Lisa THENG

Lisa Theng-Oct2017

Managing Partner, Management Committee


Accolades and Testimonials


  • Who's Who Legal, 2021

    "Lisa Theng excels across a wide array of corporate matters, from advising board to corporate restructuring."

    Who's Who Legal, 2021
  • Who's Who Legal, 2020
    "Recommended for Corporate Governance"
    Who's Who Legal, 2020
  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2018
    “Recommended lawyer for Dispute Resolution practice”
    The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2018
  • The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017
    “Recommended lawyer for Corporate and M&A”
    The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2017
  • From a client – IFLR1000, 2018
    “Excellent and reliable”
    From a client – IFLR1000, 2018





GET TO KNOW LISA

As a managing partner, Lisa sees a need to ensure that our clients see us as their business partner and not as just a legal service provider. Our aim is to provide innovative legal solutions for our clients across Asia with a high level of service and support that will help our clients better manage and succeed in their own businesses.

Lisa believes it is important that our lawyers understand the sectors in which they work. She has been involved with healthcare, oil and gas, manufacturing, engineering, distribution, trading, exhibition, publishing, food and beverage and leisure and entertainment companies on a range of issues. She also regularly works with private equity and venture capital companies and funds. You will find that all of our people have commercial awareness as well as expertise in the law.

She was one of two representatives for Asia on the board of directors (2016 to 2021) and was Chair Asia Pacific Region (2018 to 2021) in Interlaw, an international association of independent law firms found in 150 cities worldwide. She was a board member of Solis Limited (2017 to 2020), a Hong Kong-listed company. She was also an independent director of CEI Limited (2019 to 2021), a Singapore-listed company until it was privatised. She has also been a board member of Sunseap Group Pte Ltd from 2019 to 2022 and Eagle Eye Centre Pte Ltd from 2018 to 2021.

 

NOTABLE DEALS

Mergers and Acquisitions: Healthcare

Acted for the substantial shareholders of a company which manufactures healthcare products with factories in China in the sale of its shares to a leading private equity firm and for disposals in other healthcare companies.


Mergers and Acquisitions: Healthcare

Acted for the substantial shareholders of a company in the healthcare sector in their divestment of minority stake to a leading fund and advising the company in the subscription of new shares in by the fund.


Mergers and Acquisitions: M.I.C.E

Acted for leading MNCs in the M.I.C.E space in acquisitions and joint ventures in Singapore and across Asia including Indonesia, China and Thailand.


Mergers and Acquisitions: F&B

Acted for shareholders of a well-known chain of F&B company in its sale of their substantial shareholding to a leading private equity firm


Mergers and Acquisitions: Engineering

Acted for a European MNC in its due diligence and acquisition of a majority stake in an Indonesian Company in the engineering sector



AREAS OF FOCUS