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Si Ting Chua

Associate Director

stchua@resourcelawasia.com

Tel: +65 6805 7326

Overview

Si Ting is a corporate lawyer whose practice focuses on local and cross-border M&A, joint ventures, restructurings, private equity investments and general corporate and commercial transactions.

Si Ting has worked with a variety of clients ranging from large multinational corporations to listed companies to start-ups in various industries, ranging from e-commerce, engineering, stainless steel and renewables, fintech to real estate. She has a deep understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the corporate and M&A landscape in Singapore and the broader Asia-Pacific region.

Si Ting is a skilled negotiator and has successfully represented clients in negotiations with various stakeholders, including regulatory bodies, and other parties involved in complex and challenging cross border and local M&A transactions. Si Ting is effectively bilingual in both English and Chinese and her work is strongly affirmed by Chinese clients.

Professional Admissions / Qualifications

  • Singapore

Languages

  • English
  • Mandarin

Professional Affiliations

  • The Law Society of Singapore
  • Singapore Academy of Law

Experience

  • Acted for the vendors (part of Global 500 stainless steel and mining giant in Wenzhou, China) in the sale of a 54% stake in Indian-based Chromeni Steels Private Limited to India-listed Jindal Stainless Limited.
  • Acted for the vendors in the sale of Singapore-based Fire-Guard Engineering to Singapore Exchange-listed Ever Glory United for its maiden post-IPO acquisition.
  • Acted for Trendlines Medical Singapore, a subsidiary of SGX-listed The Trendlines Group, which led the Series A investments in AyzerSense, Medulla Pro and NasoTrak Medical.
  • Acted for B International Shipping & Logistics DMCC (linked to BGN International DMCC) for its joint venture with shipping and integrated marine logistics arm of Indonesian state-owned oil major Pertamina.
  • Acted for China Vanke, one of the world’s largest real estate companies, in the unwinding of a six-year luxury hotel joint venture in China with Singapore-based hotel and resort operator Banyan Tree Holdings Limited.
  • Acted for Shanghai Decent in sale of a 55% stake in a high-pressure acid leach project for USD 1.265 billion to Australia-listed Nickel Industries.
  • Acted for Shanghai Decent in sale of circa USD 350 million nickel-producing assets to Australia-listed Nickel Industries Limited.
  • Acted for Perlux Limited in circa USD 200 million joint venture with, and share sale to, Shanghai-listed Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt.
  • Acted for the sellers in the sale of Barber Mullan & Associates Pte. Ltd. (a leading research and investigations firm in Southeast Asia) to Mintz Group (a global leader in investigative and due diligence services with more than 400 employees in 18 offices serving customers worldwide after the acquisition).
  • Acted for the sellers in the sale of Singapore precision manufacturer Eratech Pte. Ltd. to SGX-listed systems integration solutions provider, Nordic Group.
  • Acted for Ion Pacific (a Hong Kong-headquartered provider of creative capital to the global innovation economy) in the successful closing of its structured secondary investment in Pomelo Fashion Pte. Ltd..
  • Acted for the interim judicial managers (Deloitte Singapore) in a distressed sale of certain entities held under SGX-listed AusGroup Limited (under interim judicial management) to Altrad, a world leader in the provision of industrial services principally for the Oil & Gas, Energy, Power Generation, Process and Environment, and Construction sectors.
  • Acted for GGlobal Online Pte. Ltd.for the acquisition of a Brazilian adtech company, Premium Publicidade E Marketing LTDA.
  • Acted for CB Medical Holdings Limited (“CBMHL”), an indirectly owned subsidiary of Beijing CITIC Investment Centre (Limited Partnership), in the amalgamation between CBMHL and Biosensors International Group, Ltd. valued at SGD 1.1 billion, this being the first take private of a company listed on the SGX through an amalgamation.
  • Acted for IBC Capital Limited, an affiliate of leading global investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., in the acquisition of all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of Goodpack Limited via a scheme of arrangement as well as in the post-offer restructuring matters.
  • Acted for Merit Stand Inc. (“Merit Stand”), in the voluntary conditional cash offer made by DBS Bank Ltd. for and on behalf of Merit Stand to acquire all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the share capital of XinRen Aluminum Holdings Limited, valued at approximately SGD 780 million.
  • Acted for Lee Kim Tah Holdings Limited (“Lee Kim Tah”), in respect of a voluntary conditional cash offer made by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited for and on behalf of the founding family behind the company, for all the issued ordinary shares in the share capital of Lee Kim Tah, valued at approximately SGD 546 million.
  • Acted for the purchaser in the acquisition of Hotel Grand Chancellor Pte. Ltd. from Hotel Grand Central Limited for approximately SGD 248 million.

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