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Shi Ying’s practice areas include corporate and corporate finance, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. She has worked with some of the largest corporations in Singapore (listed and unlisted), as well as leading international groups on domestic matters and cross-border transactions.
- Acted for AIGL in its US$400 million Series D fundraising round, with investors co-led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Warburg Pincus. This round takes AIGL’s valuation past the US$2 billion mark as a unicorn start-up;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to 8i, a special purpose acquisition company listed on NASDAQ, in the business combination with EUDA Health Limited, a Singapore-based digital health platform that aims to make healthcare more accessible;
- Acted for AIGL in the acquisition of Jewel Paymentech, a target group with business operations in Malaysia and Singapore;
- Acted for Zenyum, a Singapore-based dental consumer brand, in its US$40 million Series B fundraising round, led by LC Catterton as one of its key investors;
- Acted as local counsel for Global Car Group (Cars 24), India’s leading e-commerce platform for pre-owned vehicles, in its latest Series G fundraising round. This further solidifies Cars24’s status as a unicorn start-up;
- Acted as Singapore counsel for Danfoss A/S (Danfoss), in its US$3.3 billion acquisition of Eaton’s hydraulics business;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Lockton Companies LLP (Lockton) in its acquisition of the insurance business owned by Edge Group in Singapore;
- Acted for Digital Collectibles through its operating entity Rario in relation to its US$120 million Series A round, led by Dream Sports, a leading fantasy sports platform;
- Acted as lead counsel to Pinhome Private Limited (Pinhome), in its US$25.5 million Series A fundraising round, led by Ribbit Capital as one of the key investors. Pinhome is a property startup based in Indonesia;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Grundfos Holdings A/S (Grundfos), in its acquisition of Mechanical Equipment Company, Inc. (MECO);
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Diginex (now known as Eqonex), a blockchain financial firm based in Hong Kong, in a de-SPAC by way of reverse merger with 8i, a special purpose acquisition company listed on NASDAQ;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Netfin Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company listed on NASDAQ targeting businesses in the fintech industry, in its de-SPAC business combination with Triterras Fintech;
- Acted as lead counsel for Storms, in the proposed investment by EDB New Ventures, by way of a convertible debt facility. Storms is the first regional gaming venture between Singtel together with its Thai associate AIS and South Korea’s SK Telecom. This marks an institutional investment by the Singapore EDB;
- Acted for Roxy-Pacific Holdings in the S$632 million pre-conditional voluntary offer by TKL & Family;
- Acted for the founders of VES Hospital, in the sale of the target operating a veterinary hospital in Singapore, to MARS;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Wise Road Limited in its acquisition of UTAC Semiconductors headquartered in Singapore with operations in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand;
- Acted for PropertyGuru Pte Ltd, a leading real estate portal in Singapore, in its S$175 million fund raising bid from various investors. The investors which secured the funding round were an American private equity firm, TPG Capital, an Indonesian media company, Emtek Group, and an Australian capital firm, Square Peg Capital. This deal won in the category “Asian-MENA Counsel Deals of the Year 2015”;
- Acted for Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited, a Singapore-listed rubber processor, in its S$450 million acquisition of Anson Company (Private) Limited, which is part of the Lee Rubber plantation group. The completion of this transaction propelled Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited to one of the top five rubber producers in the world. This multi-disciplinary transaction also comprised the establishment of a S$300 million multicurrency debt issuance programme, the securing of a S$288 million syndicated term and revolving facility and the set-up of a S$110 million joint venture arrangement;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to the Nan Fung group, one of the largest property management entities in Hong Kong, in its S$260 million acquisition of Forterra Trust, a Singapore-listed business trust. This transaction marks the client’s foray into the Singapore market;
- Acted for Lone Star Funds, a leading private equity firm, in its ¥44,660 billion acquisition of the entire portfolio of real estate assets in Japan from Saizen Real Estate Investment Trust. This novel deal marks the first time a listed REIT in Singapore has disposed of all of its assets;
- Acted for Heliconia Capital Management Pte Ltd in an investment round in ONE Championship, one of the largest sports media property in Asia. This investment round marks ONE Championship’s first major institutional investor;
- Acted for the shareholders of Paradise Group Holdings, a well-known restaurant group in Southeast Asia, in the investment by Hong Kong-based private equity firm, PAG Asia Capital;
- Acted for the management of PRASAC Microfinance Institution Limited (PRASAC), in the strategic investment by Hong-Kong based The Bank of East Asia (along with an existing shareholder LOLC, owned by Lanka ORIX Leasing Company) in PRASAC;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to NTT Data, Inc. in respect of the acquisition of the business known as “Perot Systems” from Dell, Inc. The deal involved restructuring of Dell’s assets and business prior to the completion of the acquisition;
- Acted for Credit Suisse (Singapore) Limited, the financial adviser, in relation to the S$121 million public take-over offer of Viz Branz Limited, a company listed on the Main Board of the Singapore Exchange;
- Acted for Hafary Holdings Limited, a Singapore-listed company, in a S$53 million partial offer by Hap Seng Investment Holdings Pte Ltd, which is part of the Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad group listed on the Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad;
- Acted for Asia Pacific Food Pte Ltd in its S$13 million sale of all the Long John Silver’s outlets in Singapore to a Japanese food and beverage player;
- Acted for the purchasers in a S$6.4 million acquisition of 12 Subway franchise outlets in Singapore;
- Acted for Singapore Post Limited in its ¥160 million acquisition of a Japanese freight forwarding company; and
- Acted for Singapore Refining Company Private Limited in its acquisition of the Jurong Island crude oil pipelines.
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Recommended Individual in Start-Up and Venture Capital: Local firms (2025)
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- “Chua Shi Ying is very responsive, efficient and our go-to partner for our M&A and VC matters. She retains excellent knowledge of the myriad of documents we have amassed over the years across multiple deals and their interconnectedness and has been critical to our fundraising efforts.”(2025)
IFLR1000
- “Very hardworking, responsive and to the point to what we want.”(2025)