Eversheds Sutherland

Sze-Hui is a corporate partner in the Singapore office of Eversheds. She has advised on both contentious and non-contentious matters in the areas of insolvency, commercial and corporate work in the Asia Pacific region. Sze-Hui has also practised with a City firm in London from 2001 - 2002. Her practice areas cover cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance and corporate restructuring. Sze-Hui speaks and writes English and Mandarin fluently.

Sze-Hui is admitted to practise in Singapore (since 1999) and is also admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (2002). Sze-Hui is listed as a notable practitioner and a leading individual in “Corporate/M&A: International Firm” in Singapore by the latest Chambers Global legal directory (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015).

Major transactions/cases include:

Advising one of US’s top private equity and venture capital fund in their investments in Singapore, Malaysia and India. Advising several Singapore-headquartered companies in the e-commerce space in their capital raisings with fund investors. Advised a technology company and its shareholders in a US$400 million disposal of their e-commerce business to an Indian-based conglomerate. Assisted a Swedish corporation (the world's biggest maker of heat exchangers) in relation to its US$731 million acquisition of a fifty per cent share in a leading Danish corporation's marine boiler business. Advised a leading German industrial conglomerate on a worldwide supply of IT services to a leading British telecommunications provider in Asia. Advised a Singapore-based real estate investment group in its acquisition of hotels and hotel management companies in Europe. Advised an Indonesian coal producer on its divestment of 50% of shares and its joint venture with the new shareholder in the development of its mine, rail and port operations. Advised a Philippine tollway operator on a proposed international bond offering of US$300 million under Section 4(2) of the United States Securities Act of 1933. Assisted a NASDAQ listed supply chain and retail software provider in relation to its global acquisition program of a software developer. Assisted a NASDAQ listed and Fortune 500 staffing solutions provider in relation to its acquisition program in Asia. Assisted a London Stock Exchange listed service provider in testing, inspection and certification of products, commodities and systems in relation to its acquisition program in Asia. Advised an Indonesian listed company on an international bond offering of US$110 million under Regulation S of the United States Securities Act of 1933 and a subsequent tack-on offering of US$50 million. Assisted with the internal investigations of a global consulting, systems integration and outsourcing company's Asian subsidiaries under the USA's Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Admission

Admitted to the Roll of Solicitor of England and Wales (2002)

Admitted as Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Republic of Singapore (1999)

Education

Graduate of the Board of Legal Education, Singapore

Postgraduate Practical Law Course (1999)

Graduate of the National University of Singapore

Bachelor of Laws LLB, Second Upper (1998)

Recognition

Sze-Hui was described by a leading private equity firm as someone who is able to ‘cross culture’ and ‘the best he has dealt with’. She was also recognised by Chambers Asia (2013, 2014, 2015) and Chambers Global 2012 as a leading Corporate/ M&A lawyer in Singapore.

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