Representative matters

Selected M&A and Technology Matters

• Ant Financial Series C — Advised a major U.S.-based private-equity firm on its investment in Ant Financial's approximately $14 billion Series C financing, reported at the time as the largest private-company fundraising in the world.
• BDI — Advised BDI and its owners on the cross-border sale of the company to a strategic buyer, including structuring, sale process, governance and related commercial arrangements.
• Asia-focused fintech platform — Advised a U.S.-based fintech investment platform on investments across the PRC, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, including its investment in, and partial exit from, a Philippine mobile-wallet business publicly reported to be valued at approximately $5 billion.
• AI company sale — Represented the founders of an AI company through the full life cycle of their investment, from incorporation through its commercial agreements to its sale to a major U.S.-based multinational.
• U.S. private-credit fund — Advised a U.S.-based private-credit fund on minority, majority and buyout equity investments across multiple industries.
• SC Lowy — Advises SC Lowy, an Asia-focused financial institution and investment platform, on corporate and strategic matters.

Selected Real Assets, Hospitality and Specialty Real Estate Matters

• Mori Building / One Vanderbilt and 346 Madison — Advised Mori Building Co., Ltd., one of Japan's leading urban developers, on its multi-step acquisition of a 16% interest in One Vanderbilt and on its 49% joint venture with SL Green to develop 346 Madison Avenue — Mori Building's first U.S. development project.
• APA Hotel / Kimpton La Peer — Advised APA Hotel Co., Ltd., Japan's largest hotel group, on its acquisition of the Kimpton La Peer hotel in West Hollywood through APA Hotel USA.
• Dan Hotels / NoMo SoHo — Advised Dan Hotels, a leading Israeli hotel company, on its $125 million acquisition of the NoMo SoHo hotel in Manhattan, its first U.S. expansion.
• Galaxy Entertainment Group — Advises Galaxy Entertainment Group, a leading Macau integrated-resort and gaming operator, on hotel-brand licensing and related strategic hospitality arrangements.
• Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment / Casa Tua — Advised the parent company of Barclays Center on its partnership with Casa Tua to develop and operate Cucina by Casa Tua at One Hanson Place, a restaurant, market and event destination in a landmark former bank building in Downtown Brooklyn.
• Accor / H World Group — Advised Accor on its strategic investment in and commercial alliance with H World Group (formerly Huazhu), and on its staged exits, including the 2021 sale of a 1.5% stake for €239 million and the 2023 sale of its remaining interest for $460 million.
• Accor / global hospitality platforms — Advised Accor on its $2.7 billion acquisition of the Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel brands; on forming Ennismore, a lifestyle-hospitality joint venture combining 14 brands and 87 properties, in which Accor holds two-thirds; on acquiring the sbe hotel brands (Delano, Mondrian, SLS and Hyde); and on selling Accor Vacation Club to Travel + Leisure Co.
• Formosa International Hotels / Regent — Advised Taiwan's Formosa International Hotels on the sale of a 51% interest in Regent Hotels & Resorts and the related joint venture with IHG.
• Hoteles City Express / Marriott — Advised Hoteles City Express on its strategic relationship with Marriott International and the approximately $100 million sale of its hotel brands to Marriott.
• Recording Academy / GRAMMY Museum China — Advised The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Museum on agreements for the first GRAMMY Museum in China, covering brand expansion, venue operations and licensing.

Asia–U.S. Investment Experience

• Advises Asian strategic buyers, institutional investors, sponsors, family offices, owner-operators and financial institutions on U.S. acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, development transactions, governance arrangements and long-term commercial relationships.
• Advises U.S., European and global companies, investors and funds on cross-border M&A, investments, financings, commercial arrangements and strategic partnerships across Greater China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region.
• Pairs on-the-ground regional experience from building Proskauer's Asia practice with New York-based execution across U.S. M&A, investment structuring, governance, financing, regulatory, operating and exit matters.
• Handles the elements that sit beyond a conventional acquisition: shareholder protections, management and operating agreements, brand and licensing structures, technology and data rights, financing, development partnerships and exits.

AI and Thought Leadership

Yuval represents funds and strategic investors across the full life cycle of technology companies, with a particular focus on AI: seed and early-stage rounds, growth and follow-on investments, governance and minority protections, strategic and commercial partnerships, restructurings and exits.

He co-authors Signals from the Built World, a Substack on where AI, capital and real assets meet — covering AI and data in investment underwriting, real-estate and infrastructure operations, hospitality, risk allocation and the built environment. He is also promoting the Intelligent Real Assets Initiative, which examines the commercial, investment and legal implications of AI for businesses that own, develop, finance, operate or invest in real assets.

Recognition and Credentials

• Chambers Greater China Region, Corporate/M&A: Hong Kong-based (International Firms), 2022–2026
• IFLR1000, Highly Regarded — Corporate and M&A
• Recognized by Legal 500 and other leading directories for corporate, M&A and Asia-related work
• Admitted in New York, Hong Kong and Israel
• J.S.D. and LL.M., University of Chicago Law School; Fulbright Scholar
• LL.B., Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law

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