Nicholas Choo
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.
Experience
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 center campus in North Taiwan. This deal marks Keppel's first data center 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; and
- disposal of interests in a data center asset in Osaka, Japan to a joint venture vehicle established by ESR and CloudHQ.
A leading real estate manager and investment firm on its joint venture with a private investment firm to acquire, develop and manage a real estate logistics asset in Japan.
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; and
- acquisition from an investment management company of shares in a Cayman Islands feeder company which invests in a fund that holds real estate and logistics assets in India.
