Ms Quak Fi Ling > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

WongPartnership LLP
12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Sustainability & Responsible Business

Position

Quak Fi Ling is the Co-Head of the Private Equity and Sustainability & Responsible Business Practices and a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.

Career

Her main practice areas are mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, private equity investments and corporate and commercial transactions.

Work Highlights

Significant transactions that Fi Ling has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

  • A consortium comprising HOPU, Hillhouse, Bank of China Group and Vanke Real Estate and CEO of Global Logistics Properties Limited (“GLP”), in the acquisition of GLP by way of a scheme of arrangement. This deal was awarded “Deal of the Year” and “Best Leveraged Finance Deal” at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards, 2017, “M&A Deal of the Year: South East Asia” at The Asian Lawyer’s Asia Legal Awards 2018, and M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2018.
  • CWT Limited, and its controlling shareholder C & P Holdings Pte. Ltd in the pre-conditional voluntary general offer made by a wholly-owned subsidiary of HNA Holding Group Co. Limited for CWT.
  • Baring Private Equity Asia Pte. Ltd. in the sale of a 73.8% stake held by its investee company, Singapore Retail Group Limited, in Courts Asia Limited (“Courts Asia”) through a voluntary conditional cash offer made by Nojima Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. for Courts Asia.
  • Wheelock and Company in the voluntary unconditional general offer for Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited (“Wheelock Properties”), where Wheelock Properties was valued at over S$2.5 billion.
  • Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd (“Keppel T&T”) in the acquisition of all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Keppel T&T by Keppel Corporation Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement.
  • Keppel Infrastructure Trust in relation to the combination of KIT and CitySpring Infrastructure.

Publications & Legal Updates

Languages

English, Mandarin

Education

Admitted, 2001, Singapore; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.).

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Quak Fi LingWongPartnership LLP

Diverse in experience and capabilities’, the practice at WongPartnership LLP maintains a strong track record in big-ticket transactions across the Asia Pacific region, China and the Middle East. Noted for his expertise in domestic and cross-border M&A, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and privatisations, Andrew Ang jointly leads the team alongside Chan Sing Yee, who focuses on joint ventures, venture capital and corporate finance-related transactions. Managing partner Ng Wai King boasts an enviable track record in high-profile M&A and private equity investments, while Audrey Chng is praised for her ‘strong expertise in public and private transactions’. Mark Choy acts for acquirers and targets in cross-border M&A deals and ‘client-orientedQuak Fi Ling handles privatisations, private equity investments and M&A. Other key contacts in the group include Soong Wen E and Anna Tan.