Singapore, 12 September, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow is pleased to announce that corporate lawyer, Jon Worsfold has joined its Corporate & Securities Practice Group in Singapore as an Associate Principal. Jon is an experienced corporate lawyer, who has practiced in the South East Asian region for 10 years. He was formerly with Clifford Chance in London and Singapore.
“We are very pleased to welcome Jon to the Firm,” said Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow Managing Principal, Kien Keong Wong. “His established expertise in corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions work fits well with our existing mergers & acquisitions and private equity work and complements our Finance and Projects practice.”
Jon’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, takeovers, direct foreign investment and private equity. He has advised on a number of the region’s multi-million dollar cross-border transactions, involving multi-national corporations from a diverse range of sectors, including the finance, energy, telecom, hotel and tobacco industries.
Head of the Corporate & Securities Practice and Chair of Baker & McKenzie’s Asia Pacific Private Equity Practice Group, Ms Ai Ai Wong said, “Jon will contribute to the growth of our cross-border M&A practice, as well as increase our capacity to serve our private equity clients”.
Jon said he was attracted to Baker & McKenzie because of its excellent reputation in the region and its fully integrated regional network.
“I look forward to joining the Baker & McKenzie team and to helping grow its already strong corporate practice,” he said.
