Shi Cheng Chong is an associate in the Singapore office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department.

Shi Cheng advises clients on a variety of transactional corporate matters including M&A and private equity.

Shi Cheng’s experience includes advising:

  • ESR on the:
    • S$541 million sale of its entire 10.8% stake in Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust to Hongkong Land Holdings Limited
    • S$190 million sale of ESR Trust Management (Suntec) Limited, the manager of the Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, to Acrophyte Asset Management Pte. Ltd.
  • Permira on its acquisition of a minority stake in RightShip, a leading maritime digital platform for safety, sustainability, and supply chain due diligence
  • KKR on the:
    • Sale of a minority interest in Pinnacle Towers to British Columbia Investment Management Corp (BCI)
    • Investment in OMS Group, a Malaysia-based telecom infrastructure company and provider of subsea cable services
  • Digital Realty on its joint venture with Bersama Digital Infrastructure Asia, a Southeast Asian regional digital infrastructure platform, for the purpose of forming Digital Realty Bersama to develop and operate data centres across Indonesia
  • Growtheum Capital Partners on the acquisition of a minority stake in Mets Logistics, a Philippines-based cold chain solutions provider
  • I Squared Capital on the acquisition of Philippine Coastal Storage & Pipeline Corp, the largest independent import terminal in the Philippines, from Keppel Infrastructure Trust and Metro Pacific Investments Corporation
  • TE Asia Healthcare Partners, a portfolio company of TPG that operates specialty hospitals and clinics across Southeast Asia, on its sale of certain oncology, cardiology, and orthopedic businesses to TPG-backed Columbia Asia Group 
  • Eza Hill on the joint acquisition with Jingdong Property, Inc. of five industrial facilities in Singapore from ESR-Logos REIT
  • TPG Capital, through its subsidiary Columbia Asia Healthcare, on the acquisition of Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care, a Malaysia-based healthcare joint venture. This transaction was awarded Best M&A Deal: Malaysia at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2024
  • MIND ID on its acquisition of an increased shareholding from 20% to 34% in PT Vale (PTVI), an Indonesia-based nickel mining and processing company
  • Quadria Capital, an Asia healthcare-focused private equity firm, on its acquisition of a majority stake in Straits Orthopaedics, a Malaysia-based manufacturer of orthopaedic-focused medical device solutions
  • Authentic Brands Group on the acquisition of Boardriders, a global action sports and lifestyle company, from Oaktree Capital Management
  • An investor consortium (including The Bank of East Asia) on their sale of PRASAC Microfinance, Cambodia’s largest microfinance deposit-taking institution, to Kookmin Bank*
  • ICG Strategic Equity as the lead investor in CapVest’s GP-led secondary in respect of Curium Pharma*
  • Partior, a blockchain-based payment network, on its Series A financing and fundraising round*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Singapore

Education

  • LLB, National University of Singapore
    First Class Honours

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin)