21 ASIAN LEGAL BUSINESS – OCTOBER 2023 WWW.LEGALBUSINESSONLINE.COM COVER STORY Renu Menon 39, co-head of banking & finance and director of corporate & finance, Drew & Napier Renu Menon advises on a range of financing matters including bilateral and syndicated loans, acquisition financing, project and infrastructure financing, green financing, debt restructuring and debt capital markets. She also advises on regulatory and stock exchange related work, mergers and acquisitions and other general corporate matters. She stands out for one-of-a-kind, first-in-market mandates. Most recently, she was Singapore counsel to Pfizer and Pfizer Investment Enterprises in the issuance of $31 billion debt offerings guaranteed by Pfizer in what is the fourthlargest U.S. bond sale ever. She acted on Sindicatum Renewable Energy’s issuance of multicurrency international green bonds guaranteed by GuarantCo. This transaction marked several firsts: first international green bonds denominated in INR and first INR denominated bonds issued in accordance with both the ICMA’s Green Bond Principles 2017 and the ASEAN Green Bond Standards. Menon’s important clients include Tuan Sing Holdings, Metro Holdings, Lee Kim Tah and Pfizer, among other notable companies. “Renu is a rising star in the finance and restructuring fields, and has a true talent for the profession,” said Sushil Nair, deputy CEO and co-head, corporate restructuring & workouts of Drew & Napier. “She is actively involved in significant transactions and is a core member of the team.” Ng Si Ming 39, partner and co-founder, Chua & Partners Ng Si Ming is a partner and co-founder of Chua & Partners, a boutique dispute resolution law firm based out of Singapore. Chua & Partners was established earlier this year by a group of experienced dispute resolution partners formerly practicing in a large Singapore firm. Together with his partners, Ng aspires to develop and establish the firm as a reputable and trusted choice for dispute resolution within. Ng has a diverse dispute resolution practice with a focus on international arbitration and other forms of commercial dispute resolution for the infrastructure, construction and energy sector. With a dozen years of experience, he advises on disputes over infrastructure and construction projects, complex financial transactions, joint ventures, shareholders, service agreements, and Web 3.0 and digital assets. One of Ng’s notable cases, while at his previous firm, involved the successful representation of Hitachi, Ltd. in SIAC arbitration proceedings initiated by POSCO ICT over a railway construction contract in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. A client commends Ng for “his composure, structured thinking process, work ethic” and “excellent representation”. Ng contributes to the legal fraternity by serving in the teaching faculty for the Part B Preparatory Course of the Singapore Bar Examinations and on the Young SIAC (YSIAC) Council. He also served as an assessor determining applications for relief under the Singapore Covid-19 (Temporary) Measures Act 2020, for which he received the Singapore Ministry of Law Special Volunteer Award (COVID-19) in 2022. Outside the law, Ng volunteers with the Singapore Police Force. Dimas Nandaraditya, 33, general counsel, Traveloka Group Dimas Nandaraditya is general counsel of Indonesian technology company Traveloka Group. As one of the youngest general counsels of Southeast Asia’s large unicorns, he works directly with founders, board members, and investors on key investment agreements, partnership arrangements, M&A transactions and new product launches among other things. Nandaraditya formed the legal, compliance and risk team of Traveloka from the scratch since 2016 and now it has more than 40 people and covers Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Phillipines and India. He was named among ALB’s Indonesia Rising Stars in 2023. With 15 years of experience mostly as an in-house counsel, Nandaraditya has been working closely with the business side from real estate development to car leasing, industrial wood production and shipping. He also spent five years at Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, a member firm of Baker McKenzie, where he advised on finance, banking and projects including $1.5 billion notes issuance by the government of Indonesia, which won ALB’s Deal of the Year in 2014. Ngan Nguyen 39, counsel, VILAF Ngan Nguyen, counsel at VILAF, possesses a wealth of expertise in banking and finance, M&A, private equity and real estate. Over the past year, Nguyen has been involved in a series of high-profile cross-border cases and transactions. Nguyen advised Mitsui & Co’s on a subscription of 27.5 percent equity stake in Mainstream Renewable Power, and Armstrong Asset Management on its exit from Dam Nai Wind Power Project and Gia Lai Electricity JSC. Nguyen played a pivotal role in advising the formation of a joint venture between Sojitz and Vietnam Livestock Corporation JSC (a subsidiary of Vinamilk) to invest in one of Vietnam’s largest cattle farm and beef processing complexes. Some other notable transactions include advising on investment of IFC in numerous Vietnamese corporations including Nam Long Group, Mavin Group, BAF JSC, and Gamuda’s acquisition of several residential projects in Vietnam. Nguyen’s influence extends beyond her legal accomplishments. Tung Ngo, Managing Partner of VILAF emphasised her invaluable contributions, stating, “Ngan is an invaluable member of VILAF, leading and mentoring a team of 10 lawyers from trainee to associate levels. Her level of competence has allowed the team to close high-profile deals in the last two years that she has been a coun-
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