Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, a member firm of Baker McKenzie in Singapore, is adding a team in Singapore led by principals Shirin Tang and Lip Kian Ang, according to a company media release.
The team is set to join from international law firm Morrison Foerster, where Tang was a managing partner of the Singapore office and on the firm’s global executive committee.
FinanceAsia understands from a senior market source that the team will start in the "next few weeks" and that a further two non-partner lawyers, from the same team, will also be joining Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow from Morrison Foerster.
Tang will join as co-head of the Singapore M&A practice, jointly with Boo Bee Chun. Tang has over 20 years of experience in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and private equity transactions across Asia and the US, with a focus on complex and innovative transactions, including capital raising platforms, joint ventures and club deals, portfolio restructuring and exits.
Her practice spans the institutional real estate, technology/e-commerce, life sciences and consumer sectors. Over the past "several" years, Tang has led transactions worth over $35 billion in aggregate, according to the media release.
Ang has experience with international funds, multinational corporations and financial institutions in large cross-border private equity, venture capital, M&A, real estate, and fund transactions.
Commenting on the move, Boo Bee Chun, principal and co-head of the Singapore M&A practice, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, said in a statement: “We are thrilled to welcome Shirin, Lip Kian and team to our M&A / private equity team, to which they will add further depth. With dealmaking and growth potential strong in Singapore and Southeast Asia, the wealth of experience and deep sector expertise that they bring will be of significant value to our clients."
James Huang, managing principal, Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, adde: “Their joining is further evidence of our commitment to further expanding our bench strength in Singapore, whose status as a leading global financial and business hub is expected to continue to grow significantly in coming years.”
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