Career
Shirin has over 20 years’ experience in private equity and M&A transactions across Southeast Asia, China, and the United States. She handles complex and innovative transactions, including joint ventures, fund formations, cross-border club deals and consortium transactions, portfolio restructuring and exits across a range of industries. She has advised on transactions worth over US$60 billion in aggregate during the past two years. She also serves as managing partner of Morrison & Foerster in Singapore.
Sector Specialisations
• Real estate
• Consumer goods and services
• Healthcare
• Pharma and life sciences
• Technology and telecommunications
Representative Experience
• A global strategic investor in its significant Series F investment in Gojek, a major Southeast Asian ride-hailing player, valued in excess of US$10 billion
• A leading Asian institutional investor in its ongoing investments in Grab Inc., a ride-hailing “Super App” in Southeast Asia, valued at over US$14 billion
• GLP Pte. Ltd. in its award-winning US$11.64 billion privatization, then the largest-ever private equity buyout of an Asian company by enterprise value
Professional Memberships
• American Chamber of Commerce
• Harvard University Association of Alumni in Singapore
• The Singapore Law Society