Corporate and M&A: local firms

Allen & Gledhill LLP

Client Satisfaction

Praised for its ‘unique breadth of knowledge and experience’, Allen & Gledhill LLP stands out for its track record in high-profile transactions in Singapore and across the region, collaborating with overseas offices, including Myanmar and Vietnam, and associated firms in Malaysia and Indonesia, on cross-border deals. Lim Mei, who has demonstrable expertise in M&A, equity capital markets and derivatives mandates, jointly leads the ’premier team’ alongside ‘highly commercial’ Christian Chin, who advises on M&A, venture capital transactions, corporate restructurings and joint ventures. Andrew Lim handles corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters, while Prawiro Widjaja focuses on deals with Indonesian connections and is commended as a ’powerful intellect’. Christopher Koh is ‘a calm, collected and effective negotiator’, and Lee Kee Yeng is praised as a ’brilliant and energetic lawyer’, who is ‘at the top of her class’.

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Testimonials

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‘The A&G team has a unique breadth of knowledge and experience.’
‘Allen & Gledhill is renowned for being the premier law firm with the widest set of capabilities in Singapore across a range of disciplines. The M&A practice is well-staffed by experienced senior partners, supported by competent junior lawyers. The firm has demonstrated clear integrity and accountability in their dealings.’
‘Lee Kee Yeng is a brilliant and energetic lawyer. At the top of her class in terms of legal and regulatory knowledge. Very vigilant, accessible and diligent.’
‘I truly enjoy working with Christian Chin who is highly commercial in his advice, and he genuinely appreciates the issues faced by an in-house counsel and goes out of his way to provide that extra support.’
‘Prawiro Widjaja is a powerful intellect, capable of mastering the brief and going beyond, to provide comprehensive and commercially astute advice. A great legal adviser to have on your side.’
‘Christopher Ong is appreciated for his strong intellect, lucid explanations, humility and diligence. He is accessible to clients and delivers advice that addresses all aspects of the brief.’
‘I have worked most with Song Su-Min. I would rate her as one of the best M&A lawyer in Singapore. She is diligent, exceptionally efficient and provides high quality advice that is both legally sound and commercially acceptable.’
‘Christopher Koh is a calm, collected and effective negotiator. He is adept at dealing with different levels of stakeholders in a cross-culture transaction on both sides. A sharp lawyer with flexibility in approach to achieve the end game.’

Work highlights

Advised Sembcorp Marine Ltd, as transaction counsel, on its combination framework agreement with Bayberry Limited and Keppel Corporation Limited, pursuant to which the parties have agreed to take certain steps to effect the combination of the businesses of SCM and Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd.
Advising SATS Ltd., who has, through its subsidiary SATS International SAS, entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Promontoria 52 Coöperatie U.A. (an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.) and certain management sellers to acquire all of the issued shares of Promontoria Holding 243 B.V., the indirect owner of all of the shares in WFS Global Holdings SAS.
Advised Swire Beverages Holdings, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-listed Swire Pacific, on its purchase of the Coca-Cola bottling operations in Vietnam and Cambodia owned by Coca-Cola (Japan) for US$1 billion.

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