Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Eng Leng Ng
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Eng Leng is a senior partner in our Corporate practice. He leads and specialises in mergers and acquisitions and corporate work, and runs an active practice in domestic, regional and cross-border private and public mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, takeovers, corporate commercial, corporate finance, corporate restructurings, securities law, private equity and general corporate law work. His breadth and depth of experience and expertise extends across several industries and sectors including financial institutions, healthcare and technology.
Eng Leng's work in public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial transactions includes acting for both the sell-side and the buy-side (bilateral as well as by way of auction). He advises on and is also active in schemes of arrangement, investments, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, and listed companies work. Clients include domestic and international corporates (listed and unlisted), private equity firms and family offices.
He is also frequently consulted for his expertise in corporate and commercial strategies relating to such transactions.
Eng Leng graduated from National University of Singapore with LLB (Hons) and LLM.
Overview
- English
- Mandarin
- United Kingdom, Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales, 2001
- Singapore, Advocate & Solicitor, 1990
- Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP - Senior Partner
- English
- Mandarin
- United Kingdom, Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors, England and Wales, 2001
- Singapore, Advocate & Solicitor, 1990
- Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP - Senior Partner
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in Singapore™ 2026 for work in:
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Additional Information
Case History
Cases
- FMC Corporation
Advising on the Singapore aspects of the two transformative global transactions with DuPont involving 45 countries. The transaction consisted of the acquisition by FMC of a portion of DuPont's Crop Protection business (including insecticide and herbicide production and related R&D). The transaction includes consideration to DuPont of US$1.6 billion to reflect the difference in the value of the assets, including cash of US$1.2 billion and working capital of US$425 million.
- Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd
Acting for Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd (“Geely”) in the definitive stage of its proposed investments in automobile companies, Proton Holdings Berhad (“Proton”) and Lotus Advance Technologies Sdn. Bhd. (“Lotus”) by way of a subscription for shares representing 49.9% of the enlarged paid-up share capital of Proton, and an acquisition of 51% of the shares of Lotus. Part of the consideration provided by Geely for the subscription for shares in Proton is a license to Proton for one of Geely’s car models. For the subscription for shares representing 49.9% of the enlarged paid-up share capital of Proton, the consideration (taking into account the range of indicative values for the license), is RM460.3 million (S$146.4 million). For the acquisition of 51% of the shares of Lotus, the consideration is £51 million (S$90.8 million).
- Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd.
Acting for a wholly-owned subsidiary of Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd., Yuanta Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited, a company incorporated in Hong Kong, as its transaction counsel in its acquisition of 99% of the issued and paid-up share capital of PT AmCapital Indonesia, a stockbroking company in Indonesia. The aggregate consideration for the acquisition is approximately TWD211 million (or approximately S$9 million).
- Yuanta Securities Asia Services Limited
Acting for Yuanta Securities Asia Financial Services Limited (the “Purchaser”), a company incorporated in Bermuda and a wholly-owned company of Yuanta Financial Holding Co., Ltd., a company listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, in its acquisition of 49,999,998 ordinary shares representing approximately 99.99% of the issued ordinary shares in the share capital of KKTrade Securities Company Limited. The aggregate consideration for the acquisition is approximately THB686.9 million (or approximately S$26.6 million).
- Consortium of Individual Investors
Acting for a consortium in the purchase of McDonald's business in Malaysia and Singapore, from McDonald's Corporation. The purchased business includes ownership interest in McDonald's Malaysia and Singapore, which includes a total of 390 restaurants, and the grant of a licence by McDonald's to run McDonald's restaurant operations in these markets.
- Goodwood Park Hotel Limited (“GWP”)
Acting for GWP in the voluntary unconditional cash offer made by DBS Bank Ltd., for and on behalf of Hotel Holdings (Private) Limited, for all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of GWP (the “Offer”). The Offer values GWP at approximately S$1.85 billion.
- Broadway Industrial Group Limited (“BIGL”)
Acting for BIGL, in the proposed disposal of its foam plastics solutions and flow control device businesses to Broadway Holding II Limited, an investment vehicle wholly-owned by US private equity firm Platinum Equity (the "Transaction"). The aggregate consideration for the Transaction is S$150 million ("Consideration").
- Bevrian Pte Ltd.
Acting for Bevrian Pte. Ltd. in the mandatory conditional cash offer (the “Offer”) for all of the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in Ellipsiz Ltd (“Ellipsiz”). Ellipsiz is a probe card and distribution and service solutions provider serving the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing industries. The Offer valued Ellipsiz at approximately S$63.6 million.
- SHS Holdings Ltd
Advising in the sale of its entire interests in the TAT Group and Axxmo International Pte Ltd, which collectively operate a distribution business for refined petroleum products, to Brenntag (Holding) BV, a subsidiary of German chemical distribution company Brenntag AG, for approximately S$100 million.
- Grand Apex Holdings Pte Ltd ("Grand Apex")
Acting in structuring, conducting and completing its voluntary conditional cash offer (the "Offer") for SGX-ST-listed Popular Holdings Limited ("Popular Holdings"), in a privatisation exercise. Popular Holdings is in the business of investment holding for property development, retail and distribution and publishing and e-Learning assets. Grand Apex is controlled by a controlling shareholder of Popular Holdings. The Offer valued Popular Holdings at approximately S$255 million.
- Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
Acting as Singapore counsel to certain group entities of Daiwa, in their roles as issue manager and underwriter in the initial public offering of Accordia Golf Trust ("AGT") on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST, as well as the trustee-manager and asset manager of AGT, in respect of Singapore law regulatory and compliance issues. AGT is in the business of investing in stabilised, income-generating golf courses, driving ranges and golf course related assets worldwide, with an initial focus on Japan.
- AHC Pte Ltd ("AHC")
Acting in structuring, conducting and completing its voluntary conditional cash offer ("Offer") for SGX-ST-listed Hersing Corporation Ltd ("Hersing"), and in structuring a transferable term loan facility granted to AHC to finance the Offer, in a privatisation exercise. At the time of the privatisation exercise, Hersing was a leading brand manager and service provider with subsidiaries in the real estate services, financial services, self-storage and design and furnishing services segments. AHC is controlled by a controlling shareholder of Hersing. The Offer valued Hersing at approximately S$145 million.
- SGX-ST-listed Stratech Systems Limited ("Stratech Systems")
Acting and advising in the restructuring of its group of companies by way of a scheme of arrangement under section 210 of the Companies Act (Chapter 50), to facilitate a migration of Stratech Systems' shareholders' shareholding interests in its capital, to shareholding interests in the capital of a newly-incorporated and SGX-ST-listed investment holding company, The Stratech Group Limited ("The Stratech Group"), thus creating a group that holds its operations and businesses separately. The Stratech Group is principally engaged in the design, development, integration, implementation, maintenance and project management of information technology and advanced technology systems.
- Marmon Water (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Acting as its Singapore counsel in connection with its acquisition of a 50% equity interest in Hyflux Marmon Development Pte Ltd and a 49% equity interest in Marmon Hyflux Investments Pte Ltd from the Hyflux Group, for an aggregate cash consideration of S$63.6 million.
- PSG Asia Pte Ltd ("PSG") and its shareholders
Advising on the disposal of the project and construction management related business of PSG and its subsidiaries in Singapore and the region (the "PSG Sale Business") to Cushman & Wakefield Singapore Holdings Pte Ltd. Advised on, negotiated and prepared the master purchase agreement and other transaction documents, attended to and coordinated completion, and coordinated with foreign counsel in the disposal of the PSG Sale Business in Beijing.
- SGX-ST-listed Singapore Post Limited ("SingPost")
Acting and advising in its postassurance collaboration with AXA Life Insurance Singapore Private Limited ("AXA"). The postassurance collaboration involves SingPost performing the role of an introducer for AXA for the purposes of facilitating the marketing, promotion, sale and distribution of life insurance products in Singapore.
- UMW Oil & Gas Corporation Berhad ("UMW O&G")
Acting as Singapore counsel in connection with its listing on Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad. The issue price of RM2.80 per share valued UMW O&G at approximately RM6.1 billion (or approximately S$2.4 billion). This was Malaysia's largest initial public offering for 2013.
- SGX-ST-listed Kim Eng Holdings Limited ("Kim Eng")
Acting and advising in the conditional sale by certain controlling shareholders of Kim Eng to Aseam Credit Sdn Bhd (the "Offeror"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Malayan Banking Berhad, of 44.63% of the issued shares in the capital of Kim Eng, the holding company of a regional stockbroking and financial services group, in his previous firm. Also acted for Kim Eng as offeree, in the consequential mandatory cash offer by the Offeror for all the remaining ordinary shares in the capital of Kim Eng as a result of this transaction, as well as in its subsequent delisting. This transaction involving the takeover of a regulated entity, the obtaining of regulatory approvals and multi-jurisdictional regulated (and some listed) subsidiaries, valued Kim Eng at approximately S$1.79 billion.
- Advanced Technology Investment Company LLC
Acting and advising in, and structured its acquisition of 100% of and privatisation of SGX-ST-listed Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd, which is in the semiconductor business, by way of a scheme of arrangement, in his previous firm. The transaction involved multi-jurisdiction co-ordination on legal issues, and represented a total value of approximately S$5.6 billion.
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