The team at Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow delivers end-to-end corporate and M&A advice across the full transaction spectrum, from joint ventures and bolt-on acquisitions to carve-outs and restructurings. The team regularly acts on complex cross-border matters in sectors such as healthcare, logistics, real estate, and energy, often involving novel structuring and multidisciplinary support. The team was strengthened by the arrival of Shirin Tang in September 2024 from Morrison Foerster (Singapore). Credited as ‘hardworking, commercial and knowledgeable,’ Tang leverages her deep experience in complex, high-value cross-border private equity and corporate transactions across Asia and the US, to act for clients spanning the real estate, technology, life sciences, and consumer sectors. Boo Bee Chun brings decades of experience in M&A, private equity, and venture capital transactions for sectors including healthcare, energy, mining, technology, and industrials. Andrew Martin is a highly recommended M&A lawyer known for advising multinational corporates and private equity clients on complex cross-border transactions, carve-outs, and post-acquisition integrations across Southeast Asia. Other key contacts in the group include Lip Kian Ang, Min-Tze Lean and Xiao Hui Ting.
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Testimonials
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‘Baker's lawyers have shown deep legal domain expertise and strong commercial appreciation to guide clients, which is very helpful especially for terms negotiations.’
- 'Xiao Hui has shown strong legal grounding and commercial appreciation, especially when navigating terms negotiations, to ensure that our rights are captured eventually.’
‘Commercial, efficient and straight to the point. Does not over lawyer points or issues, solution oriented.’
‘Strong commercial acumen, knows what's important and what is not. Quick to respond to questions, keenly understands the specific asks, and delivers. Inspires a lot of confidence.’
‘Xiao Hui is a valued partner for us, and Mynn Keng has done a great job supporting us.’
‘The team assisted us on the formation of a joint venture. The team leveraged its experience with consortium deals and asset management matters to help the parties successfully negotiate a multi-layered joint venture structure.’
‘Shirin Tang and Lip Kian Ang are hardworking, commercial and knowledgeable, solutions-driven and efficient.’
Key clients
- TA Associates
- AIA Group Limited
- Acciona Energia Global
- Electricity Generating Public Company Limited
- Evercore Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- ExxonMobil Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd.
- Daiwa House Co., Ltd.
- Dupont de Nemours Inc
- Johnson & Johnson
- Novartis Pharma AG
- VMS Asset Management Limited
- UOB Venture Management Private Limited
Work highlights
Representing Singapore-based Jebsen & Jessen Pte. Ltd. in a proposed $120m acquisition of 80% of the MSM Group, which is a distribution business in Mongolia covering automobiles, industrial and chemical equipment and beverages.
Represented Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. on its takeover bid for Singapore-based XP Power Limited.
Advised Liberty Energy Solutions (a subsidiary of ShawKwei & Partners) on its proposed $160m acquisition of PEC Ltd., a Singapore-incorporated entity listed on the Mainboard of the Singapore Exchange.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Shirin Tang
Other key lawyers
Andrew Martin; Lip Kian Ang; Min-Tze Lean; Xiao Hui Ting; Xiao Hui Ting; Mynn Keng; Natania Ng; Bee Chun Boo