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WongPartnership LLP Offices
12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore
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Ms Soong Wen E
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions
Position
Soong Wen E is a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.
Career
Her main areas of practice involve mergers and acquisitions, covering both public and private transactions, private equity investments, and general corporate and commercial transactions.
Work Highlights
Matters of significance in which Wen E has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:
- CLA Real Estate Holdings, the offeror, in the S$21 billion strategic restructuring and demerger of the investment management business of CapitaLand Limited.
- ESR Funds Management (S) Limited, as manager of ESR-REIT, in the S$1.4 billion merger with ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust by way of a trust scheme of arrangement.
- KKR & Co, a shareholder of PropertyGuru, in PropertyGuru’s acquisition of REA Group’s operating entities in Malaysia and Thailand and its US$1.8 billion merger with Bridgetown 2 Holdings, a SPAC backed by Richard Li and Peter Thiel.
- A global investment firm in the S$2.1 billion rights issue by Sembcorp Marine Ltd and the distribution in specie by Sembcorp Industries Ltd.
- Yanlord Land Group Limited in the mandatory general offers by Yanlord Investment (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for United Engineers Limited and WBL Corporation Limited.
- Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management Ltd. (the manager of Frasers Centrepoint Trust) and Frasers Property Limited in the joint acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Gold Ridge Pte. Ltd., which holds the suburban retail mall NEX, from Mercatus Tres Pte. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Mercatus Co-operative Limited) for S$652.5 million
Publications & Legal Updates
Getting The Deal Through – Private M&A, Singapore Chapter – 2022 – 2024 Editions
Languages
English
Education
Admitted, Singapore Bar; Singapore Management University (LL.B., Magna Cum Laude)
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)‘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-oriented’ Quak Fi Ling handles privatisations, private equity investments and M&A. Other key contacts in the group include Soong Wen E and Anna Tan.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A: local firms Singapore
- Next Generation Partners Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms