Khazanah hires M&A specialist for dealmaking

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional has hired mergers and acquisitions specialist Patrick Lau as an investment director, AsianInvestor can confirm. A Malaysian national, Lau started in the role early last month, having spent the past 15 years in international mergers and acquisitions and corporate strategy for numerous firms based out of Hong Kong. In effect, Lau is returning home to work at the RM111 billion ($31 billion) state investment firm. "Khazanah is a stra…