NG Wai King heads the Corporate Group and the Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions Practice. Wai King’s experience encompasses M&A, capital markets, financial services advisory and regulatory work, and telecommunications regulatory and transactional matters.

Matters of significance that Wai King has been involved in include Singapore billionaire, Peter Lim’s bid for Liverpool Football Club, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”)’s acquisition of MMI Holdings Limited, which was one of the largest buyout of a Singapore company by a private equity fund, and advised Colony Capital in the acquisition of the “Raffles” and “Swissotel” hotel business from Raffles Holdings Limited. The KKR acquisition was recognised as the “Best Leveraged Financing” deal by FinanceAsia. The Raffles transaction was recognised as the “Singapore M&A Deal of the Year” by Asian Legal Business. Wai King was also involved in KKR’s subsequent buyout of Unisteel Technology Ltd and the acquisition of Chartered Semiconductor by Advanced Technology Investment Co. (a subsidiary of Mubadala) via a scheme of arrangement.

Wai King has also advised on the takeovers and/or privatisation of Thomson Medical Centre, Eng Kong Holdings Ptd. Ltd., Design Studio Furniture Manufacturer Ltd., Hongguo International, Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group Ltd., Straits Asia Resources Ltd., King’s Safetywear Limited, Unisteel Technology Ltd., Delong Holdings Limited, The Ascott Group Limited, Robinson & Co. Ltd., Want Want Holdings Ltd., Sembawang Kimtrans Limited and Media Asia Entertainment Limited.

Wai King graduated from the National University of Singapore where he was awarded the AV Winslow Prize, and obtained a LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law where he graduated as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.