Elisabeth Ong is an associate in the Singapore office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Corporate Department. Ms. Ong advises clients on a variety of corporate transactions, including capital markets and mergers and acquisitions.

Ms. Ong previously spent two years in Latham’s New York office advising investment and commercial banks, private equity firms, and borrowers on a broad range of leveraged finance transactions, including acquisition financings, syndicated loans, and cross-border transactions.

Ms. Ong's experience includes advising:

  • Séché Environnement, a renowned French hazardous waste treatment and disposal company, on the SGD605 million proposed acquisition of ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering Pte Ltd (ECO), the leading player in the hazardous industrial waste market in Singapore, from Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group Co., Ltd.
  • VinFast Auto, a leading Vietnamese automotive manufacturer, on the business combination with Black Spade Acquisition Co., a special purpose acquisition company

Bar Qualification

  • New York

Education

  • LL.M., Columbia Law School, 2018
    James Kent Scholar
  • BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford, 2013

Languages Spoken

  • English
  • Chinese (Mandarin)