
Georgina Then
LL.B (Hons) NUS
Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore
Accredited Mediator
Georgina’s practice areas include cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures as well as private equity investments. She was with Shell Group of Companies as an in-house counsel prior to joining the private sector.
Some of her more notable transactions include:
- Acted for a consortium of Japanese banks for numerous infrastructure projects financing in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and China;
- Setting up subsidiaries in Singapore and Indonesia for US-based oil and gas company and represented the company in various joint venture and distributor partnerships and liaising with various regulators;
- Advised a pre-IPO merger and acquisition for listed telecommunication company involving subsidiaries in Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and China, as well as identifying acquisition targets;
- Advised a listed venture capital company in the proposed establishment of USD50 million private equity China IT fund;
- Advised a group of private investors in the acquisition of a major electronics distributor and retailer worth over $50 million;
- Advised a group of private investors in the buy-out of a subsidiary of a Singapore listed IT company;
- Represented a consortium of private business owners in their investments in traditional Chinese medicine companies in China;
- Advised members of a prominent rubber estate family in the acquisition of a professional sports team in China;
- Advised members of a real estate family in their direct investments into the building materials and design consulting industry in China;
- Represented a construction group in construction related investments in China;
- Represented a private investment company in the acquisition of a parcel of land in Fujian, China;
- Advised a private investment company in a joint venture to establish a factory to manufacture energy-saving light bulbs; and
- Represented various start-ups in drafting various technology and commercial agreements;
- Advised a private investment company in a proposed joint venture to establish a chain of private pre-school in Liaoning Province, China