Drew & Napier LLC
The team at Drew & Napier LLC, which ‘stands out for its distinctive blend of expertise and innovation’, handles a broad range of transactions in Singapore and Southeast Asia, with an increasing workload involving cross-border deals arising out of the energy and real estate sectors. Key clients include private and publicly listed corporates, venture capital and private equity funds, financial institutions, multinationals, family offices and government-linked funds and conglomerates, among others. An expert in public and private M&A, Steven Lo leads the team and Jon Nair is praised for his ’unparalleled legal acumen and strategic thinking’, while Tan Teng Sen advises on privatisations, private equity transactions and joint ventures. Seraphina Ho is another key contact in the group.
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‘Commercially-minded team, who are sensitive to the timeline and cost pressures of in-house clients and go out of their way to meet such needs. Drew's full-service capabilities is also very useful in transactional work by providing a one-stop shop.’
‘Tan Teng Sen is a commercially-minded partner.’
‘Extremely experienced and knowledgeable team.’
‘Benjamin Gaw is a very approachable and extremely detailed oriented person.’
‘A very experienced and capable team who are client centric. Easy to work with and are knowledgeable in their area of expertise.’
‘Steven Lo and Tan Teng Sen are experienced in what they do and are able to distill and communicate the issues effectively.’
‘Drew & Napier LLC's corporate and M&A team stands out for its distinctive blend of expertise and innovation. The team's strengths lie in their deep legal knowledge, combined with their practical problem-solving skills.’
‘Jon Nair has unparalleled legal acumen and strategic thinking, which consistently leads to innovation solutions. He is able to effectively anticipate legal trends and provide strategic legal solutions to problems that arise.’
Key clients
- SK ecoplant Co., Ltd
- PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk
- Banpu PCL
- Evercore Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., financial adviser to Hwa Hong Corporation Limited
- VTTSG Holding Pte. Ltd.
- Maxi-Cash Financial Services Corporation Ltd. (now known as Aspial Lifestyle Ltd)
- BPIN Investment Co., Ltd., part of the Banpu group
- Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co., Ltd
- Investment vehicle of Bonny Setiawan and his family office investors, which is a shareholder of BNWP Cella Holding Pte Ltd
- FnO Pte. Ltd.
- Square Peg Capital Pty Ltd and SEEK Growth Nominees Pty Ltd
- Solvay Specialty Chemicals Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd
- Union Steel Holdings Limited
- StarHub Ltd
- Yokogawa Electric Corporation
- Tuan Sing Holdings Limited
- EQT Infrastructure
- Temasek Holdings
- Metro Holdings
- Heliconia Capital Management (wholly owned by Temasek)
- Penguin International Limited
- TIHT Investment Holdings Pte Ltd (joint venture of TIH Limited and Temasek)
- Manhattan Resources Limited
- TE Asia Healthcare Partners Pte. Ltd
- United Power of Asia Public Company Limited
- Kaizen Private Equity II Pte. Ltd.
- Oak View Group LLC
- STAR Capital Partnership LLP
- RHB Investment Bank Berhad
- Wongnai Media Co., Ltd.
- Tricor Services Limited
- FWD Group
- COSCO SHIPPING International (Singapore) Co., Ltd.
- TIH Limited
- Hanns Ventures Pte Ltd, Insas Technology Berhad, SBI Islamic Fund II (Brunei) Limited
- Sheares Healthcare Group
Work highlights
- Acted as Singapore counsel to SK ecoplant Co., Ltd. in its acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of TES-Envirocorp Pte. Ltd. at an enterprise value of US$1 billion.
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Jakarta-listed PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk in its acquisition of all of the shares in the capital of PTT Mining Limited from a subsidiary of Stock Exchange of Thailand-listed PTT.
- Acted for Stock Exchange of Thailand-listed Banpu PCL as Singapore counsel in relation to the sale of its 47.5% shareholding in Sunseap Holding Pte. Ltd. to EDP Renováveis, S.A. for approximately S$490 million.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Steven Lo