M&A Advisory
Buy-side and sell-side advice for middle-market companies doing deals across borders. We find the buyers, build the case and run the process.
DG International · Hong Kong · Est. 2009
Cross-border advice, at the partner level.
The partner who pitches you runs your deal, from first meeting to completion.
Hong Kong. Melbourne. | New York. | One table.
Access to capital, on both sides of the Pacific.
A boutique investment bank for cross-border M&A and distressed acquisitions.
DG International · Hong Kong · Est. 2009
Access to capital, on both sides of the Pacific.
A boutique investment bank for cross-border M&A and distressed acquisitions.
2009
Founded in Hong Kong
16
Disclosed transactions
US$1.2bn
Single advisory mandate, 425 Fifth Avenue
4
Markets: Hong Kong, Australia, United States, China
What we do
Three ways we open the door.
Founded in 2009, DG International represents a pool of private and institutional investors, backed by business relationships across the US and Asia. We focus on middle-market companies, where a senior banker changes the outcome.
Capital Markets
Listings, pre-IPO rounds, placements and block trades on the ASX, NSX and HKEX, with global banks alongside when the deal calls for it.
Distressed & Principal Investments
We restructure and buy into distressed assets, investing beside a pool of private and institutional investors. Our own money sits in the deal.
Why DG International
What a boutique should feel like.
- 01
The partner who pitches runs the deal.
No hand-off to a junior team once the mandate is signed.
- 02
Buyers on both sides of the Pacific.
Relationships across Hong Kong, mainland China, Australia and New York, so your process reaches the buyers who pay the most.
- 03
Every fee agreed upfront.
We negotiate with the legal, banking and listing providers before work starts. You see the full cost on day one.
- 04
Fluent in both rooms.
Mandarin and English. Hong Kong, Australian and US markets. Nothing lost between time zones.
Track record
Selected transactions.
Sixteen disclosed mandates across advisory and principal investments. Choose a market to trace the line.
Advisory
09 mandatesCorporate Advisor
Singaporean family office's purchase of 50% of 425 Fifth Avenue, New York, HSBC Bank USA headquarters
US$1.2bn
United StatesReal estate
Lead Manager
Pre-IPO capital raising and project finance for an Australian utility with a 600MW CCGT plant
A$600M
AustraliaEnergy
Corporate Advisor
Block trade of 1819.HK
HK$400M
Hong KongBlock trade
Bookrunner, with J.P. Morgan
Sino-Agri spin-off and ASX listing of a phosphate asset in Laos
A$300M
Australia · ChinaIPO
Corporate Advisor
Disposal of 50% equity in a privately owned Australian agricultural group
A$70M
AustraliaAgriculture
Corporate Advisor
Debt restructuring and sale of a distressed asset portfolio to a Hong Kong listed company
A$65M
Hong KongDistressed
Lead Manager & Placement Agent
National Stock Exchange of Australia Limited (NSX)
US$25M
AustraliaPlacement
Sponsoring Broker
Arranged the block sale of 1004.HK
HK$20M
Hong KongBlock trade
Corporate Advisor
Purchase of a commercial asset on A'Beckett Street, Melbourne CBD
A$17M
AustraliaReal estate
Principal investments
07 positionsJoint Debt Syndication
Equity participation in the consortium for "Australian Education City", a learning precinct in western Victoria
A$20bn
AustraliaEducation
Cornerstone
Equity participation in Financial & Energy Exchange Limited, a derivatives exchange
A$1.6bn
AustraliaFinancial services
Sub-underwriter
Upstream IP acquisition and Chinese film remake of the Japanese manga "Midnight Diner"
A$30M
ChinaTMT
Underwriter
Equity participation in S66.ASX
A$14M
AustraliaEquity
Underwriter
Structured senior debt for a development site in New South Wales
A$9M
AustraliaReal estate
Sub-underwriter
Equity and ICO participation in daily fantasy sports operator PlayUp Limited
Undisclosed
AustraliaGaming
Joint Venture
Equity participation in a takeover bid for a listed education group
Undisclosed
AustraliaEducation
Where we go deep
Six sectors, many cycles.
- 01Financial Services
- 02TMT
- 03Education
- 04Gaming
- 05Resources
- 06Real Estate
Our team
Partners, not a pitch team.
Principal Partner
David Goo
B.Com (Finance & Law), University of Melbourne
Merchant banker with a private equity and investment banking background across the US, Australia, Hong Kong and China. Launched China's first QDII private equity fund with an A$300 million mandate for Australian unlisted energy assets, and has completed cross-border IPOs, placements and M&A worth over US$1 billion.
Full biography
David has worked in New York and Hong Kong building relationships across the financial and legal communities. Before founding DG International, he led the corporate advisory team at First Guardian Capital, a Melbourne hedge fund manager and investment bank, and co-founded TST Capital, a Melbourne advisory firm that helped Australian small and mid-cap companies list in the US.
He started his career as an analyst on Wall Street and speaks fluent Mandarin.
Executive Director
David Tsui
M.Econ, Macquarie University · Chartered Accountant
Chartered Accountant with more than thirty years of senior finance leadership across Hong Kong, China and Southeast Asia, including China country CFO for Inchcape and CFO roles at three Chinese companies listed on LSE AIM.
Full biography
David qualified as a Chartered Accountant in Australia in 1989, then returned to Hong Kong in 1992 to join Inchcape plc's consumer goods business, running finance for brands including Timberland and K-Swiss. Inchcape sent him to build the finance function in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, then promoted him to the Asia Pacific regional team overseeing every consumer goods unit in Southeast Asia.
He went on to hold executive directorships at Inchcape Motors, Branded Lifestyle and the joint venture with Mitsubishi Motors, and was Inchcape's China country CFO from 2000 to 2002. Before joining DG International in January 2011, he was CFO or Finance Director of Asia Ceramics Holdings, China Eastsea Business Software and Geong International, and Group Finance Director of Petrocom Energy.
We open true and total access to the US and Asian capital markets for our clients.DG International · Our approach
Questions
Before the first meeting.
What size of deal do you take on?
Our completed mandates range from A$9 million to US$1.2 billion. Most sit in the middle market, where senior attention matters most.
Who actually works on my deal?
A partner leads every mandate from the first meeting to completion. We stay small on purpose.
How are your fees set?
We agree fees upfront, including what the legal, banking and listing providers will charge. No surprises at completion.
Do you work with buyers and investors from mainland China?
Yes. Our partners speak Mandarin and have worked with Chinese issuers, funds and family offices for more than fifteen years, including launching a QDII private equity fund with an A$300 million mandate for Australian energy assets.
Is a first conversation confidential?
Always. First conversations are partner-only, and we sign an NDA on request.
Contact
Start a confidential conversation.
Tell us what you are considering. A partner will reply personally.
OfficeSuite 1503, Carnival Commercial Building
18 Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong
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