Dechert’s corporate and M&A team draws on the bench of its international offices to deliver a comprehensive, cross-border, corporate transactions offering in Asia and beyond. The team is led by Maria Tan Pedersen, who is well-equipped to advise on M&A, joint ventures and financing transactions. In January 2025 Siew Kam Boon and Timothy Goh left the firm to join Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee , and in May 2026, the team welcomed David Cho and Min Kim , both of whom joined from Milbank.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Lexmark International, Inc.
- GEM Global Yield LLC SCS
- SSI Group, Inc
- Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited
- MiddleGround Management, L.P.
- EUROPASOLAR S.àr.l.
- Fortune Media Group
Work highlights
Advised Lexmark International, Inc. and its investors, Ninestar Corporation, PAG Asia Capital, and Shanghai Shouda Investment Centre, in Lexmark’s US$1.5 billion acquisition by Xerox Holdings Corporation.
Assisted on a complex buyout and simultaneous carve-out of assets for Trent Iliffe, the co-founder of LOGOS Property Group, and an APAC logistics and data centre group.
Advised Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited on its business combination with ExcelFin Acquisition Corporation.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Maria Tan Pedersen
Other key lawyers
David Cho; Min Kim