Alice Boughton is a partner in the Singapore office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Private Equity and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups. She advises on a broad range of corporate transactions, from both public and private M&A and joint ventures, to reorganizations and capital raisings across a variety of sectors and jurisdictions.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Alice worked in international firms in Singapore and London.
She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts (First Class Honours) from the University of Cambridge, Jesus College in 2013, and her Master of Philosophy with distinction from the University of Cambridge, Jesus College in 2014. She is admitted to practice in England and Wales.
Alice’s recent experience includes advising:*
- KKR and Singtel (acting as a Consortium) on their investment of up to S$3 billion (~US$2.2 billion) in STT GDC via redeemable preference shares and detachable warrants.
- Blackstone on various transactions in Asia, including the S$1.2 billion sale of a portfolio of industrial real estate assets to a Warburg Pincus and Lendlease joint venture platform.
- KKR on its commitment of up to S$1.1 billion (~US$800 million) for a 20% stake in Singtel’s regional data center business, valued at S$5.5 billion.
- Warburg Pincus, through its maiden Asia real estate, on a significant investment into Evolution Data Centres, a founder-led platform for pan-South-East Asian hyperscale data center development.
- Warburg Pincus-backed NWP Property, Indonesia's largest and fastest-growing New Economy enabled consumer infrastructure platform, on the establishment of a new joint venture with CRE Asia (and advising funds managed by Warburg Pincus on their continuing investment in NWP Property).
- Singapore-based private equity firm Growtheum Capital Partners on its c. US$100 million investment into Vietnam’s International Dairy Products JSC.
- TPG (through The Rise Fund) and the Hong Leong Group on their US$300 million acquisition of International Medical University (IMU), the Malaysian medial education business (including a university and teaching hospital) from IHH Healthcare Berhad.
- A consortium of financial sponsors (including BCI, RRJ Capital, and ADIA) on their US$1 billion investment into Yinson Production, the global FPSO business based in Malaysia.
- Colt Data Centre Services on its joint venture with ESR to develop a 130MW hyperscale data center site in Osaka, Japan.
- Synergy Marine Pte Ltd, the fourth largest global ship manager and provider of end-to-end maritime solutions, and its founder shareholder Captain Rajesh Unni, on an investment for a significant minority stake by Searchlight Capital Partners.
- A global insurance provider on its acquisition of a majority stake in India’s Kotak Mahindra General Insurance Company Limited for approximately US$488 million.
- General Atlantic on their investment in VNLife Corporation, Vietnam's second unicorn and leading fintech digital payments company.
- A financial sponsor on an investment in VNG Corporation, Vietnam’s first tech unicorn, including in connection with VNG’s pre-UPCom restructuring and admission to trading.
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson Dunn.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- BPP University - 2015 Graduate Diploma in Law
- University of Cambridge, Jesus College - 2014 Master of Philosophy
- University of Cambridge, Jesus College - 2013 Master of Arts
Admissions:
- England & Wales – Solicitor