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Our story in China

MAHON CHINA

Mahon China is an established asset management and advisory partnership based in Beijing, with offices in Ningbo and London.

The firm works with largely foreign investors to restructure and realise value from stressed assets and nonperforming loans in China, advises multinationals and small/medium enterprises on their China strategies, and has managed private equity funds since the early 90s.

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The firm was founded in 1985 by New Zealander David Mahon and was a pioneer of private equity in the mainland. 

Mahon China managed five funds that realised high returns for investors. Mahon China now focuses on restructuring and exiting individual assets, be they stalled funds, stressed equity investments, or nonperforming loans to Chinese companies.

Mahon China also advises foreign companies wishing to enter and expand in the market, acquire assets, assess partners and sectors, and analyse the Chinese economy.

Mahon China’s expertise includes the mainland’s agriculture, food & beverage, specialised manufacturing and technology, and services sectors.

Advisory

China remains an opaque and complex market. Mahon China draws from its hands-on experience in making and managing Chinese investments to advise companies and funds in developing and executing strategies, and to resolve client problems.

Services include:

  • Identification of partners and due diligence
  • Development of China market entry and expansion strategies
  • Tailored research into Chinese companies, sectors, and market trends for industrial firms, hedge funds, and other investors
  • Assessment and establishment of Chinese teams
  • Dispute resolution and asset recovery
  • Economic and political analysis and forecasting 
  • Boardroom advisory
  • Recovering value from stressed assets and nonperforming loans

Some China funds and foreign direct investments in Chinese companies established over the last ten years are struggling for exit. Through leveraging its experience and networks, Mahon China has helped many investors in difficult situations to realise value.

In the last five years, Mahon China achieved exits from approximately 65% of the assets it managed. Mahon China also provides its clients with an informed, independent view when stressed assets have no further recoverable value and should be written off.

Mahon China’s clients include limited partnership funds, international banks, and development finance institutions. 

Services include:

  • Managing distressed private equity funds, by appointment of the fund’s limited partners
  • Undertaking investigations and due diligence, buyer identification, and assisting investors and fund managers to stabilise investments
  • Managing, restructuring, and exiting nonperforming loans and stressed equity positions held by international financial institutions