近日，北京首创生态环保集团股份有限公司与法国Seche Holdings (SG) Pte. Ltd.签订股权购买协议，拟将所持新加坡ECO工业环保工程私人有限公司100%股权转让。交易对价为约31.99亿元人民币。

中伦律师事务所代表首创环保参与交易，瑞生国际律师事务所则为Seche Holdings提供法律意见。

ECO公司是新加坡危废处理行业的领先者，市场份额占比约为32%。2015年7月，北京首创股份有限公司以其全资子公司首创（香港）有限公司为主体，出资2.45亿新加坡元（约合11.24亿人民币）收购ECO公司。

据路透社消息，此次交易曾吸引一众购买者，包括英联投资、I Squared Capital。

中伦团队由胡骏律师、李雷律师牵头领导，唐周俊律师和许颉律师亦对此项目提供了支持。

瑞生团队由新加坡合伙人Farhana Sharmeen和巴黎合伙人Alexander Crosthwaite领导，同时在财务相关问题上得到巴黎合伙人Thomas Margenet-Baudry协助。

LATHAM, ZHONG LUN ACT ON $445 MLN FRANCE-SG WASTE TREATMENT DEAL

Latham & Watkins has advised French industrial group Seche Environnement on its S$605 million ($445 million) agreement to buy Singapore’s ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering from Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group (Beijing Capital).

Zhong Lun Law Firm has acted for the seller, Beijing Capital, in the deal.

ECO is the largest operator in Singapore’s hazardous waste recovery and treatment market, with a market share of around 32 per cent. Reuters had reported earlier that the sale had attracted a number of interested buyers, such as global infrastructure investors Actis and I Squared Capital.

The Latham team was led by Singapore partner Farhana Sharmeen and Paris partner Alexander Crosthwaite, with support from Paris partner Thomas Margenet-Baudry on finance matters.

The Zhong Lun team was led by Hu Jun and Li Lei (M&A team), and participated by Tang Zhoujun and Xu Jie (capital markets team).