Bio

​Graham Winter is a partner in the Hong Kong office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and is Co-Chair of Gibson Dunn’s Betting and Gaming Practice Group. Based in Hong Kong since 1992, Mr. Winter has a leading Hong Kong practice specializing in complex corporate transactions, including cross-border M&A transactions, privatizations, capital markets transactions, joint ventures, private equity transactions and international corporate finance transactions. He has particular experience with transactions governed by the Hong Kong Takeovers Code and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listing Rules. Mr. Winter recently advised GE Capital in relation to its US$483 million sale of its interest in Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited (announced in December 2014), First Pacific Company Limited in relation to its US$1.27 billion acquisition, with joint venture partner Wilmar International, to acquire Goodman Fielder Limited (announced in April 2014), and HKT Limited in relation to its US$2.43 billion acquisition of CSL New World Mobility (announced in December 2013). Mr. Winter has also previously advised on a number of ground-breaking transactions, including representing SABMiller in relation to its US$750 million proposed takeover of Harbin Brewery, Hong Kong’s first contested takeover under the Hong Kong Takeovers Code; and representing PCCW Limited in relation to the spin-off and separate listing of its telecommunications business in the form of a novel structure involving a listed trust. The trust was listed on 29 November 2011 and is the first of its kind in Hong Kong. The transaction was awarded the 2012 Equity Market Deal of the Year by Asian Legal Business.