EXPERIENCE

Edward’s representative experience includes advising:

• Global Network, Inc. (GNI) on a joint venture between Miescor Infrastructure Development Corporation and Phil-Tower Consortium
• Warburg Pincus, KKR, GIC, and others, as investors and shareholders, in its US$550 million Series D, US$1.5 billion Series E, and US$1 billion Series F fundraises by Go-Jek, a leading Southeast Asia on-demand mobile platform and subsequent merger of Go-Jek with Tokopedia, forming GoTo Group, Southeast Asia’s largest technology group. Awarded M&A Deal of the Year (Premium) by ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2022
• Warburg Pincus, as investor, in fundraises by Circles.Life, an Asian digital telecommunications provider
• Warburg Pincus, as investor, in its US$400 million Series D fundraise and subsequent US$80 million fundraise by Advance Intelligence Group, an AI-driven technology platform
• Warburg Pincus, as investor, in its US$300 million joint venture, creating Lodgis, a fully integrated Southeast Asia hospitality real estate developer and operator
• Warburg Pincus, as investor, in its US$250 million investment in Novaland, a leading Vietnam residential real estate developer and operator, and subsequent restructuring
• A sovereign wealth fund, as lead investor, in its US$1.2 billion Series A fundraise by payments platform
• GIC, as investor, in its US$160 million investment in Sunway Healthcare Tybourne Capital, as lead investor, in US$96 million Series C fundraise by Kopi Kenangan, a Southeast Asia food and beverage developer and operator
• Ruangguru, a Southeast Asia education technology and content developer, as issuer, in a US$150 Series C investment led by General Atlantic
• Warburg Pincus, as selling shareholder, and ESR, a leading Asian logistics real estate developer and operator, as issuer, in the US$1.6 billion initial public offering on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s second largest initial public offering in 2019
• Warburg Pincus, as selling shareholder, and Vincom Retail, Vietnam’s largest retail real estate developer and operator, as issuer, in the US$740 million initial equity offering on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, Vietnam’s largest ever initial equity offering at the time
• Vinhomes, Vietnam’s largest residential real estate developer and operator, as issuer, in the US$1.35 billion initial equity offering on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, Vietnam’s largest ever initial equity offering at the time, and in US$1.3 billion investment by GIC and in US$650 million investment led by KKR. Awarded M&A Deal of the Year (Midsize) by ALB SE Asia Law Awards 2021
• Vingroup, Vietnam’s largest conglomerate, in the merger of VinCommerce, a leading Vietnam retail operator, with Masan, a leading Vietnamese conglomerate, creating Vietnam’s largest retail operator
• Vingroup, as seller, and VinCommerce, as issuer, in a US$500 million investment led by GIC
• Vingroup, as issuer, in a US$1.0 billion investment by SK Group, a leading Korean conglomerate and in US$400 million investment by Hanwha Group, a leading Korean conglomerate