Industrial Physics Inc. on its acquisition of Torus Group.
Abellio (Transport UK) management buyout
Advised Abellio on the management buyout of Abellio UK from the Dutch state-owned rail company, Nederlandse Spoorwegen.
Acquisition of Green Power Conferences
Advised S&P Global on its acquisition of Green Power Conferences.
Sale of the Sutton Group
Advised the group of individual sellers in the sale of the Sutton Group to Acrisure, a US-headquartered insurance company.
Acquisition of Seychelles Breweries
Advised Phoenix Beverages, a subsidiary of the Mauritian-listed corporation IBL, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Seychelles Breweries.
Sale of Arriva plc
Advised the directors of the seller, in relation to the sale of Arriva plc by Deutsche Bahn to I Squared Capital.
