Asia

FD provides companies throughout Asia with a full range of business communication consultancy services. The regional headquarters is in Hong Kong and FD has offices in Singapore, Shanghai and Beijing, with a joint venture partner, Insight Communications, in Seoul.

We have close to 45 professionals strategically located in the region’s most prominent business centres. Our clients range from the world’s largest multi-national corporations to leading local private companies and government organizations. FD provides its clients with a comprehensive set of services in capital markets communications, reputation management, crisis and issues management and government relations.

FD is the market leader in M&A advisory work. We have consistently been ranked as one of the top three firms in global M&A by Mergermarket and, in 2008, we were recognized as the leading M&A transaction PR advisor in Asia. We have advised on a number of high profile and complex transactions in the region, including China’s first international hostile takeover (Sinosteel’s bid for Midwest Corporation), MAN’s investment in Sinotruk, China Unicom’s merger with China Netcom, Qatar Telecom’s purchase of a significant stake in P.T. Indosat, Coca-Cola’s US$5bn bid for Chinese juice brand Huiyuan, Chinalco’s takeover bid for Rio Tinto and, currently, Sinochem’s bid for Nufarm.