Ms Anna Tan > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

WongPartnership LLP
12 MARINA BOULEVARD, LEVEL 28
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE TOWER 3
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore

Work Department

Corporate Group; Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.

Position

Partner – Mergers & Acquisitions Practice.

Career

Her main practice areas are mergers and acquisitions, covering both public and private transactions, and general corporate and commercial transactions.

Work Highlights 

  • CapitaLand Limited (“CapitaLand”) in its acquisition of the Ascendas-Singbridge group of companies from Ascendas-Singbridge Pte. Ltd. The deal is valued at S$11 billion and makes CapitaLand the largest diversified real estate group in Asia, with assets under management of S$123.4 billion.
  • Cogent Holdings Limited (“Cogent”) in the voluntary conditional cash offer by COSCO SHIPPING International (Singapore) Co., Ltd. (“Cosco”) for all the issued ordinary shares in Cogent, including all shares owned, controlled or agreed to be acquired acting or deemed to be acting in concert with Cosco, at an offer price of S$1.02 per share, valuing Cogent at approximately S$488 million.
  • The offeror in the acquisition of Croesus Retail Trust (the first scheme of arrangement of a business trust in Singapore).
  • A consortium formed by Dymon Asia Private Equity and the promoters of Select Group Limited (“Select”), in the approximately S$75 million voluntary conditional cash offer by International Culinary Management Ltd, a special purchase vehicle incorporated by the consortium, for all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in Select.
  • Singapore-incorporated Macondray Holdings Pte. Ltd. and Myanmar-incorporated AMMK Medicare Company Limited, in a joint venture with Parkway Healthcare Indo-China Pte. Ltd., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare Berhad, and Myanmar-incorporated Global Star Company Limited, to develop and operate a US$70 million, 250-bed hospital in Yangon, Myanmar.
  • CMA CGM S.A. (“CMA CGM”) in relation to the voluntary general offer by CMA CGM for all the issued and paid up ordinary shares in the capital of Neptune Orient Lines Limited, for approximately S$3.4 billion. This deal was awarded “M&A Deal of the Year (Premium)” at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2017.

Awards & Accolades 

Anna is recognised as a rising star in IFLR1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms in the area of Corporate/M&A.

 

Languages

English

Education

Admitted, Singapore Bar; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms

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-orientedQuak Fi Ling handles privatisations, private equity investments and M&A. Other key contacts in the group include Soong Wen E and Anna Tan.