Theodore Heng is a Partner of the Firm and a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Hong Kong office. He advises global financial sponsors and multinational corporates on the full spectrum of transactional matters, with a focus on complex, cross‑border private equity and mergers & acquisitions deals across Asia Pacific. Theo is active across all industries and regularly acts on mandates in the real asset and infrastructure as well as technology and services sectors.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:
- Blackstone on various transactions, including its privatization of SGX-listed Soilbuild Business Space REIT
- CPP Investments on various transactions, including its investment in Flipkart Group, an Indian e-commerce platform
- CVC on various transactions, including its acquisition of TMF Group, a global business services provider
- General Atlantic on various transactions, including its investment in VNLife, a Vietnamese fintech company
- TA Associates on various transactions, including its disposal of InCorp Global, a pan Asia Pacific corporate solutions provider
Theodore Heng is a Partner of the Firm and a Registered Foreign Lawyer in the Hong Kong office. He advises global financial sponsors and multinational corporates on the full spectrum of transactional matters, with a focus on complex, cross‑border private equity and mergers & acquisitions deals across Asia Pacific. Theo is active across all industries and regularly acts on mandates in the real asset and infrastructure as well as technology and services sectors.
Theo brings extensive experience navigating diverse market environments across APAC and EMEA. He regularly leads intricate, high‑value transactions and is recognized for his methodical execution, commercial judgement, and ability to manage multifaceted deal dynamics. Legal directories note him as a “hands‑on lawyer with strong communication skills.”
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, his selected representations include:
- Sampoerna Strategic Group on its sale of PT Sampoerna Agro Tbk, an IDX-listed agribusiness to KRX-listed POSCO International Corporation, South Korea’s largest trading conglomerate
- Arch Capital on Partners Group’s investment in Digital Halo, its Singapore-based data center operator
- Macquarie Asset Management and The Public Sector Pension Investment Board on their sale of AirTrunk, a pan Asia Pacific hyperscale data center business to a consortium of investors led by Blackstone
- TA Associates on various transactions, including its disposal of InCorp Global, a pan Asia Pacific corporate solutions provider
- TR Capital on its investment in OATSIDE, a Singapore-based oat brand distributed across 18+ markets in Asia Pacific
- Partners Group on its acquisition of mobile towers from PLDT in the Philippines
- BlackRock on its investment in GOAT Brand Labs, an Indian lifestyle platform.
- Globe Telecom on its multiple sales of mobile towers to various digital infrastructure platforms (backed by private equity groups such as KKR, Stonepeak, Macquarie Capital and Partners Group) in the Philippines
- GIC on its investment in Greenko, an Indian renewable company
- Abu Dhabi Investment Authority on the US public listing of Renew Power, an Indian renewable power producer, through a business combination with SPAC RMG Acquisition Corp. II
- Warburg Pincus on its acquisition of Reiss Holdings, owner of the global fashion and accessories brand REISS
Prior to joining the Firm, Theo began his career with a Magic Circle firm, where he worked in its London, Dubai and Singapore offices.