Ying Yi Soh
Ying Yi is a corporate lawyer specialising in private mergers and acquisitions, with a particular focus on private equity transactions.
Ying Yi’s practice focuses on advising private equity houses, financial sponsors, their portfolio companies and management teams on a wide range of matters, including leveraged buyouts, acquisitions and disposals, shareholder and management incentive arrangements, joint ventures, minority investments, restructurings and shareholder arrangements.
Ying Yi has deep transactional experience and brings an international perspective to her role, having worked more than 10 years in London in leading UK and US law firms and as in-house transactional counsel for Blackstone. Her in-house experience has deepened her understanding of her clients’ commercial drivers and the importance of delivering practical and commercial legal advice.
Experience prior to joining the firm includes guiding Blackstone’s Private Equity, Tactical Opportunities and Growth businesses in their European acquisitions, divestments, corporate and founder partnerships and strategic and growth investments.
Experience & capabilities
Selected matters
- EdgeConneX on its partnership with Stockland to develop, own, and operate a data centre portfolio in Australia
- Chow Tai Fook Enterprises on its proposed A$6.5 billion sale of Alinta Energy, one of Australia’s leading energy retailers and generators, to Sembcorp Industries
- The Weir Group plc on its A$1.31 billion acquisition of Mining Software Holdings Pty Ltd from Potentia Capital
- BGH Capital on numerous transactions, including the acquisition of Fusion5, its sale of Laurent Bakery to Groupe Le Duff and the management equity programs for its portfolio companies
- MA Financial on its A$90.4 million acquisition of IP Generation, a specialist real estate investment management firm
- GIC on its USD$1.75 billion joint venture with Gentari, a PETRONAS subsidiary, to develop a global green ammonia platform to facilitate production of hydrogen
- Infratil on its US$160 million acquisition of an 80% stake in Console Connect, a global software-defined interconnection platform, and its strategic partnership with Hong Kong Telecom to accelerate Console Connect’s growth
- I Squared Capital on its acquisition of Rentco Transport Equipment Rentals, an Australian truck and trailer leasing business
- General Atlantic on its investments in Wireless Logic, Insider’s $500 million Series E funding round and the Qontigo and ISS combination
- Brookfield on its proposed acquisition of a developer of Australian wind, solar and battery storage projects
- a global infrastructure fund manager on its aborted acquisition of an Australian waste recovery business
- a number of global infrastructure funds and renewable energy companies on their Australian foreign investment strategy and FIRB applications
Background
Ying Yi holds a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) from the University of Oxford. She is admitted to practice in Australia (Victoria) and in England and Wales.
Prior to joining the firm, she was in-house legal counsel providing transactional advice to Blackstone’s Private Equity, Tactical Opportunities and Growth Equity businesses in London. She also spent several years as a corporate lawyer in London at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Clifford Chance LLP.
