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Experience and career history

Melissa Ng advises on a wide range of M&A, joint venture and divestment transactions across various sectors  including banking, natural resources and consumer goods. Her deal experience spans a number of South and South East Asian jurisdictions, with particular focus on Indonesia. Melissa has a varied and very loyal client base which includes private equity funds, energy companies and other Fortune 500 companies.

Magdalene College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) Law) 2000
Joined Clifford Chance London 2002
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2004
Relocated to Singapore office 2004
Became Partner 2013

Professional Bodies

Solicitors Regulatory Authority, England and Wales
Law Society of Singapore

Highlights of deals and projects

• Advised SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad on the acquisition of Seadrill Limited's tender rig business for an enterprise value of US$2.9 billion. The parties entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding on 5 November 2012 to combine and integrate both companies' tender rig businesses, creating the world's leading tender rig operator with definitive transaction documentation entered into on 12 February 2013 and completion on 30 April 2013. This transaction is one of the largest M&A transactions in south east Asia on 2013 and had a significant Indonesia component.
  
• Advised Carrefour on the sale of its 60% stake in Carrefour Indonesia for €525 million to its local partner, CT Corp.
  
• Advised private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia on its acquisition of a minority stake in PT Toba Bara Sejahtra, an Indonesian listed coal mining company.
  
• Advised Philip Morris International on the transfer of selected assets and liabilities of Philip Morris Philippines Manufacturing Inc and Fortune Tobacco Corporation, a leading local cigarette manufacturer in the Philippines, into a new joint venture company, PMFTC.

Citations and awards

• "She was driving the process, so we felt it was easy for us. As a client we felt safe."

Chambers Asia Pacific 2013 - Corporate & Finance: Indonesia (Desks Based Abroad)

• [She is ]“incredibly good”

Chambers Asia Pacific 2013 - Corporate/M&A: International: Singapore