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WongPartnership LLP Offices
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12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore
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Ng Wai King
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Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Telecommunications
Position
Ng Wai King is the Chairman and Managing Partner of WongPartnership.
Career
Wai King’s experience focuses on mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”) and private equity.
Work Highlights
Significant transactions that Wai King has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:
- Keppel Corporation in the combination of Keppel Offshore & Marine business with Sembcorp Marine for an acquisition consideration of approximately S$4.5 billion.
- CLA Real Estate Holdings Pte. Ltd. in connection with the S$21 billion restructuring of CapitaLand to demerge the investment management business and privatise the development arm.
- Scheme of arrangements involving (a) The managers of Ascendas Hospitality Trust in the combination with Ascott Residence Trust by way of a trust scheme of arrangement to form the largest hospitality trust in the Asia-Pacific and the eighth biggest globally, with a total asset value of S$7.6 billion; (b) Frasers Commercial Asset Management Ltd. as manager of Frasers Commercial Trust in the merger of Frasers Logistics & Industrial Trust (now known as Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust) and Frasers Commercial Trust by way of a trust scheme of arrangement worth S$1.54 billion.
- Nesta Investment Holdings Limited, which is controlled by a consortium comprising HOPU Logistics Investment Management Co., Ltd., Hillhouse Capital Logistics Management, Ltd., SMG Eastern Limited (an entity wholly owned by the CEO of Global Logistics Properties), Bank of China Group Investment Limited and Vanke Real Estate (Hong Kong) Company Limited, in the acquisition of Global Logistic Properties Limited for approximately S$16 billion 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.
- As Singapore counsel to Walmart Inc. in its acquisition of a 77% stake in Flipkart for US$16 billion. This deal won Deal of the Year – Best M&A Deal and Best India Deal at the FinanceAsia Awards 2018.
- TCC Assets and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited (a company listed on the Singapore Exchange) on a successful takeover offer for Fraser & Neave, Limited (“F&N”), fending off a competing offer by another party. The offer valued F&N at approximately S$13.8 billion and the transaction was awarded “M&A Deal of the Year” for both South East Asia and Singapore, as well as “SE Asia Deal of the Year” at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2014; and “Best M&A Deal” at the IFLR Asia Awards 2014.
Publications & Legal Updates
- Casewatch – Singapore Court of Appeal Clarifies that Third-Party Offers for Shares Not Invariably Best Evidence of Fair Market Value
- Getting the Deal Through – Private Equity – Singapore Transactions chapter, 2011 – 2018 editions
- Getting the Deal Through – Mergers & Acquisitions – Singapore chapter, 2011 – 2015 editions
- Sweet & Maxwell – Mergers & Acquisitions – International Series, Singapore chapter
- PLC Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions Handbook 2011/12 – Singapore chapter
Languages
English, Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia
Education
Admitted, 1991, Singapore Bar; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons; AV Winslow Prize); Columbia University School of Law, New York (LL.M.; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar).
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
‘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
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