Client Satisfaction

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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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘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.