QUAK Fi Ling

Significant transactions that Fi Ling has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

• A consortium comprising HOPU, Hillhouse, Bank of China Group and Vanke Real Estate and CEO of Global Logistics Properties Limited ("GLP"), in the acquisition of GLP by way of a scheme of arrangement. This deal was awarded "Deal of the Year" and "Best Leveraged Finance Deal" at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards, 2017, "M&A Deal of the Year: South East Asia" at The Asian Lawyer's Asia Legal Awards 2018, and M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) at the ALB SE Asia Law Awards, 2018.
• CWT Limited, and its controlling shareholder C & P Holdings Pte. Ltd in the pre-conditional voluntary general offer made by a wholly-owned subsidiary of HNA Holding Group Co. Limited for CWT.
• Baring Private Equity Asia Pte. Ltd. in the sale of a 73.8% stake held by its investee company, Singapore Retail Group Limited, in Courts Asia Limited ("Courts Asia") through a voluntary conditional cash offer made by Nojima Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. for Courts Asia.
• Wheelock and Company in the voluntary unconditional general offer for Wheelock Properties (Singapore) Limited ("Wheelock Properties"), where Wheelock Properties was valued at over S$2.5 billion.
• Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation Ltd ("Keppel T&T") in the acquisition of all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Keppel T&T by Keppel Corporation Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement.
• Keppel Infrastructure Trust in relation to the combination of KIT and CitySpring Infrastructure.

Related Practices

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Sustainability & Responsible Business

• The Private Equity Review (Investing) – Singapore chapter 2nd – 9th editions
• Singapore Chapter Mondaq’s Comparative Guide to ESG 2022
• Singapore Chapter in the third edition of the International Comparative Legal Guides (ICLG) – Environment, Social & Governance Law 2023

Fi Ling is recognised for her Corporate/M&A expertise by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2023 and Chambers Global 2022 and is a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client's Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession 2019 for the area of Corporate and M&A in Singapore. She is also recognised as a notable practitioner in M&A and Private Equity by IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms since 2019.

In The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client's Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession, she has been described as having "in-depth knowledge", is "able to negotiate well" and is "commercial and calm under pressure". While in IFLR1000 - The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms she has been praised for being "smart and a strong negotiator" as well as "highly appreciated for her comprehensive advice which addresses risks that can be overlooked by others".