Finance Monthly Global Awards 2019 Edition

Finance Monthly Global Awards 2019 www.finance-monthly.com 63 SINGAPORE CORPORATE & M&A LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FIRM PROFILE ZICO Law is a network of leading independent local law firms focused on the ASEAN region. With a presence in 17 cities in all 10 ASEAN countries, our 300 lawyers enable our clients to enjoy value- added legal services by leveraging on a combination of local expertise and regional insights. Led by our highly experienced lawyers across ASEAN, we pull together our in-depth knowledge in the areas of banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, intellectual property, projects, infrastructure and utilities, and government advisory, to cater for the increasing demand for cross-border legal advice. ZICO Law in Singapore is represented by ZICO Insights Law LLC, established in December 2015. ZICO Insights Law extends ZICO Law’s capability to offer clients of the network access to Singapore law advice, whilst remaining connected to the resources of the entire ZICO Law network. ZICO Insights Law is led by Managing Director, Yap Lian Seng, who has more than 22 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and restructuring work. Mr. Yap is supported by a team of competent and experienced fee earners and all of them are highly bilingual, fluent in both English and Mandarin. As a member of ZICO Law, ZICO Insights Law provides its clients with direct access to 300 lawyers in 10 out of 10 ASEAN countries, enabling itself to provide cross-border legal advice and related services. ZICO Law is itself part of ZICO Group, an integrated network of multidisciplinary firms that assists organisations and individuals to succeed in ASEAN. ABOUT YAP LIAN SENG Yap Lian Seng has had more than 22 years of professional experience. His practice encompasses mergers and acquisition (including schemes of arrangements, takeovers, competitive sale processes and acquisition/disposal of shares and assets), corporate finance, and restructuring work. Lian Seng is recognised for his strong deal-making skills and has demonstrated client skills and technical ability on a number of major transactions in Singapore. In terms of Reverse-Takeovers, Lian Seng has been involved in probably the highest number of successful RTOs in Singapore. He has also successfully pioneered other transaction structures to achieve similar outcomes in the Singapore market. Lian Seng was named a Leading Lawyer in the Capital markets and Corporate Finance areas in publications such as AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers and was a lead counsel in the restructuring of China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Limited which won the “Singapore Restructuring Deal of the Year” award at the Asian Legal Business Awards. He was also the lead counsel for the 2 largest M&A transactions in 2003, the ComfortDelgro merger which created the largest land transport company in Asia, and the disposal of American Eagle Tankers Limited, which won Stamford Law Corporation the Singapore M&A Law Firm of the Year for 2003. In 2012/3 he was the lead partner advising Fraser and Neave Limited in the S$13.75b takeover tussle of F&N between Thai Beverage Public Company Limited and OUE Limited, the largest M&A transaction in Singapore corporate history. Lian Seng was a founding partner of Stamford Law Corporation since 2000. He was also a partner in Morgan Lewis Stamford and Morgan Lewis & Bockius when Stamford Law Corporation merged with Morgan Lewis & Bockius, one of the largest law firms in the world, in April 2015. He joined ZICO Insights Law LLC in October 2016 and became its Managing Director since January 2017. AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Mergers & Acquisitions • Corporate & Commercial • Corporate Finance • Capital Markets • Restructuring • Compliance CONTACT Yap Lian Seng Managing Director ZICO Insights Law LLC Tel : +65 6443 4920 Fax : +65 6443 4921 E: lian.seng.yap@zicolaw.com W: www.zicolaw.com/our-network/ singapore Office Address: 8 Robinson Road, #13-00 ASO Building, Singapore 048544