Florence Ong

Florence Ong is a Resident Partner at Wikborg Rein’s Singapore office and is part of the firm's Shipping Offshore group.

Ong is Singapore and English qualified and is advising and assisting various international clients on corporate and commercial transactions in the shipping and offshore sector. She has considerable experience of assisting clients with foreign direct investment into Singapore, and of working on corporate restructurings, strategic acquisitions and joint ventures in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and China. She also has experience assisting clients with various tax incentive schemes together with local tax advisers for shipping enterprises such as the Maritime Sector Incentive - Approved International Shipping Enterprise Award, the Maritime Sector Incentive - supporting Shipping Services Awards. Block Transfer Scheme and Singapore Flag Scheme, as well as ship sale and purchase transactions.

Ong joined Wikborg Rein as a member of the firm’s pioneer English law team. Prior to that, she worked in the Singapore, London and Beijing offices of a London-based international law firm. Before that, she practised with the corporate departments of two well-established Singapore law firms.

She speaks English and Mandarin. 

Curriculum Vitae

Relevant experience:

• Foreign direct investment in Asia
• M&A transactions in the shipping and offshore sectors
• Corporate restructuring
• Joint ventures in the shipping and offshore sectors
• Sale and purchase of shares
• Corporate due diligence
• Private equity work
• Sale and purchase of vessels
• Ship registration
• Corporate and commercial work
• Contract negotiation and interpretation
  

Work experience:

• 2007 - Partner, Wikborg Rein, Singapore
• 2003-2007 Legal Consultant, Wikborg Rein, Singapore
• 1998-2002 Senior Solicitor, Norton Rose (Singapore, London and Beijing offices)
• 1993-1997 Legal Assistant, Wong Tan & Molly Lim, Singapore
• 1990-1992 Junior Legal Assistant, Allen & Gledhill, Singapore

Education:

• 1993 - LL.M University of Cambridge (Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Overseas Development Administration Pegasus Scholarship)
• 1991 - Postgraduate Practical Law Course, Singapore (Aw Boon Haw & Aw Boon Par Memorial Prize for Best Student)
• 1990 - LL.B (Hons) National University of Singapore (External Examiners’ Special Cash Prize for Top Student in Final Year, Allen & Gledhill Scholarship)