Esther Wong | Singapore | Hogan Lovells

Esther Wong

Associate Corporate & Finance

Languages

English

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Esther Wong
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  • Overview
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Esther Wong is a member of the Corporate department, advising in corporate finance and corporate law, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on private equity matters. She also advises generally on corporate and commercial matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Esther was a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel at the Attorney-General's Chambers of Singapore where she focused on financial crime and white-collar offences. She was previously also a Justices' Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of Singapore, where she clerked for the Chief Justice of Singapore and several Judges of the Supreme Court.

Representative experience

Navis Capital Partners on its sale of B Medical Systems, a leader in temperature-controlled storage solutions, to Azenta, Inc., a leading provider of life sciences solutions, for up to EUR460m.

PhonePe Private Limited, Singapore on the separation of ownership of PhonePe Private Limited, India, a digital payments platform, from Flipkart Private Limited.

A US headquartered multinational corporation on its acquisition of shares in a Singapore incorporated company for US$3bn. 

Navis Capital Partners, as investor and buyer, on the acquisition of a controlling stake in a sports company with global operations in soccer, rugby and endurance sports.
 

Credentials

Education
  • Masters of Law, Harvard Law School, 2017
  • B.A. (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford, First Class, 2016
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Singapore
  • New York