Kenneth Leong
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 5 : Corporate/M&A: Domestic
Band 5
About
Provided by Kenneth Leong
Practice Areas
Kenneth Leong is a Mergers & Acquisitions specialist with extensive experience handling complex and high-value corporate transactions.
Career
He has represented private equity funds, public listed companies, SWF-backed entities, MNCs and family offices as their lead transaction counsel in a broad range of sophisticated local and cross-border M&A deals including PE-led privatisations, vendor auction sale processes and strategic joint ventures.
Kenneth’s clients and transactional experience span across a wide array of industries and sectors, including renewable energy, data centres, logistics, manufacturing, petrochemicals, medical technology, healthcare, education, and food & beverage.
Apart from offering transactional expertise, Kenneth also assists several private-equity portfolio companies and other clients with their general corporate and commercial needs. This include advising on corporate governance, regulatory, employment, distributorship and franchising matters.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Kenneth Leong of RPC gains recognition for his skills in corporate transactions in Singapore, often handling acquisitions, joint ventures and disposals in the energy, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, among others.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is familiar with commercial concepts and addresses those concerns. Some lawyers can’t see what businesspeople are concerned about but businesspeople are happy to engage him."
"He is familiar with commercial concepts and addresses those concerns. Some lawyers can’t see what businesspeople are concerned about but businesspeople are happy to engage him."