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Mergers & Acquisitions 

• CLA Real Estate Holdings, the offeror, in the S$21 billion strategic restructuring and demerger of the investment management business of CapitaLand Limited. 
• ESR Funds Management (S) Limited, as manager of ESR-REIT, in the S$1.4 billion merger with ARA LOGOS Logistics Trust by way of a trust scheme of arrangement. 
• A global investment firm in the S$2.1 billion rights issue by Sembcorp Marine Ltd and the distribution in specie by Sembcorp Industries Ltd. 
• Frasers Centrepoint Asset Management Ltd. (the manager of Frasers Centrepoint Trust) and Frasers Property Limited in the joint acquisition of a 50 per cent stake in Gold Ridge Pte. Ltd., which holds the suburban retail mall NEX, from Mercatus Tres Pte. Ltd. (a subsidiary of Mercatus Co-operative Limited) for S$652.5 million. 

Private Equity 

• KKR & Co, a shareholder of PropertyGuru, in PropertyGuru's acquisition of REA Group's operating entities in Malaysia and Thailand and its US$1.8 billion merger with Bridgetown 2 Holdings, a SPAC backed by Richard Li and Peter Thiel. 
• Amethyst Assets Pte. Ltd., a consortium formed between Dymon Asia Private Equity and certain members of the Teo family controlling Amara Holdings Limited, in relation to the voluntary unconditional general offer for Amara Holdings Limited.

Related Practices

• Mergers & Acquisitions

• Getting The Deal Through – Private M&A, Singapore Chapter – 2022 – 2024 Editions
• Chambers and Partners – Singapore: An Introduction to Corporate / M&A: Domestic, 2024 Edition 

The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession

• Corporate/M&A – Next Generation Partner 

IFLR1000: Financial & Corporate – The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms

• M&A – Rising Star Partner

IFLR Asia Pacific Awards 

• Rising Star of the Year, 2020