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WongPartnership LLP Offices

WongPartnership LLP
12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore
Visit website 65 6416 8000 65 6532 5711

Mr James Choo

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+65 6416 2418 james.choo@wongpartnership.com View profile

Work Department

Financial Services Group; Equity Capital Markets Practice; Indonesia Practice.

Position

Partner – Equity Capital Markets and Indonesia Practices.

Career

James’ main practice areas are corporate finance, capital markets transactions and general corporate matters.

Work Highlights

Significant transactions that James has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

  • Temasek in its investments in Indonesia in e-commerce firm, Sociolla, Healthtech firm, Halodoc, Indonesia’s Bank, Artos and a joint venture with ST Telemedia and Triputra to build data centres.
  • EQT for its investment in Indesso, South East Asia’s largest natural flavour & fragrance ingredients and foods & wellness solution provider.
  • KKR Asia Limited in connection with the investment by Demeter Indo Investment Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of KKR Asian Fund III, in its acquisition of an approximate 12.64% stake in PT Nippon Indosari Corpindo Tbk., Indonesia’s leading mass market bread company.
  • The founders of PT Farjar Surya Wisesa Tbk, in the sale of their controlling stake in PT Fajar Surya Wisesa Tbk, for approximately US$665 million, to SCG Packaging Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Siam Cement Group.
  • The initial public offerings of companies listing on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange such as VTAC (the first SPAC on SGX), EMAS Offshore Limited, CapitaMalls Asia Limited, IHH Healthcare Berhad and Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Company Limited and other listings such as the secondary listing by NIO Inc.
  • Avago Technologies Limited in its secondary listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market in connection with its initial public offering which raised gross proceeds of approximately US$648 million.

Awards & Accolades

In The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession 2015, James is praised as a lawyer who “has the patience of a saint”.

Publications

Languages

English.

Education

Admitted, Singapore Bar; New York State Bar; University of Durham (LL.B.).

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms

The ‘collaborative and knowledgeable’ team at WongPartnership LLP handles the full spectrum of equity and debt mandates and is well-placed to act as international counsel for issuers across Southeast Asia, including in Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. The team has demonstrable experience advising on a broad range of debt capital markets transactions, while its equity offering covers public and private placements, including primary and secondary listings on the SGX, Bursa Malaysia, Indonesian Stock Exchange and Stock Exchange of Thailand. IPOs of REITs and business trusts continue to take up a significant portion of the team’s workload. Choon Yuen Hui spearheads the DCM practice and head of the ECM group Gail Ong is noted for her expertise in US registered and Rule 144A/Reg S equity and debt offerings by issuers in Southeast and South Asia. Other key contacts in the group include Karen Yeoh, James Choo and Trevor Chuan.

Indonesia > Foreign firms

WongPartnership LLP contains experienced practitioners in dispute resolution and M&A transactions that arise in Indonesia and collaborates with Makes & Partners to handle matters in the region. Manoj Pillay Sandrasegara, who regularly advises on cross-border restructuring matters, leads the Indonesia practice alongside Mark Choy and James Choo.

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