Ms Felicia Marie Ng > WongPartnership LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Asset Management & Funds Practice

Position

Partner – Asset Management & Funds Practice.

Career

Experienced in Private Investment Funds. Advises fund managers and sponsors in the establishment and structuring of private equity funds, real estate funds and venture capital funds, as well as family offices, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors as investors of alternative investment funds. She also advises clients on tax exemption schemes such as the Singapore Resident Fund scheme and the Enhanced-Tier Fund scheme as well as the regulatory and licensing issues relating to Singapore securities and financial advisory law.

Work Highlights

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

  • Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in relation to its US$375 million investment representing a 25% stake in Raffles City China Investment Partners III, a fund which will invest in prime integrated developments in gateway cities in the PRC, with a fund size of US$1.5 billion.
  • CapitaLand Limited’s largest private capital-raising; the sponsor and fund manager of Lion-OCBC Capital Asia Fund I, L.P. which is the first private equity fund established by OCBC Bank to invest in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China and which raised S$550 million.
  • As Singapore counsel to Mapletree Investments Pte. Ltd. and Mapletree Real Estate Advisors Pte. Ltd. as sponsor and fund manager of Mapletree China Opportunity Fund II, a private real estate fund, which raised US$1.4 billion.
  • Institutional investors from Asia and North America in their investment of up to US$500 million in CapitaMalls China Development Fund III, a closed-end US$1 billion private equity fund sponsored by CapitaMalls Asia Limited.
  • Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., as Singapore counsel, in the establishment of an investment structure in relation to a non-banking financial company that will provide structured credit solutions to the real estate sector in India.
  • Ascendas Pte. Ltd., AXA Real Estate Investment Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., CapitaLand Limited, ING Real Estate Investment Management (Asia) Ltd., Mapletree Investments Pte. Ltd., Pacific Star Holdings Pte. Ltd. and The Ascott Group in the establishment of their private equity real estate funds.

Awards & Accolades

Felicia is ranked by Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2021 for her expertise in Investment Funds in Singapore. She is also recognised as a Leading Individual by The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession 2022 for the area of Investment Funds in Singapore having previously been recognised as a recommended lawyer since 2017 and rated as Highly Regarded by IFLR1000’s Leading Lawyers in the area of Investment Funds in Singapore 2022.

Publications

Languages

English

Memberships

Member, Law Society of Singapore.

Education

Admitted, 2005, Singapore Bar; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.)

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Investment funds: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Felicia Marie NgWongPartnership LLP

WongPartnership LLP has a longstanding association with the private equity sector, including the establishment of funds. It advises some of the biggest private equity houses in the world. The firm also has a broader investment funds practice covering hedge funds, infrastructure funds, real estate funds, fund-of-funds and other collective investment schemes. It has achieved further prominence in REITs. Fully aligned with industry trends, the firm has made a further impression in social and environmental impact funds, along with data centre development funds. Low Kah Keong heads the asset management and funds practice, which includes private funds specialist Felicia Marie Ng.