Morgan Lewis

Edward Bennett

Partner

Edward is a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and also a registered foreign lawyer at Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC, a Singapore law corporation affiliated with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Edward Bennett counsels on a wide range of corporate and business transactional matters, including private equity, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, secondary buyout, and refinancing. Ed’s experience includes advising on the formation of private equity buyout, infrastructure and debt funds, secondary transfers of fund interests, as well as subsequent closings and the structuring of a number of carried interest schemes. He works with fund managers and institutional investors across the globe on the structuring, establishment, and commitments to these funds. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer in Singapore.

Extended Profile

Ed has worked across Asia since 2011 after relocating from London. Since then, he has focused his work on Southeast Asian cross-border corporate transactions and fund formations involving investment teams in the wider Asia-Pacific region, including involvement with offshore private equity investment in Indonesia.

Education

  • University of Cambridge, Downing College, 1998, LLB
  • College of Law of England and Wales, York, LPC, Commendation

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)
  • Registered Foreign Lawyer – Singapore

Awards and Affiliations

Recommended, Corporate and M&A: Local Firms, Singapore, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2019)

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Asset Management, Law360 (2017)

Member, Singapore Venture Capital Association

Publications

10/3/2017 - MAS Clarifies Regulatory Position on Digital Token Offerings in Singapore

News

5/23/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises MediSix Therapeutics in $20 Million Series A Funding

2/27/2017 - Morgan Lewis Adds Asset Management, Corporate & M&A Partner Edward Bennett in Singapore

Events

5/31/2019 - Technology May-rathon: Fintech in Singapore: Progressive Regime to Promote Innovation In the Fund Management Space

5/21/2018 - 2018 Technology May-rathon: FinTech in Singapore: Regulation for an Evolving Sector