About Us
Background
● TGG Group is a family office with its purpose in serving its stakeholders by delivering “The Greatest Good”across its business units: fashion&jewelry; hospitality; and principal investments.
● TGG Group’s investment arm is TGG Ventures which primarily makes principal investments in special situations; makes allocation to alpha generating funds and welcomes coinvestment opportunities.
● Barry Lau, the strategic leader of the TGG Group, has a deep background and extensive experience in the global investment field. He is the CIO of alternative investment manager ACCP Capital. Barry is a former Co-Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer (Private Credit) of Adamas Asset Management. He is on the global board and co-chair of Asia for the Alternative Credit Council, a global body representing asset management firms in the private credit and direct lending space. He is also a member of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) within the Banking and finance task force. He obtained a law degree from University College London.
Our Partner
● In recognition of TGG’s local expertise inits principal investing activities, ArenaInvestors, a globalinstitutional asset manager that providescreative solutions for those seekingcapital in special situations, hasestablished a joint venture with TGG.
● Arena has deployed in excess of USD 5billion in special situations, with more than160 people across seven global officesand operating in 20 countries.
● The JV is known as TGGA - it invests as aprincipal investor and will not accept thirdparty capital for investments.
Our Team
●Our team comprises 10 professionals with phenomenal track-recordand experience in financing, structuring, trading, legal, workouts.
● Each senior member has in excess of two decades of weatheringvolatilities in various markets across the globe in:
Barry
Strategy
ABN
Adamas Ping An
BNP Paribas
Clifford Chance
Eric
Group COO
BNP Paribas
Adamas Ping An
HSBC
Julius Baer
Citi
Angela
Asset Management
Adamas Ping An
AIA
Freshfields
Slaughter and May
Jovi
Principal Investment
Haitong
Janus Henderson
Jeremy
Principal Investment
Clifford Chance
Tellus
Virgin
●Our Team has been investing in special situations across Asia since 2006.
● Our Team previously established an overseas JV with Ping An Capital, a subsidiary of Ping An Insurance, and successfully exited all investments.