Hall of fameRajah & Tann Singapore LLP
Deputy Head, Corporate & Transactional Group Head, Mergers & Acquisitions
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP
The ‘practical and efficient’ team at Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP has demonstrable experience in cross-border transactions across the Asia Pacific region, with notable expertise in high-value private equity transactions. Regional head of the firm’s corporate and transactional group, Chia Kim Huat advises on public and private M&A, multi-jurisdictional joint ventures and private equity investments, while Sandy Foo maintains a standout track record in big-ticket transactions. Lim Wee Hann acts for clients in the biotechnology, healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors on cross-border acquisitions and divestments, and Evelyn Wee is praised as ’a star in the team’. Terence Quek and Favian Tan spearhead the technology M&A practice, and Tracy-Anne Ang counts multinational companies, startups, SMEs, private equity investors and venture capital funds among her key roster of clients.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Evelyn Wee is a star in the R&T team. She is very experienced and commercial in M&A transactions, with a good understanding of commercial needs of the client and an ability to keep her cool no matter the situation. She has excellent negotiation skill and is in control of every situation.’
‘We have been working with this team for over eight years and it has been a wonderful journey. The team is highly competent, practical and business minded. The team is humble.’
‘The R&T team was very practical and efficient. They provided prompt and relevant advice and were always quick to suggest ways which would help us reduce costs.’
‘Favian Tan went out of the way to be available and was extremely patient with questions from our team members.’
Key clients
- PSA Marine (Pte) Ltd, PSA Marine Americas (Pte) Ltd
- Straits Apex Group Sdn. Bhd.
- Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited
- Cuscaden Peak Pte. Ltd.
- DBS Trustee Limited
- Duchess Avenue Pte. Ltd.
- Link Real Estate Investment Trust
- Bridgetown 2 Holdings Limited
- Sunseap Group Pte. Ltd.
- Grofers International Pte. Ltd.
- DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd.
- Hywel Investments Ltd.
- Tamaris Infrastructure Pte. Ltd.
- Keppel Infrastructure Trust
- Capsol Investment III Pte. Ltd.
- Hwa Hong Corporation Limited
- Joint and Several Judicial Managers of Swiber Holdings Limited and Swiber Offshore Construction Pte. Ltd., being Messrs Bob Yap Cheng Ghee, Tay Puay Cheng and Ong Pang Thye, all care of KPMG Services Pte. Ltd.
- SymphonyAI
Work highlights
- Acted for Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, a controlling shareholder of Sembcorp Marine Ltd and a substantial shareholder of Keppel Corporation Limited, in the combination of Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd, to form an enlarged group listed on the SGX-ST with Temasek as its largest shareholder.
- Acted for Cuscaden Peak Pte. Ltd., a company formed by a consortium of investors for the purposes of undertaking a proposed acquisition for all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Singapore Press Holdings Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement, that values SPH at up to approximately S$3.9 billion.
- Acted for DBS Trustee (in its capacity as trustee of MNACT) in the merger of MCT and MNACT by way of an S$4.2 billion acquisition by MCT of all issued and paid-up units of MNACT held by unitholders by way of a trust scheme of arrangement.
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Partner, Rajah & Tann Singapore Partner, Christopher & Lee Ong (Malaysia) Executive Committee Member, Rajah & Tann LCT Lawyers (Vietnam) Regional Head, M&A
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Chia Kim Huat, Sandy Foo, Evelyn Wee, Tracy-Anne Ang, Terence Quek