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Summary
Ken Cheung joined Watson, Farley & Williams
in 2000 and is a Partner in the firm's International Corporate Group based
in Singapore. He specialises in corporate and commercial law including
cross border transactions, foreign investment, joint ventures and merger
& acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region. His work particularly
concentrates
on the energy, transport and media sectors. In a recent edition of the
Asia Pacific Legal 500, Ken was described as a lawyer who "constantly
solves problems and pushes projects forward".
Recent Experience
- Acting for Monsanto Company on the divestment
of its butachlor and alachlor businesses (two kinds of selective herbicide)
and certain other assets in seven Asian countries to Sinochem International
Corporation. The transaction involved the transfer of technical know
how and product registrations and sale of business assets in the Philippines,
Thailand, Vietnam, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Taiwan within a short
time frame.
- Advising for Acteon Group Ltd on the acquisition
of Franklin Offshore International Pte Ltd, an international company involved
in offshore oil and gas support based in Singapore. The target company
had worldwide operations including Europe, US and Australia and our role
was to co-ordinate the acquisition, draft and advise on the sale and purchase
agreement and carry out due diligence in a short time frame.
- Acting for Publicis Groupe on the acquisition
of minority shareholdings in its Malaysian subsidiaries, including termination
and re-negotiation of employment contracts with senior employees. Ken
also advised on the strategic restructuring of Publicis’ operations in
Singapore.
- Acting for Sevan Marine ASA in respect
to relocating its operations to Singapore. Work included the establishment
of a corporate structure to own and manage a fleet of FPSO vessels from
Singapore. Sevan (who is in a joint venture with a UK company) propose
to use a general partnership structure to register one FPSO and has sought
our assistance to establish the structure and to obtain exemption under
section 13A of the Singapore Income Tax Act.
- Advising General Process Systems, Inc.,
a major Dubai based oil and gas company, on its acquisition of a 50% interest
in Asia Offshore Services Pte Ltd from Clough Ltd. We assisted GPS
in drafting and negotiating the sale and purchase documentation and in
the establishment of a 50/50 joint venture to own and operate the
company.
- Advising Conergy AG, a major German company
operating in the renewable energy sector, on an acquisition of an Indonesian
solar energy engineering company. Our work involved advising the
company on foreign investment regulations, due diligence and drafting the
transaction documentation.
Education and Qualifications
| 1991
| BEc/LLB; Macquarie University
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| 1991
| Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW
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| 1993
| Solicitor of the High Court of Australia
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| 1997
| Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England
& Wales
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| 1999
| Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong
Kong |
Published Materials
| 2004
| Renewable Energy: SE Asia's Response to
the Energy Crisis, Asian Legal Business
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