Corporate/M&A: International: The Elite
Global Guide 2024 : Singapore
Band 3
Email address
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+65 6922 2000About
Provided by Morrison Foerster
MoFo’s Singapore-based South and Southeast M&A practice handles a wide range of cross-border M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, regulatory matters, joint ventures, strategic alliances and regional rollouts.
We represent, large corporates, financial institutions, privately held companies, private equity and venture capital firms in their most high-profile, complex and ground breaking transactions.
The team combines deep regional expertise with strong cross-border deal execution capability. Our M&A work focuses on effective structuring combined with a commercial approach that maximizes the benefits and minimizes the risks of doing business in some of the world’s most diverse and challenging jurisdictions.
Chambers Review
Morrison Foerster is a prominent law firm in the Singapore market, with an especially strong roster of clients in the financial services, technology and real estate sectors. The firm is active on a range of M&A, joint venture and corporate restructuring work and is praised for strength in complementary areas such as fund formation. The team leverages its leading reputation in Tokyo to provide advice to Japanese clients investing in South-East Asia. The practice also handles transactions covering a wide range of other jurisdictions, such as China and Vietnam. Key clients of the firm include GLP, IndoSpace and FLOW Digital Infrastructure.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The quality of work is good. They're quick to turn around work, very approachable and very knowledgeable about all the matters."
"Their strengths are judgement, commercial savviness and a willingness to prioritise us as a client. Even when things come up last minute, they are always available, and we never get a second-grade team."
"The quality of work is good. They're quick to turn around work, very approachable and very knowledgeable about all the matters."
"Their strengths are judgement, commercial savviness and a willingness to prioritise us as a client. Even when things come up last minute, they are always available, and we never get a second-grade team."
Notable Practitioners
Tabitha Saw has a growing reputation in Singapore's legal market, with particular experience in deals related to data centres, as well as in the logistics sector. She is experienced in handling large transactions.
"Tabitha is very thorough and gives very good advice on things we might not have thought of. She is also very responsive."