Ms Audrey Chng > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
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12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
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Ms Audrey Chng
Work Department
Corporate Group; Mergers & Acquisitions Practice
Position
Partner – Mergers & Acquisitions Practice
Career
Her main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, covering both public and private transactions, and general corporate and commercial transactions.
Work Highlights
- A-HTRUST, Ascendas Hospitality Fund Management Pte. Ltd. (as the manager of Ascendas Hospitality Real Estate Investment Trust) and Ascendas Hospitality Trust Management Pte. Ltd. (as the trustee-manager of Ascendas Hospitality Business Trust) in the combination of Ascendas Hospitality Trust and Ascott Residence Trust by way of a trust scheme of arrangement to form the largest hospitality trust in the Asia-Pacific and the eighth biggest globally, with a total asset value of S$7.6 billion.
- ESR Funds Management (S) Limited (the manager of ESR-REIT), in the merger with Viva Industrial Trust by way of a trust scheme of arrangement. The merger values Viva Industrial Trust at S$936.7 million and creates Singapore’s fourth largest industrial REIT with approximately S$3 billion in property assets. This deal won Best Singapore Deal at the FinanceAsia Awards 2018 and M&A Deal of the Year (Midsize) at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2019.
- SMRT Corporation Ltd. (“SMRT Corp”), SMRT Trains Ltd. (“SMRT Trains”) and SMRT Light Rail Pte. Ltd. (“SLRT”) on the transition of SMRT Trains to a new licence to be granted by the Land Transport Authority of Singapore (“LTA”) to operate the North-South, East-West line and Circle line mass rapid transit systems and the Bukit Panjang light rail transit system under the new rail financing framework, and the transfer of ownership of the rail operating assets of SMRT Trains and SLRT, including trains and signalling systems, to the LTA (estimated at approximately S$991 million).
- SMRT Corp in the S$1.2 billion offer by Belford Investments Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (“Temasek”), for all the issued ordinary shares in SMRT (other than those already held by Temasek) via a scheme of arrangement under Section 210 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50 of Singapore).
- Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and IBC Capital Limited in the acquisition of all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Goodpack Limited. The deal was awarded the “M&A Deal of the Year” at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2015 and the “M&A Deal of the Year: Private Equity” at The Asian Lawyer Asia Legal Awards 2015. It was also one of the “Asian-Mena Counsel Deals of the Year 2014”.
- TCC Assets Limited and Thai Beverage Public Company Limited in the takeover offer for Fraser and Neave Limited, which was awarded “SE Asia M&A Deal of the Year”, “Singapore M&A Deal of the Year” and “SE Asia Deal of the Year” at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2014, “Best M&A Deal” at the IFLR Asia Awards, 2014 and “Best Singapore Deal” at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards, 2013.
Awards & Accolades
Audrey has been listed a recommended lawyer for Corporate/M&A in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession and asialaw Profiles – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Domestic Law Firms. She has also been recognised as a rising star in asialaw Leading Lawyers – The Guide to Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers.
Audrey’s expertise has been recognised by legal publications such as Chambers Asia-Pacific, which has highlighted that Audrey “is well regarded in Singapore’s legal market for her up-and-coming transactional practice, and is particularly well versed in handling REIT-related transactions for fund and asset management companies.” In asialaw Profiles she has been described as “highly competent and diligent, very hard working and reliable”.
Publications
- LegisWatch – SGX Consults on Proposed Amendments to Voluntary Delisting Regime
- Getting The Deal Through – Private Equity (Transactions), Singapore Chapter – 2013 edition
Languages
English
Education
Admitted, Singapore Bar; National University of Singapore (LL.B).
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
(Next Generation Partners)‘Diverse in experience and capabilities’, the practice at WongPartnership LLP maintains a strong track record in big-ticket transactions across the Asia Pacific region, China and the Middle East. Noted for his expertise in domestic and cross-border M&A, corporate restructurings, joint ventures and privatisations, Andrew Ang jointly leads the team alongside Chan Sing Yee, who focuses on joint ventures, venture capital and corporate finance-related transactions. Managing partner Ng Wai King boasts an enviable track record in high-profile M&A and private equity investments, while Audrey Chng is praised for her ‘strong expertise in public and private transactions’. Mark Choy acts for acquirers and targets in cross-border M&A deals and ‘client-oriented’ Quak Fi Ling handles privatisations, private equity investments and M&A. Other key contacts in the group include Soong Wen E and Anna Tan.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A: local firms Singapore
- Next Generation Partners Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- International arbitration
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Private wealth and family law – local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms