Singapore headquartered law firm Drew & Napier have named the firms corporate and finance director as the head of the M&A Practice.

With extensive experience in both private and public merger and acquisition transactions in Singapore and the region, Steven Lo takes on the head of M&A role with immediate effect.

Lo has been noted in the Asia Pacific Legal 500 as a highly experienced corporate/M&A lawyer, for providing solid advice, and for understanding commercial issues and realities.

He as involved in the takeover and tender offer for STATS ChipPac Ltd by Temasek Holdings, a deal which won both the ALB Singapore Deal of the Year and Singapore M&A Deal of the Year awards in 2008.

He was also involved in the takeover offer by PetroChina International (Singapore) Pte Ltd for Singapore Petroleum Company Limited. This deal was named the ALB Singapore M&A Deal of the Year 2010.