TSMP Law Corporation stands out for its specialist focus on public takeovers and mergers, collaborating closely with leading international firms on high-profile M&A and private equity deals. The team’s work spans takeovers of listed companies, M&A involving REITs and Business Trusts, privatisations, as well as emerging areas like SPACs targeting Singapore companies and complex cross-border amalgamations through multiple schemes of arrangement. Practice head Stefanie Yuen Thio is a distinguished M&A and Capital Markets lawyer with extensive experience in high-profile corporate transactions and governance, advising on complex deals across sectors. June Ho is a seasoned corporate lawyer with deep multi-jurisdictional expertise, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, banking, and investments. Leon Lim is another key contact within the group.
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Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate and Equity Capital Markets
Position
Joint Managing Partner, Head of Corporate
Career
Stefanie specialises in mergers, acquisitions and privatisations; equity capital markets; debt capital markets, banking and finance; corporate restructurings and schemes of arrangement; cross-border investments; joint ventures; corporate advisory; employment; regulatory and licensing advice. Clients include MNCs, listed companies and banks.
Presently the Joint Managing Partner of TSMP Law Corporation and heads the corporate practice department. Trained at Khattar Wong & Partners, qualified in 1994. Publications of note: Named Leading/Recommended/Key Practitioner in: The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Capital Markets (since 2006); The Legal 500 Asia Pacific - Corporate/M&A (2012 & 2013); Chambers - Corporate/M&A Global (2007 to 2013); Chambers - Banking & Finance (2011 to 2013); Chambers Global - Leading Individual (2014); Asialaw - Corporate Commercial (2006); Asialaw - Mergers & Acquisitions (2007 to 2013); Asialaw - Corporate Practice (2007 to 2013); Asialaw Leading Lawyer (2014); Legal Who's Who Singapore Corporate Commercial (2003/2004); IFLR 1000 - Capital Markets (2007 to 2014); IFLR 1000 - Corporate Finance (2007 to 2014); Corporate/M&A, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook (2008); Cross-border Handbooks - Mergers and Acquisitions - Corporate/M&A (2011/12).
Languages
English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Basic French.
Memberships
Member, Singapore Academy of Law; Member, Corporate Practice Committee and Ethics Committee, Law Society of Singapore; Member, Council of Law Society of Singapore (2009 - July 2011).
Education
National University of Singapore, LL.B. (Hons). Admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore on 26 March 1994.
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‘Stefanie Yuen Thio is great. I like TSMP as it's a firm with heart. It's got a real strong branding revolving around doing good. The team is also responsive and commercial. Leon helped me to close quite a complex acquisition, and I was impressed with the team's ability to provide good solutions to complex problems.’
‘I like Stefanie Yuen Thio for being a thought leader.'
'Leon Lim is a great person, very approachable and easy to work with.’
‘Very responsive and whilst technically strong, able to package up tailored and pragmatic advice.’
‘I would single out both Stephanie Yuen and Nicole Lee. Technically, both very strong and able to grapple with a myriad of difficult issues and package up into solution-driven advice.’
Key clients
- YTL Cement Pte. Ltd. General Atlantic Axington Inc. PT TBS Energi Utama Tbk YTL Corporation Berhad
Work highlights
Acted as lead counsel for Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited ("HACL") (market capitalisation: S$636.8 million), the subject of a mandatory general offer by China Rubber Investment Group Company Limited.