NG Wai King Bio

NG Wai King is the Chairman and Senior Partner of WongPartnership. Wai King's experience focuses on mergers & acquisitions ("M&A") and private equity. Wai King currently serves as a director on the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore and the Senate of the Academy of Law, amongst some of the roles that he has outside the Firm. He has also served as an independent director of the Singapore Exchange and a director of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Wai King graduated from the National University of Singapore where he was awarded the AV Winslow Prize, and obtained a LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law where he graduated as a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and is admitted to the Singapore Bar. As one of the 10 winners of the Financial Times: Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Outstanding Individuals Awards 2016, Wai King is widely recognised as a leading M&A and Private Equity lawyer in Chambers Global, Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, IFLR1000, asialaw and Expert Guides. Wai King is described as " one of the best M&A lawyers in Singapore" for being "very sharp, commercial and very user-friendly". He is also said to be an “invaluable adviser to have on your side". Clients have also praised him for his leadership in training "a strong team of lawyers to lead M&A transactions".