Valerie Kong

Valerie Kong is Clifford Chance's Office Managing Partner in Singapore and specialises in Corporate M&A.

With around 25 years of experience in her legal career, Valerie has extensive knowledge in working with financial sponsors and multinational companies on complex cross-border corporate transactions. As Managing Partner for Clifford Chance's Singapore office, she leads a team of over 120 lawyers across all practice areas. She is also a "lifer" at Clifford Chance, having started her career in London and experiencing every stage of her legal career with the firm in Singapore.

Her practice encompasses advising on cross-border M&A transactions, joint ventures, minority stake investments and control acquisitions and divestments, with a particular focus on South East Asia and other emerging markets. Valerie is also Co-Head of Clifford Chance's global Consumer Goods & Retail Sector, having built up deep expertise from advising on market-leading transactions in the sector.

She is dual-qualified to practise law in Singapore, and England & Wales and has been consistently ranked as a leading lawyer in various legal directories, including Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 and IFLR1000.

Valerie is passionate about championing the culture of inclusion and collaboration with clients and her team to continue building onto the firm's success as an ethical and responsible business.

University of Cambridge (BA LLB) 2001

Joined Clifford Chance 2002

Partner since 2014