SOONG Wen E

Matters of significance in which Wen E has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Yanlord Land Group Limited in the mandatory general offers by Yanlord Investment (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. for United Engineers Limited and WBL Corporation Limited.
• 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

Related Practices

• Mergers & Acquisitions