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Shirin
Tang
Associate
Education
Harvard Law School, LL.M.
Board of Legal Education, Postgraduate Practical Law Course, Singapore
- placed 2nd in the Singapore Bar Examinations
- received the Tan Ah Tah Book Prize for Professional Responsibility
National University of Singapore, LL.B. (Hons)
PRACTICE
Shirin Tang is a senior associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group of the firm’s Singapore office. She has advised on a wide range of cross-border transactions and was based in the firm’s New York office for over five years. Ms. Tang was named by Chambers Asia 2012 as an Associate to Watch in Singapore Corporate/M&A (International Firms) and was also mentioned in IFLR’s Guide to the World’s Leading Law Firms and Asia-Pacific Legal 500.
Experience
- An Asian sovereign wealth fund in its US$300 million investment in the oil-and-gas exploration and production business of El Paso Corporation
- Premium Lead Company in the US$2.3 billion management-led buyout of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited
- Tencent Holdings Limited in its acquisition of 49% of Level Up! International Holdings Pte. Ltd.
- Petronas International Corporation Limited in its 30% investment in GMR Energy (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam in a US$567.3 million investment by Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
- Affiliates of Tiger Group Investments Ltd. in a $5 billion maritime joint venture with an affiliate of The Carlyle Group
- SINA Corporation in its acquisition of 19% of the issued and outstanding shares of Mecox Lane Limited from Maxpro Holdings Limited and Ever Keen Holdings Limited, each a wholly owned subsidiary of Sequoia Capital
- sanofi-aventis in its US$520.6 million acquisition of BMP Sunstone Corporation, a specialty pharmaceutical company operating exclusively in China
- Tencent Holdings Limited and TCH Lime Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tencent Holdings Limited, in the acquisition of Comsenz Inc.
- An affiliate of Tiger Group Investments Ltd. in its joint venture with an affiliate of Seacor Holdings Inc.
- A submarine cable operator owned by a private equity consortium in a proposed pre-IPO cornerstone investment
- Northgate Capital, a San Francisco based firm, in the sale of 70% of the limited partnership interests of Northgate Capital, L.P. and 70% of the limited liability company interests of Northgate Capital, L.L.C. to Religare Enterprises Limited, a financial services company based in India
- Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., an Indian listed company, in its unsolicited cash tender offer for all ordinary shares of Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., an Israeli company
- The Dow Chemical Company in its proposed US$17.4 billion joint venture with Petrochemical Industries Company (K.S.C.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation
- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation in its US$11.6 billion acquisition of the GE Plastics business division of General Electric Company
- Cambridge Solutions Limited, a company based in Bangalore, India, in the sale of certain of its U.S. assets
Publications
- Co-Author, “Taking China private,” International Financial Law Review, December 21, 2010
- Co-Author, “Deal traveler – Three Principles for Cross-Border Transactions,” The Deal, June 21, 2010
Bar Admissions/Qualifications
New York
Singapore
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