Expertise

Valerie is a Counsel in our Singapore office.  She focuses on mergers and acquisitions and venture capital, including joint ventures and corporate restructuring.  She also advises on general corporate and commercial laws.

Her experience spans various markets (including Asia, the Middle East and the United Kingdom) and sectors (including transport, energy, infrastructure, technology, consumer goods, healthcare and education).

She has acted for a broad range of clients, such as companies of all sizes, sovereign wealth funds, and private equity and venture capital funds. 

She is triple qualified and has practised law in major firms in Singapore, Hong Kong and London.

Experience
  • Acted for Grab, a Singapore-based superapp, on its strategic partnership and investment into PT Trans Retail, one of Indonesia's largest hypermarket chains.*
  • Acted for Mitsui, a Japanese conglomerate, on its investment in Indonesian solar energy startup, Xurya.*
  • Acted for Bespin Global on its joint venture with e& to provide a one-stop cloud solution to enterprises in the Middle East.*
  • Acted for Israel Corporation on its spin-off of Kenon Holdings and the subsequent dual-listing of Kenon Holdings on NYSE and TASE.  This was an unprecedented transaction with an appraised value of USD 1.06 billion.*
  • Acted for Global Logistic Properties, a global owner, developer and operator of logistics real estate and renewable energy assets on its IPO on the SGX, which at that time was Singapore’s largest IPO.*

*experience gained prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard

Education
  • National University of Singapore – LLB (Hons) (2009)