Overview  

Quay Chew Soon graduated from the National University of Singapore in 1987 and started his career in the position of Assistant Registrar of Supreme Court, Singapore from 1987-1989. During that period, he also served as (1) Magistrate and Coroner, Subordinate Courts; (2) Referee, Small Claims Tribunal; and (3) Registrar, Land Acquisitions Appeals Board. Chew Soon went on to obtain his Masters in Law from the National University of Singapore as well in 1990. From 1990-1993, he practiced with Lee & Lee, Singapore before joining Skrine in 1993. He became a partner of Skrine in 1996.

  Further Details  

Areas of Practice
Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Restructurings, Foreign Investments, Joint Ventures, Securities, Insurance.

Qualifications
Advocate & Solicitor, High Court of Malaya and Singapore
LLB (Hons) Singapore
LLM Singapore

  Experience  

• Acted for Reliance Industries Ltd (India) in the acquisition of a textile manufacturing plant via a receivership sale.
• Acted for PPB Group Bhd in the disposal of its oil palm plantation business pursuant to a voluntary take-over offer by Wilmar International Ltd (Singapore) and the disposal of its edible oils and trading businesses.
• Acted in the proposed rationalisation of Kumpulan Guthrie Group via a scheme of arrangement.
• Acted for Ford Motor Company (US) in a car assembly joint venture company, Ford Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
• Acted for ACE Ltd in the acquisition of an insurance company.
• Acted for Malaysian Tobacco Company Bhd in its merger with Rothmans and its reverse takeover by Binariang Satellite Systems.