APAC Forum on Private Capital

Rachael has recently joined CapitaLand Investment Limited as the Head of Legal, Private Funds Transactions. Originally trained at Clifford Chance in London, she has spent over a decade working in Asia (at Clifford Chance, APG and now CapitaLand). She was previously based in Hong Kong with Clifford Chance and APG) and re-located to Singapore in 2023 to establish the APG Singapore office. Over the course of her career in Asia, Rachael has gained extensive experience advising on fund investments, direct M&A and co-investments across private real estate, infrastructure & natural resources and private equity in Asia-Pacific. She has advised on deals across a diverse range of geographies including Singapore, Australia, Japan, China and India.

Andrew Crook is a highly regarded corporate practitioner with extensive expertise in private equity and M&A. His experience includes advising private market firms and multinational businesses on a range of transactions in APAC and globally. With a focus on complex transactions Andrew has worked across a variety of sectors including healthcare, technology, industrials, education, energy and resources, infrastructure, financial and real estate.   Andrew heads Clifford Chance's APAC Corporate and private equity practice.

Soo Yien Khor is a Director and Senior Legal Counsel at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP). With over 19 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. She has particular experience in emerging markets such as India and has worked on a number of transactions in the jurisdiction including Vertis Infrastructure Trust and Spandana Sphoorty.

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, with a focus on transactions in China across a broad section of clients. She holds a LLB from the National University of Singapore.

John leads Linklaters’ Asia Energy and Infrastructure team. The Linklaters team is recognised by clients and directories as one of the leaders in the market, in particular for low-carbon / renewables project development, project financing and sector M&A.   John advises project developers, export credit agencies (ECAs), lenders and financial sponsors / energy & infrastructure funds on the development and financing of, and acquisitions in, world-scale and or new-market projects across the full spectrum of renewable technologies including offshore / onshore wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen. His experience also includes wider energy sector as well as cross-border rail and large-scale infrastructure projects.   John is recognised in Chambers (Band 1) and Legal 500 as a leader in his field, with clients and peers commenting that ‘he’s very commercial and brings senior-level advisory experience to a matter’ and that he ‘has an outstanding reputation for project finance’.

Jason Ng leads Baker McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Financial Services Practice, and sits on the Firm’s Global Funds Steering Committee. Jason has extensive experience advising clients on the structuring and formation of a broad spectrum of fund products, and currently practices mainly in the area of private investment funds. He advises private equity and real estate fund managers on the structuring, formation and marketing of such funds, as well as the regulatory, operational, compliance and corporate governance matters arising from the operation of such funds. He also advises investors on fund investments, co-investments and programmatic JVs.

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.

Grace is Managing Director and Head of Legal APAC. She leads the APAC Legal & Compliance team and is responsible for legal advice and support across investment strategies and enterprise affairs in the region.   Prior to joining CPP Investments in 2018, Grace was a senior corporate lawyer at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton specializing in complex, cross-border M&A, PE and other strategic transactions, and has worked in London, Brussels and Hong Kong.   Grace holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yale University and is a graduate of BPP Law School. She is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong.