This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Forum Overview
Dates: November 18 - 20, 2024
Location: Sentosa Island, Singapore
The Forum is an annual meeting of elite-level private practice and in-house lawyers from across Asia Pacific region who are proficient in the negotiation, structuring, and execution of private capital investment transactions and mergers & acquisitions.
Using candid, peer-driven discussion, participants share the most pressing issues they are facing, as well as examine trends and developments across jurisdictions to learn how others address problems and work together to identify solutions.
2024 Steering Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
Rachael is the Associate General Counsel for APG Asset Management Asia. Originally trained at Clifford Chance in London, she has spent the last decade working in Asia (at Clifford Chance and now APG). She was previously based in APG’s Hong Kong office and re-located to Singapore last year to establish the new APG Singapore office. APG Asia is a major investor in the private real estate, infrastructure & natural resources and private equity sectors. Rachael has extensive experience advising on fund investments, direct M&A and co-investments across these asset classes in Asia-Pacific. Rachael also manages legal, tax and regulatory risk in APG Asia’s existing investments across these asset classes. She has advised on deals across a diverse range of geographies including Singapore, Australia, Japan, China and India. With her 9 years in Hong Kong, Rachael has deep knowledge of the APAC markets and her recent move to Singapore, means she is now more focused on investments in South-East Asia and South Asia.
Committee Members
Soo Yien Khor is a Director and Associate General Counsel at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP). With over 18 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer, Soo Yien has extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions and is currently for responsible for legal matters in the Private Equity, Infrastructure and Real Estate asset classes. Prior to joining OTPP, Soo Yien was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Hong Kong where she worked on various public and private M&A transactions. She holds a LLB from the National University of Singapore.
Lay Khim has over ten years of experience as team lead at Temasek’s Legal & Regulatory global Funds practice. She also leads the Legal & Regulatory practice on global derivatives trading. Her experience in the funds sector includes transactions into various buyout, hedge and venture funds from the perspective of an institutional investor, AUM platform formation and spinouts, anchor stakes in bespoke structures, alongside the various accompanying regulations.
Lifen is Director, Legal at OMERS Capital Markets. She handles the legal affairs of OMERS Capital Markets Asia. Prior to her current role, Lifen was General Counsel at a private credit investment firm. She was a lawyer for over a decade at Allen & Overy and Ashurst in London and Singapore, focusing on complex cross-border financings and restructurings. Earlier in her career, she was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. Lifen has a BA and MA in Law from Jesus College, University of Cambridge. She is admitted as a lawyer in England and Wales and Singapore.
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