Skadden is representing Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. (AEV) in its acquisition with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) of 100% of Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI) from The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) for US$1.8 billion.
Closing of the acquisition is subject to certain conditions, including a filing with the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). Upon consummation of the transaction, CCEP and AEV will respectively control 60% and 40% of CCBPI.
CCBPI is the Coca-Cola bottler in the Philippines. AEV is one of the leading conglomerates in the Philippines with over 100 years of business history with investments in power, banking and financial services, food, infrastructure, land, and data science and artificial intelligence.
The Skadden team is being led by partners Jonathan Stone (Hong Kong) and Rajeev Duggal (Singapore) with counsel Andrew Cohn (Singapore) and associates Arthur Chan(Hong Kong)andJasmine Yang (Hong Kong), corporate. The team also includes, in Hong Kong, partner Andrew Foster, Asia Pacific Counsel Jacqueline Arena and associate Hillary Chan, antitrust; partner Rory McAlpine and associate Nigel Pang, international arbitration; and Asia Pacific Counsel Bea Paterno, litigation; in New York, counsel Andrew Woodard and associate Christine McLellan, intellectual property and technology; and partner Victor Hollender and counsel Jay Cosel, tax.
