Leo leads the Hong Kong office and the firm's Asia coverage. Twenty-two years of M&A and strategic advisory experience across Asia-Pacific prior to founding Meridian Crest in 2025. Senior-banker tenure at Morgan Stanley Asia's investment banking division and earlier partner-track years at Bain & Company's Tokyo office. Leo's focus is Greater China sponsors and corporates pursuing inbound DACH transactions, plus Asian outbound buyers in TMT and consumer categories. He works as the buy-side counterpart on Stefan's sell-side mandates and the sell-side advisor on Asian inbound auctions where the eventual buyer is German or Austrian.
How Leo works
Engagement profile and signature questions.
Leo runs the Asia side of every cross-border engagement. His engagement profile is Greater China sponsors and corporates evaluating European platform builds, plus Asian outbound buyers in TMT and consumer categories. Leo's signature questions are whether the Asian thesis maps to the European asset reality, how to structure a buyer-side process that earns seller trust across jurisdictions, and where the cross-border integration risk concentrates. He pairs with Stefan on M&A and with Yejin on commercial diligence.
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