本周，比亚迪宣布其控股子公司比亚迪电子与捷普新加坡签署框架协议，拟以约158亿元人民币（约22亿美元）现金，收购卖方位于成都、无锡的产品生产制造业务，包括现有客户的零部件生产制造业务。根据万得数据，此次并购也是比亚迪有史以来最大的一次并购。
金杜律师事务所作为比亚迪的法律顾问参与交易；世达国际律师事务所则为捷普提供了法律意见。
据悉，比亚迪电子是比亚迪的控股子公司，其业务涵盖智能手机、平板电脑、新能源汽车、智能家居、通信设备、医疗健康设备等多元化的市场领域。捷普新加坡则是纽约证券交易所上市公司捷普的全资子公司。
此次收购将帮助比亚迪进一步扩大其产业链上下游的掌控力，尤其是在新能源汽车行业掌握核心技术和零部件生产的能力。
金杜团队由国际合伙人黄玲及宋海燕牵头，同时有公司业务国际合伙人王兴华、徐家兴、合伙人彭馥，税务领域合伙人刘勃、康军，知识产权业务国际合伙人高国征、合伙人傅广锐，合规业务部合伙人宁宣凤、刘婷，银行及融资合伙人孙述琳，跨境争议解决团队国际合伙人费佳及杜卓南，跨境监管团队合伙人刘新宇、郭欢，香港合伙人骆伟德，新加坡合伙人Jake Robson参与。
世达国际团队则由纽约并购合伙人Allison Schneirov、Alexandra McCormack，香港并购合伙人Jonathan Stone，以及纽约资本市场合伙人Laura Kaufmann Belkhayat牵头完成。
KWM and Skadden on BYD’s $2.2 bln merger deal with Jabil
BYD has announced this week that its subsidiary, BYD Electronic, has signed a definitive agreement with Jabil Inc. to acquire Jabil's mobile electronics manufacturing business in the APAC region, located in Chengdu and Wuxi, for a cash consideration of $2.2 billion. According to Wind Data, this acquisition marks the largest purchasing deal ever for BYD.
King & Wood Mallesons acted as legal counsel to BYD in the transaction, while Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom provided legal advice to Jabil.
BYD Electronic, a subsidiary of BYD, operates in diverse markets, including smartphones, tablets, new energy vehicles, smart homes, communication devices, and medical and health equipment. Jabil Singapore is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jabil Inc., a world-renowned manufacturing solutions provider listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
This acquisition will help BYD further expand its control over the industrial chain, particularly in the new energy vehicle industry, where it will gain core technology and component production capabilities.
The KWM team was led by international partners Ling Huang and Seagull Song, together with a transaction team consisting of corporate international partners Owen Wang, Jason Xu and partner Fu Peng; tax partners Bo Liu and Jun Kang; intellectual property international partner Gordon Gao and partner Mark Fu; compliance partners Susan Ning and Ting Liu; banking and finance partner Shulin Sun; cross-border dispute resolution international partners Jessica Fei and Joanna Du; cross-border regulatory partners Xinyu Liu and Huan Guo; Hong Kong partner Gary Lock; and Singapore partner Jake Robson.
The Skadden team includes M&A partners Allison Schneirov, Jonathan Stone (Hong Kong) and Alexandra McCormack, and capital markets partner Laura Kaufmann Belkhayat.
