Maintaining a reputation as a ‘responsive, commercially savvy’ firm, WongPartnership LLP’s top-tier Corporate/M&A team advises on high-value, cross-border transactions. Acting for major corporates, sovereign funds, and financial institutions, the practice handles complex mergers, strategic joint ventures, and large-scale restructurings across Asia, the Middle East and globally. ‘Capable and diligent’ chairman Ng Wai King is a market-leader in headline-making public and private M&A mandates, including high-stakes strategic investments and complex cross-border acquisitions for major corporates, sovereign wealth funds and institutional investors. The group is jointly headed by ’one of the strongest technical lawyers in the Singapore’, Andrew Ang, a trusted adviser to investment consortia, sponsors and listed companies, who is widely recognised for his deft handling of high-value public takeovers, privatisations and strategic M&A across Southeast Asia. Fellow co-head Chan Sing Yee brings sharp transactional insight to headline mandates across the venture capital, joint venture and corporate finance spectrum. Adept in handling cross-border M&A transactions across Asia, Mark Choy is a go-to for both buyers and targets. Other key names within the group are Quak Fi Ling, Low Kah Keong, Audrey Chng, Anna Tan, Soong Wen E, Kevin Ho, Ong Sin Wei, Kyle Lee, Teo Hsiao-Huey and Sue Ann Phay.
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Profile
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity
Position
Chan Sing Yee is the Co-Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and a Partner in the Private Equity Practice.
Career
Her main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions (including the sale and purchase of businesses), joint ventures, venture capital, corporate finance related transactions, and general corporate and advisory work.
With over 20 years of legal experience under her belt, Sing Yee has a track record in managing complex, high-value and landmark corporate transactions. Clients described her as an "emerging name that deserves credit" and that she "goes the extra mile for clients". She has been praised as a "rigorous and commercial lawyer who is quick and agile".
Sing Yee sits on the Programme & Services Committee of the Shared Services for Charities Limited (“SSC”), a registered charity and a full member of the National Council of Social Service in Singapore where she contributes her views on the various programmes and services rolled out by the SSC to charities in Singapore to enhance governance standards of charities in achieving organisational excellence.
Relevant experience:
Significant transactions that Sing Yee has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:
- 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.
- The vendors in Lendlease Global Commercial REIT's acquisition of the remaining stake interest in Jem mall at an agreed property value of S$2.08 billion.
- Olam Holdings Pte. Ltd. in the sale of a 35.4 per cent stake in Olam Agri Holdings to SALIC International Investment Company for approximately US$1.24 billion.
- CLA Real Estate Holdings in the restructuring and privatisation of CapitaLand.
- JPMorgan in its joint venture with DBS and a global investment firm to create a new blockchain-based platform, Partior, for payments, trade and foreign exchange settlement.
- SGX on its approximately US$200 million investment as a limited partner in a private equity fund managed by 7RIDGE, a specialised growth equity firm invested in transformative technologies.
Publications:
- LegisWatch - SGX Consults on Proposed Amendments to Voluntary Delisting Regime
- Getting The Deal Through - Public Mergers & Acquisitions - Singapore Chapter 2012, 2016-2018 editions
- Global Legal Insights - Mergers & Acquisitions - Singapore Chapter 3rd – 4th edition
Languages
English, Mandarin
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Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Besides having very strong specialised knowledge of complex matters, case law, and precedents, Andrew Ang is also highly skilled at managing stakeholders. He knows when to speak up, how to manage regulators, and how to explain local law clearly to foreign parties.’ ‘Rachel Tan is a very professional partner — well prepared, deeply familiar with the details of the cases she manages with her team, hardworking, and readily available. She is particularly strong at understanding and defending her clients’ positions.’ ‘Lin Min Teng is hardworking and very responsive, including across the European time zone. She is our trusted, independent go-to contact, managing the bulk of our case under partner supervision.’ ‘WongPartnership’s team is committed to providing holistic, commercially focused advice and is willing to collaborate seamlessly across practice areas. Their approach is consistently pragmatic and client-centred, ensuring advice is relevant and actionable.’ ‘Ling Pei Lih distinguishes herself through technical excellence, commercial awareness, and a strong client focus. Her strategic insight and ability to provide clear, practical advice tailored to our business are greatly appreciated.’ ‘Low Kah Keong and Chiang Yuan Bo are very responsive and reassuring, constantly providing updates and commercially sound, sensible advice. They understand that a deal does not end at closing and that success goes beyond completion.’ ‘The WP team is our go-to firm for a number of our most critical matters. They regularly advise the board and deal teams and have an intimate knowledge of our business.’ ‘Audrey Chng is one of the strongest technical lawyers in the Singapore public M&A space. She is extremely quick in analysing takeover issues and structuring transactions, with an intuitive understanding of what will work with regulators.’ ‘Soong Wen E is a technically strong and well-rounded lawyer whose work and advice are consistently of high quality. Her calm, thoughtful communication style is particularly effective in guiding clients through difficult issues and negotiations.’ ‘Chan Sing Yee stands out for her agility and strength in structuring and negotiating both public and private M&A transactions. She is strategically sharp, effective in finding common ground in difficult discussions, and provides clear, direct advice while remaining open to constructive feedback.’
Key clients
- Keppel Corporation Temasek Holdings TCC Group Holdings Co Ltd Tower Capital KKR & Co. ESR Funds Management (S) Limited Dymon Asia Private Equity Olam Group Limited Singapore Exchange Limited CapitaLand Investments Limited
Work highlights
Acting for Olam Group in the proposed sale of its remaining 64.57% stake in Olam Agri to SALIC (the food and agri investment arm of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, PIF) for a consideration of approximately S$2.35 billion (subject to closing adjustments).
Acted as Singapore counsel to Blackstone in relation to the A$24 billion acquisition of AirTrunk, an Australian data centre operator.
Acting for the offeror, TW Troy Limited, in its acquisition of the shares in mainboard-listed TalkMed Group Limited, by way of a scheme of arrangement (the Transaction) at a scheme consideration of S$0.456 in cash per scheme share, with a deal value of approximately S$606.1 million.