Nixon Peabody CWL

Corporate and Commercial

Partner

Chong Eng Wee is a partner of Nixon Peabody CWL and a member of the  Asia-Pacific corporate practice of Nixon Peabody LLP.

He focuses on transactions involving capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, funds, China (PRC), private wealth, corporate and commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and corporate secretarial work. He has advised issuers, issue managers, underwriters and placement agents, private equity funds, multinational corporations, high net-worth individuals and small and medium enterprises on transactions including initial public offerings (IPO), pre-IPO investment, dual listings, reverse takeovers, public takeovers, rights and warrants issues, placement, local and cross border acquisitions and disposals of shares and assets, downstream investment by private equity funds, joint ventures, and corporate restructuring. He has also advised clients on variable capital companies, establishment of family offices and their tax incentives, and applications to the Monetary Authority of Singapore pertaining to capital market service licenses and registered fund management companies. he has acted in various cross border transactions with PRC elements, and frequently advise issuers on their regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues.

English Cantonese Mandarin

Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong Lawyer, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Australia Barrister & Solicitor, High Court of New Zealand

Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Bachelor of Laws National University of Singapore, Graduate Diploma in Singapore Law Board of Legal Education Singapore, Postgraduate Practical Course in Law The Law Society of Hong Kong, Overseas Lawyers Qualification

Named ‘Singapore’s Top 40 Most Influential Lawyers aged 40 and under’ by Singapore Business Review (December 2015)