The Asia-Pacific private equity market has seen substantially increased activity from both global and domestic sponsors. This session will provide an overview of key recent private equity deals in the Asia-Pacific region and look at them in the context of the global private equity and M&A market as a whole. The panellists will look not only at the past but will also identify trends and offer some clues as to where the deal activity may be over the coming years. The panel will also elaborate on new – and not so new – deal techniques and the managing of competitive auctions in private equity/M&A transactions.