Lip Kian Ang

“ I enjoy partnering with my clients to deliver successful outcomes for their most significant and complex corporate matters.

Lip Kian represents international funds, multinational corporations, and financial institutions in large cross-border private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and fund transactions.

Aside from corporate transactional work, he regularly counsels clients on general corporate, regulatory and compliance, shareholder and investor relations, and employment matters. His work spans a wide range of industries including real estate, technology, innovative businesses, and fast moving consumer goods.

Clients commend Lip Kian for being “excellent in terms of client service and work quality”, his “consistently good judgment, technical skill and thoroughness”, as well as his ability to “explain difficult concepts or issues with clarity” in providing advice that is “incisive and balanced, considering not just the legal aspects, but also the commercial and operational practicalities.”

Lip Kian also maintains an active pro bono practice, with particular interest in the areas of sustainability and education.

Representative Experience

• GLP Pte. Ltd. in the formation of RMB 4.5 billion (approximately US$675 million) GLP China Value-Add Venture III with a group of leading international and domestic institutional investors to invest in GLP Park Lingang in Shanghai, the biggest and most advanced port-based logistics park in China.
• GLP Pte. Ltd., the leading global provider of modern logistics facilities and technology-led solutions, on the establishment of a US$2 billion fund in China.
• GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$11.64 billion privatization, reported to be the largest-ever private equity buyout of an Asian company by enterprise value (ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year (Premium); The Asia Legal Awards 2018: M&A Deal of the Year: Southeast Asia; 2017 Global PERE Awards: Deal of the Year, Asia; Finance Asia's 2017 Deal of the Year and Best Leveraged Finance Deal).
• IndoSpace, India's largest developer of modern industrial and logistics real estate, on the formation of IndoSpace Core, its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, which will focus on acquiring and developing modern logistics facilities in India.
• GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$2.5 billion landmark agreement with a group of strategic partners including a large Chinese insurance company; Bank of China Group Investment Limited; and HOPU Funds.
• GLP Pte. Ltd. in its US$1.1 billion partnership, GLP Brazil Income Partners II, with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and a leading North American institutional investor.
• Beam Mobility Holdings Pte. Ltd., the leading micromobility company in the Asia Pacific, in its US$26 million Series A financing from Sequoia Capital India, Hana Ventures and other investors.