Bio
Alejandra Gonzalez Saucedo is a Senior Associate in Appleby’s Hong Kong office and a member of the corporate department. She practices in the areas of private equity, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring and SPACs, as well as other commercial and corporate law related matters.
Alejandra advises clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including technology companies, financial institutes, multi-national banks, asset management companies and private equity companies.
Alejandra is fluent in English and Spanish. She also speaks French at an intermediate level.
Prior to joining Appleby in 2021, she practised corporate and commercial law for five years at Santos-Elizondo, a law firm based in Monterrey, Mexico and completed a secondment programme in the Hong Kong office of Ashurst.
Bio
Alejandra Gonzalez Saucedo is a Senior Associate in Appleby’s Hong Kong office and a member of the corporate department. She practices in the areas of private equity, mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring and SPACs, as well as other commercial and corporate law related matters.
Alejandra advises clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including technology companies, financial institutes, multi-national banks, asset management companies and private equity companies.
Alejandra is fluent in English and Spanish. She also speaks French at an intermediate level.
Prior to joining Appleby in 2021, she practised corporate and commercial law for five years at Santos-Elizondo, a law firm based in Monterrey, Mexico and completed a secondment programme in the Hong Kong office of Ashurst.
Work Highlights
Recent cases include:
SPACS:
- Black Spade Acquisition II Co – USD150m SPAC IPO – sponsored by Black Spade Capital and Lawrence Ho
- Artisan Acquisition Corp. – USD300m SPAC IPO – sponsored by C Venture and Adrian Cheng
- Black Spade Acquisition Corp. – USD150m SPAC IPO – sponsored by Black Spade Capital and Lawrence Ho
- Gobi Acquisition Corp. – USD250m SPAC IPO – sponsored by PAG
- Silver Crest Acquisition Corp. – USD300m SPAC IPO – sponsored by affiliates of Ascendent Capital Partners
- Endurance Acquisition Corp. – USD200m SPAC IPO – sponsored by Endurance Antarctica Partners, LLC
- Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp. – USD200m SPAC IPO found by Strategic Capital Fund Management, LLC
- Vision Deal HK Acquisition Corp. – HKD1 billion SPAC IPO (second SPAC listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) – sponsored by Vision Knight Capital, DealGlobe Limited and Opus Capital Limited
DE – SPACS:
- Artisan Acquisition Corp . – de SPAC transaction with Prenetics
- Silver Crest Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with Tim Hortons China
- Endurance Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with SatixFy
- Black Spade Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with VinFast
- Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with Schmid Group
PE/M&A:
- Ascendent Capital Partners on various transactions including:
- Privatisation of Hollysys Automation Technologies with an all cash valuation of USD1.66Bn
- on the sale of Etern Group Ltd. for a total consideration of RMB1,734.6m (approximately USD267m)
- in connection with the USD230.6m privatization of Tarena International, Inc.
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of PropertyGuru Group Limited on USD1.1Bn take private offer from EQT
Recent cases include:
SPACS:
- Black Spade Acquisition II Co – USD150m SPAC IPO – sponsored by Black Spade Capital and Lawrence Ho
- Artisan Acquisition Corp. – USD300m SPAC IPO – sponsored by C Venture and Adrian Cheng
- Black Spade Acquisition Corp. – USD150m SPAC IPO – sponsored by Black Spade Capital and Lawrence Ho
- Gobi Acquisition Corp. – USD250m SPAC IPO – sponsored by PAG
- Silver Crest Acquisition Corp. – USD300m SPAC IPO – sponsored by affiliates of Ascendent Capital Partners
- Endurance Acquisition Corp. – USD200m SPAC IPO – sponsored by Endurance Antarctica Partners, LLC
- Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp. – USD200m SPAC IPO found by Strategic Capital Fund Management, LLC
- Vision Deal HK Acquisition Corp. – HKD1 billion SPAC IPO (second SPAC listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange) – sponsored by Vision Knight Capital, DealGlobe Limited and Opus Capital Limited
DE – SPACS:
- Artisan Acquisition Corp . – de SPAC transaction with Prenetics
- Silver Crest Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with Tim Hortons China
- Endurance Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with SatixFy
- Black Spade Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with VinFast
- Pegasus Digital Mobility Acquisition Corp. – de SPAC transaction with Schmid Group
PE/M&A:
- Ascendent Capital Partners on various transactions including:
- Privatisation of Hollysys Automation Technologies with an all cash valuation of USD1.66Bn
- on the sale of Etern Group Ltd. for a total consideration of RMB1,734.6m (approximately USD267m)
- in connection with the USD230.6m privatization of Tarena International, Inc.
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of PropertyGuru Group Limited on USD1.1Bn take private offer from EQT
Qualifications & Education
Alejandra has been a practicing lawyer in Mexico since 2015 and was registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong from 2018. She was admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in October 2023.
- The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico)
Alejandra has been a practicing lawyer in Mexico since 2015 and was registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong from 2018. She was admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in October 2023.
- The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Mexico)