Jiayin Liao is an associate in Hughes Hubbard’s corporate department. He has a broad range of experience
representing clients in securities and corporate governance matters as well as
mergers, stock and assets purchases, joint ventures and financing transactions. Jiayin has also represented a wide variety of
Asia-based clients in strategic corporate transactions.
Highlighted Matters
Representation of Griffin Global Asset Management $1 billion senior unsecured notes offering
Representation of Cyclerion Therapeutics, Inc. in the sale of the rights to two drugs to a company newly-formed by certain existing Cyclerion shareholders and venture capital firms in exchange for cash and shares of stock in the new company
Representation of The Madison Square Garden Company in its purchase of a controlling stake in Counter Logic Gaming (owner of several competitive esports teams)
Representation of Media group Advance Local, a subsidiary of Newhouse family-owned Advance Publications Inc. which owns numerous media and entertainment companies, in connection with its sale of MatchCraft, a marketing technology platform
Representation of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. in its sale to parent company and majority shareholder Santander Holdings USA Inc. in a $2.5 billion deal that took the Dallas-based auto lending and consumer finance company private
Representation of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC backed by Kensington Capital Partners, in its
$230 million initial public offering and $1.5
billion merger with Wallbox Chargers SL, a Barcelona-based
manufacturer of electric vehicle charging stations
Representation of Tao Group Hospitality in a deal to acquire majority control of Hakkasan Group, creating a
premium hospitality powerhouse that includes a global
portfolio of brands and properties with significant potential
for future growth
