Sophie Mathur

Practice Areas

Sophie leads the Asia Corporate M&A practice with an exceptional and deep bench of almost 90 partners and lawyers. Sophie specialises in cross-border corporate transactions for both strategics and financial sponsors. She advises on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and joint ventures across Southeast Asia. She has particular expertise in the financial services, renewables, consumer and technology sectors. She is lauded for her accessibility, quality advice, commercial flair and pivotal role in high profile and complex deals.

Sophie is a unique M&A lawyer, well-known for her pivotal role in major acquisitions across an array of sectors and leading deals in the region. She combines being Singapore and English-qualified, a proven track record of working on deals with a strong Asia nexus, and the commercial and transactional ability and cultural sensitivity to deal effectively with various stakeholders, regulators across the region and international clients.

Professional Memberships

Sophie’s market stature is reflected in her being appointed on the Corporate Law Advisory Board of Singapore, an advisory panel established by the Singapore Accounting and Company Regulatory Authority, to advise it on corporate law. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Singapore Management University’s Yong Pung How School of Law which features a diverse array of leading legal practitioners from all sectors of the industry.