Overview
Melissa Kwek has more than 15 years of experience as a business and transactional lawyer focused on projects, public private partnerships, mergers and acquisitions and cross-border corporate transactions. She has extensive experience in deals involving countries in Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia and China. She has acted for government agencies, government linked entities (including state owned enterprises), multinational companies and other corporate clients across a wide range of industries.
Melissa has a unique and pragmatic perspective towards legal support having served as in-house legal counsel for two MNCs.
Results
Energy
- Advised a multinational industrial gas company in relation to its project to design, build, own and operate a coal-to-dimethyl ether processing and production plant in Indonesia
- Advised Hess on the field unitization and gas project development for fields in the Thailand-Malaysia Joint Development Area
- Advised Conrad on all aspects of their gas field development, gas transportation agreements and cross border gas sale for the Duyung PSC
- Advised a Chinese SOE sponsor in its due diligence and participation in a tender for an electrical transmission line project in Argentina*
- Advised service provider which provides support vessels and project transportation in a service contract for the provision of geotechnical services in Taiwan with a Taiwan customer in relation to a wind farm*
- Advised a Bangladesh entity in its arbitration with its customer in relation to a solar power purchase agreement in South Asia*
- Advised a Bangladesh entity in its agreement(s) with investors in relation to a solar power plant project in South Asia*
- Advised the Korea Development Bank in a potential project financing of a waste to energy project in Sri Lanka through a due diligence exercise conducted on the project*
- Advised a Hong Kong waste to energy power provider in a contemplated acquisition of an Indonesian waste and waste to energy facility*
- Advised First Solar Inc. on the greenfield development of a 2000MW solar power project in Inner Mongolia, China*
- Advised Asiatic Group (Holdings) Limited in a US$20 million syndicated loan for the construction and operation of a 20MW power project in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone, Cambodia*
- Advised an airport operator with respect to the construction and operation of an aviation fuel farm at the airport on a BOOT basis*
- Advised a Chinese oil and gas producer in its lease of berthing facilities at a port in relation to its development of a LNG floating storage unit*
- Advised a Chinese state-owned gas distributor in various LNG spot sale and purchase agreements contracts*
- Advised a US chemicals and materials company in a storage agreement at a third-party chemicals storage terminal*
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Advised a SPAC listed on NASDAQ, in its due diligence and proposed acquisition of a technology company headquartered in South Asia with subsidiaries in the Australia, China, Indonesia, Italy, Switzerland, UK and US
- Advised a multinational French company, a global leader in optimized resource management, providing innovative waste, water and energy management solutions, in its divestment of its public waste collection and public cleansing business*
- Advised a Japanese and Hong Kong consortium in its proposed acquisition of a group of companies involved in equipment leasing with subsidiaries in Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Myanmar and China*
- Advised a multinational Dutch company, one of the world’s leading independent tank storage providers, in the divestment of its 20,160 cbm chemicals terminal in Malaysia via a sale of its 100%-equity interest in a Malaysian subsidiary*
- Advised a Malaysian integrated engineering solutions provider company in the acquisition of a marine safety equipment MRO business in Australia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates*
- Advised a Singapore government-linked investment entity in its acquisition of a stake in Thailand-based entities which owned and operated hospitals in various countries including Thailand and the Philippines*
- Advised a Singapore government-linked investment entity in its acquisition of shares in a leading healthcare solution specialist in Asia Pacific*
- Advised a listed Hong Kong consumer electrical appliances manufacturer in connection with its investment in a Singapore payment services company by way of subscription of convertible and nonconvertible notes through a due diligence exercise on the company*
Corporate/Commercial
- Advised an Australian mining equipment parts manufacturer in a distribution and consignment agreement with an Indonesia distributor*
- Advised a Singapore listed company, one of Asia-Pacific’s leading oil and gas infrastructure services companies, in a joint venture to undertake the EPC of a 945,000 cbm storage terminal in Indonesia*
- Advised a Singapore listed company, one of Asia-Pacific’s leading oil and gas infrastructure services companies, in a joint venture to construct and operate floating oil tanking storage terminals in Indonesia*
- Advised a US company in a contractual joint venture to undertake projects in Indonesia related to management, marine research, consulting and construction*
- Advised a global paint and coating manufacturer headquartered in the US on the restructuring of its Asian entities*
Public-Private Partnerships
- Advised the Singapore Public Utilities Board on Singapore’s fifth desalination project, the Jurong Island Desalination Plan*
- Advised the Singapore Public Utilities Board on the Changi NEWater 2 PPP project, which involved the development, construction and operation of a NEWater wastewater treatment plant on the rooftop of an existing water reclamation facility*
- Advised the Singapore Public Utilities Board on the second Tuas seawater desalination PPP project, which involved the development, construction and operation of a desalination plant in Tuas*
- Advised the Singapore National Environment Agency on a feasibility study of a bottom-ash recycling PPP project*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Community
- Law Society of Singapore
- Singapore Academy of Law
Credentials
Education
National University of Singapore, LL.B., (Hons), 2005
Admissions
Singapore
Languages
Chinese (Mandarin)
English