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Chee Hoong has extensive experience in corporate M&A and financial services work. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, corporate and debt restructurings, joint ventures, and inward and outward investments.

Chee Hoong is the Co-Head of the Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions Department and he has worked on numerous notable transactions in the area of mergers and acquisitions in 乐鱼体育官网 (in particular in the banking and financial services sector), including the restructuring of a leading general insurance company in 乐鱼体育官网, the de-merger of a leading Islamic bank from the largest commercial bank in 乐鱼体育官网, the consolidation of merchant banking, stockbroking and discount house businesses and mergers and acquisitions involving investment banks, insurance companies and stockbroking companies.

Chee Hoong has represented a wide spectrum of clients, including sovereign wealth funds, government investment corporations, pension funds, government-linked corporations, private equity firms and institutional investors, on both the domestic and global fronts.

Chee Hoong is recognised as a leading Corporate/M&A lawyer by Chambers Global/Asia-Pacific, in which he was described as a "very sensible and responsive" practitioner, and "experienced, very commercial and hardworking - the right qualities you need in an M&A lawyer". Clients appreciate that he “provides well-rounded advice that is business-driven”. He is also recognised as a rising star by IFLR1000 and was referred to in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as being “very practical”.

In 2003, Chee Hoong was awarded a British Chevening Scholarship by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom to pursue his post-graduate studies at University College London, United Kingdom. He holds an LL.M. in Corporate & Securities Law.

Chee Hoong is concurrently a partner in Allen & Gledhill LLP, the Firm’s associate firm in Singapore and Allen & Gledhill (Vietnam) Limited Liability Company.

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• Advised Charoen Pokphand Group as 乐鱼体育官网n counsel, on its acquisition of Tesco’s businesses in Thailand and 乐鱼体育官网 – the biggest corporate acquisition in Thailand’s history and one of the largest in Asia. This deal has won the M&A Deal of the Year: South & Southeast Asia at The Asia Legal Awards
• Advised Unicharm Corporation as 乐鱼体育官网n counsel on its acquisition of the entire shareholding in DSG (Cayman) Limited, the holding company of DSG International (Thailand) Public Company Limited, which manufactures and sells sanitary products in South-east Asia (including 乐鱼体育官网) for the consideration of US$530 million.
• Advised AXA Asia and Affin Bank Berhad (“Affin”) as to 乐鱼体育官网n law on their disposal of a 49.99% and 2.95% equity stake respectively in AXA Affin General Insurance Berhad (“AAGI”) and a 49% and 21% equity stake respectively in AXA Affin Life Insurance Berhad (“AALI”) to Generali Asia NV (“Generali”) (the “Disposal”). As part of the Disposal, Affin will enter into an exclusive long-term bancassurance partnership with each of AAGI and AALI. This deal won the M&A Deal of the Year at Asia Legal Business (ALB) 乐鱼体育官网 Law Awards 2022.