Key Takeaways
- • Greenberg Traurig, LLP hired Bee Chun Boo as a Shareholder to strengthen its Asia mergers and acquisitions and private equity practice, per the firm's announcement dated September 30, 2026.
- • Boo brings more than 28 years of cross-border M&A and private equity experience across Asia, joining from Baker McKenzie's Singapore office.
- • Her sector experience spans health care, energy, mining, and infrastructure, with representation of strategic investors, financial sponsors, and state-owned enterprises.
- • The hire extends Greenberg Traurig's Asia footprint, which began with a Shanghai office in 2008 and now includes Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore.
Summary
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Bee Chun Boo as a Shareholder to bolster its Asia mergers and acquisitions team, according to the firm's announcement published in Tokyo on September 30, 2026. Boo has handled M&A and private equity matters across the region for more than 28 years and joins from Baker McKenzie's Singapore office.
Boo has counseled clients on cross-border transactions from Singapore to Shanghai and Beijing, representing both buyers and sellers in health care, energy, mining, and infrastructure. The firm says her experience allows her to advise on deals spanning multiple jurisdictions, regulatory regimes, and business cultures, including for North American, Latin American, and African clients investing in Asia and Asian clients pursuing opportunities abroad. Her client base includes strategic investors, financial sponsors, and state-owned enterprises.
Boo will join Greenberg Traurig's Corporate Practice and work with lawyers across the firm's global offices. Greenberg Traurig Vice Chair Richard A. Edlin said the hire reflects the firm's strategy of building an integrated global platform staffed by local talent. Greenberg Traurig Singapore Managing Shareholder Joseph Kim said the firm is strategically expanding its M&A practice across the region, noting that significant transactions increasingly require teams able to combine local knowledge with coordinated cross-border execution.
The firm has operated in Asia since opening its Shanghai office in 2008 and has since added offices in Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore. Boo said she was drawn to the firm's plans to grow its Asian practice.
Boo has counseled clients on cross-border transactions from Singapore to Shanghai and Beijing, representing both buyers and sellers in health care, energy, mining, and infrastructure. The firm says her experience allows her to advise on deals spanning multiple jurisdictions, regulatory regimes, and business cultures, including for North American, Latin American, and African clients investing in Asia and Asian clients pursuing opportunities abroad. Her client base includes strategic investors, financial sponsors, and state-owned enterprises.
Boo will join Greenberg Traurig's Corporate Practice and work with lawyers across the firm's global offices. Greenberg Traurig Vice Chair Richard A. Edlin said the hire reflects the firm's strategy of building an integrated global platform staffed by local talent. Greenberg Traurig Singapore Managing Shareholder Joseph Kim said the firm is strategically expanding its M&A practice across the region, noting that significant transactions increasingly require teams able to combine local knowledge with coordinated cross-border execution.
The firm has operated in Asia since opening its Shanghai office in 2008 and has since added offices in Seoul, Tokyo, and Singapore. Boo said she was drawn to the firm's plans to grow its Asian practice.
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