Lee
Taylor

Lee’s representative M&A and private equity experience includes advising:

National Australia Bank on the sale of its private wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong to OCBC

Platinum Equity Partners on its takeover by way of scheme of arrangement of SGX-listed Fischer Tech Ltd.

ABN AMRO on the sale of its private banking and wealth management business in Asia and the Middle East to LGT

EQT on the sale of its 49% stake in Econ Healthcare to Mr Ong Chu Poh

Barclays on the sale of its private banking and wealth management business in Asia and the Middle East to Bank of Singapore/OCBC

METRO on its US$328 million acquisition of Classic Fine Foods from EQT

Mitsubishi on its S$1.5 billion investment in SGX-listed Olam

ACE Insurance on the Asian aspects of its US$29.2 billion merger with Chubb

Sime Darby on its US$1.74 billion takeover of Port Moresby and London Stock Exchange-listed New Britain Palm Oil

Affinity Equity Partners on its leveraged buy-out of Island Hospital, Malaysia

SapuraKencana Petroleum on its US$2.9 billion acquisition of Seadrill’s tender rigs business

Telekom Malaysia on its investment into Packet One Networks, a Malaysian converged telecoms, broadband and 4G service provider, and joint venture with SK Telecom and Green Packet

Bumi Armada on the establishment of a joint venture with Shapoorji to build and operate FPSOs

Credit Suisse on its investment, alongside Warburg Pincus, in Vincom Retail, Vietnam’s largest private-sector real estate operator and one of the largest companies by market capitalisation listed on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange

Mitsui on its 50:50 joint venture with Hyflux, the acquisition by the joint venture company of 21 water treatment plants in China from Hyflux and the voluntary delisting of SGX-listed Hyflux Water Trust Limited and associated exit offer

PSA on various transactions including its investment in International Container Terminal Services Inc’s Colombian port and on its investment alongside Mitsui to develop and operate Container Terminal 1 at New Priok Port, Jakarta.

Macquarie Everbright Greater China Infrastructure Fund on its RMB271.25 million investment in a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGX-listed Hengyang Petrochemical Logistics

Pfizer on the Asian aspects of the US$12 billion sale of its infant nutrition business to Nestle

HSBC and Hang Seng Bank on the sale of their general insurance businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico and Argentina to AXA and QBE for US$914 million

Standard Bank on the sale of its 25% interest in Courts to Baring Private Equity Asia

Istithmar (part of Dubai World) on the sale to City Developments of its stake in South Beach, a residential development project in Singapore

Actis on its joint venture with SGX-listed oil and gas services provider, KS Energy Services, and their take private of SGX-listed Aqua-Terra and SGX-listed SSH pursuant to two interconditional schemes of arrangement

Sincere Watch on its takeover by a consortium of investors comprising Louis Vuitton and Standard Chartered Private Equity

XL Insurance on its equity investment in Citystate Capital Asia, a Singapore based insurance company

International SOS on its security services joint venture with Control Risks Group

3i on its leveraged buy-out of LHi Technology, a medical device manufacturer based in China and on the subsequent sale of LHi Technology to Carlisle Companies Inc.

Credit Suisse on its investment, alongside Warburg Pincus, in PT Nirvana Wastu Pratama, a developer of hypermarket anchored retail malls in Indonesia

Barclays on its acquisition of Indonesia’s Bank Akita

Actis on its leveraged buy-out of Teknicast Sdn Bhd, an aluminum die-casting manufacturer in Malaysia and on its leveraged buy-out of Mivan Far East Sdn Bhd, a specialist contracting company operating in Malaysia

Maxis/Usaha Tegas on the US$3.05 billion investment made by Saudi Telecom in Maxis and Indonesian subsidiary, PT Natrindo Telepon Seluler (renamed Axis)

Turner Broadcasting (a division of Time Warner) on its acquisition of a controlling stake in Indian broadcaster, NDTV Imagine and on its television and content production joint ventures in India with the Alva Brothers

Standard Chartered, Carlyle, Permira, IK Investments, Intermediate Capital Group and CVC on numerous confidential transactions and bids