Nicholas Choo

Associate, Singapore
nchoo@whitecase.com

Biography

Overview

Nicholas Choo is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice, based in Singapore.

Nicholas advises on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and general corporate commercial matters. His experience includes advising multinational corporations and institutional investors in a variety of industries, including healthcare and real estate.

Bars and Courts
Advocate and Solicitor, Singapore
Education
LLB
National University of Singapore
Languages
English

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity

Keppel Capital, a leading owner and operator of data centres across Asia-Pacific and Europe, on its joint venture with Digital Decarbonization Solutions Platform, a digital infrastructure and decarbonized energy delivery company to acquire certain land in Taiwan to develop and operate an 80 MW Tier III-equivalent greenfield data centre campus in North Taiwan. This deal marks Keppel's first data centre project in Taiwan.

A leading global financial sponsor on its:

  • acquisition of international schools in Thailand including its certain land area and school buildings; and
  • acquisition of the remaining stake in international schools in Malaysia from an investment company listed on the Malaysia Bursa.

ESR on its disposal of interests in the Higashi Ogishima B Distribution Centre in Japan to a joint venture vehicle established by ESR and The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), and related shareholder arrangements in respect of the SPC with GIC.

An Asia-based secondaries firm on its acquisition from an investment bank of a secondary portfolio of equity investments through two newly formed partnerships, of which it is the lead investor.