Philip Leung
Partner,
About Philip
Expertise
Phil Leung is the leader of our Asia-Pacific Mergers & Acquisitions practice and heads up the firm's Greater China Healthcare & Life Sciences practice. He is also an active contributor to Bain's Consumer Products, Retail and Financial Services practices.
Phil is a trusted advisor to a wide range of multinational and local companies. Since joining Bain in 1996, he has worked extensively on growth strategy, transformation programs, M&A and joint ventures in Greater China and throughout Asia-Pacific. In addition to his work with clients, Phil has also led the internal development of Bain's perspectives on mergers and acquisitions, including a global study on joint ventures.
Phil has authored many articles published in international and local media outlets and his views on the M&A landscape in Asia have been widely quoted.
Phil earned his MBA from Harvard University and graduated with an undergraduate degree in business administration, with highest honors, from University of California at Berkeley.
Recent Insights
- “Consumer Products Companies in Asia-Pacific Use M&A to Boost Growth,” Webinar, June 2023
- “Overseas Ambition: Asia-Pacific Consumer Products Companies Use M&A to Accelerate Growth,” Brief, May 2023
- “China Needs More Women in Executive Leadership,” Report, March 2023
- “How M&A and Divestitures Helped Asia’s Conglomerates,” M&A Report, February 2021, Report
- “Learning from Japan’s Disappointing M&A Boom,” Brief, April 2020
In the News
- “What one key business indicator is saying about China’s consumer recovery,” CNBC, June 2023, CNBC
- “Cross-border M&A crucial for Asia Pacific consumer products companies’ growth ,” Press release, May 2023
- “How China’s Haier, Japan’s Asahi used M&As to supercharge revenue growth: Bain,” South China Morning Post, May 2023, South China Morning Post
- “Foreign asset managers are eyeing China’s vast pool of savings,” The Economist, June 2021, The Economist
- “Foreign asset managers are eyeing China’s vast pool of savings,” The Economist, June 2021, The Economist