Profile
Ashok K. Lalwani focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and corporate advisory matters. He represents multinational corporations, financial institutions, and state-owned entities across Asia-Pacific and South Asia, with particular emphasis on cross-border transactions involving India, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia. Ashok advises clients in industries including energy, real estate, hospitality, retail, technology, and financial services, bringing over three decades of experience in international transactional work.
Ashok handles complex public and private M&A transactions, including asset sales, corporate restructurings, and joint ventures. He regularly counsels investment banks, commercial banks, and issuers on initial public offerings, bond offerings, and other capital markets transactions across multiple jurisdictions. His capital markets practice encompasses equity and debt offerings, including sovereign bonds, real estate investment trusts, and American Depository Receipt programs. Ashok provides guidance on U.S. federal securities law compliance for international offerings and advises on regulatory matters affecting cross-border transactions.
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Advised EDP Renewables on its $1.1 billion acquisition of Sunseap.°
- Advised a European petrochemical company on its acquisition of two manufacturing plants in China.°
- Advised an Indian technology company on its proposed acquisition in the United States.°
- Advised the underwriters on an IPO of a Singapore hospitality REIT.°
- Advised RHB and AmBank on the IPO and listing of Cuckoo International (MAL) Sdn Bhd, a key player in the home appliance and household good rental industry in Malaysia.°
- Advised European petrochemical company on the sale of its plant in Thailand.°
- Advised an Indian listed company on its proposed sale of certain assets to another Indian listed company.°
- Advised the underwriters on the IPO and listing of the first SPAC in Singapore, Vertex Technology Acquisition Corp.Advised Indonesian bank on a proposed sponsored level 1 American Depository Receipt programme.°
- Advised a state-owned Thai Bank on U.S. law aspects of a sovereign sustainability-linked bonds issue in Thailand.°
- Advised Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Limited, CLSA Limited, Kasikornbank Public Company Limited, Maybank Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited, Maybank Securities Pte. Ltd. and UBS AG, Singapore Branch in the offering of 1,053,040,000 newly issued trust units of CPN Retail Growth Leasehold REIT (CPNREIT) by CPN REIT Management Company Limited, as manager of CPNREIT (the REIT Manager), at an offering price of Baht 10.20 per unit.°
- Advised Cinema XXI on its IPO and listing on the Indonesian Stock Exchange and international offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.°
- Advised Australian energy company Empire Energy Group Limited on fund raising from new and existing institutional shareholders.°
- Advised Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) PCL, Bangkok Bank PCL, Krung Thai Bank PCL and HSBC in the offer by the Kingdom of Thailand (acting through the Ministry of Finance of Thailand) to exchange several existing bonds for new bonds.°
- Advised the underwriters on the IPO of Mitra Keluarga Karyasehat Tbk in Indonesia.
- Advised Indonesia's national upstream oil and gas company, the issuer, in its IPO on IDX and international offering pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.°
- Advised a Thai beverage manufacturer of the local bottler of an international beverage brand in Thailand on its IPO on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.°
- Represented a multinational technology company in an ongoing corporate restructuring exercise on the flipping of its corporate structure to India.°
- Advised Videocon d2h on the first de-SPAC transaction in India and Videocon d2h’s listing on NASDAQ.
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Lalwani prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Singapore LLP.
荣誉和领导力
- Listed, Chambers Global, 2008, 2010-2025
- Singapore, Capital Markets: International
- Singapore, Foreign Expert, Capital Markets
- Indonesia, Expertise Based Abroad, Capital Markets (International Firms)
- Listed, Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide, Singapore, Capital Markets (International Firms)
- Listed, Asia Business Law Journal, “The A List,” 2018-2023
- Listed, India Business Law Journal, “The International A List,” 2019-2025
- Listed, IFLR 1000, “Highly Regarded,” Capital Markets (International)
- Listed, The Best Lawyers
- Listed, Legal Era, Global Achievers Awards, “Top India Desk Lawyers,” 2022-2023
- Member, American Association of Singapore, 2020-Present
- Member, Board of Directors, 2020 to present
- President and Member, Board of Directors, 2023-2025
- Treasurer and Member, Board of Directors, 2020-2023
- Member, General Committee, The American Club of Singapore, 2011-2019, 2021-2025
- Member, Board of Governors, Singapore American School 2013-2015
资历
- J.D., Notre Dame Law School
- M.B.A., Michigan State University
- B.A., Michigan State University
- 加利福尼亚州
- Singapore, foreign lawyer
- 英文, Native
- Hindi, Conversational