Elsa Chen 陈伟芬

合伙人（首席经济师）PARTNER (CHIEF ECONOMIST)

陈伟芬是本所竞争与外国投资审查业务部的区域联席主管，同时担任环境、社会与公司治理（ESG）与公共政策业务部的联席主管。她也是本所的首席可持续发展官。

Elsa is Regional Co-Head of the Firm’s Competition & Foreign Investment Review Practice, and Co-Head of its ESG & Public Policy Practice. She is also the Firm’s Chief Sustainability Officer.

陈伟芬常协助客户处理新加坡及全亚洲范围内，涉及重大利益的反垄断和外国投资事务，包括跨境多法域合并控制调查，以及面临严格国家安全审查的各类交易。她的执业领域融合法律、经济与政策分析，凭借将监管风险转化为具备战略价值和商业可行性方案的专业能力，深受客户信赖。

She is regularly instructed on high-stakes antitrust and foreign investment matters in Singapore and across Asia, including multi-jurisdictional merger control investigations, and transactions subject to heightened national security scrutiny. Her practice combines legal, economic and policy analysis, and she is frequently sought out for her ability to translate regulatory risk into strategic and commercially grounded outcomes.

自2024年新加坡实施国家安全投资审查制度以来，她始终引领市场解读该监管框架。她为指定主体、非指定主体以及全球投资者提供专业咨询，助力客户在涉及关键基础设施与战略重要行业的交易中，顺利完成外商投资审查、妥善处理国家安全敏感问题并最终获得审批。

Since the introduction of Singapore’s national security investment screening framework in 2024, Elsa has been at the forefront of shaping market understanding of these regimes. She advises designated and non-designated entities, as well as global investors, on navigating FDI reviews, managing national security sensitivities and securing approvals in transactions involving critical infrastructure and strategically significant sectors.

陈伟芬是亚洲唯一获评《Lexology指数：思想领袖——竞争法（经济学家）》“全球精英思想领袖”的经济学家。业内评价她为“一位拥有无可比拟经验的顶尖竞争领域经济学家”、“新加坡并购审查领域的顶尖实务专家”，并盛赞其“分析务实”、“见解独到”，以及拥有清晰精准阐释复杂问题的能力。《法律500强》也指出她“经验丰富”，称赞她以“严谨的态度、敏锐的判断力与出色的商业思维”处理复杂问题，强调其“凭借经济学家背景为竞争法事务带来的全新视角”。

Elsa is the only economist in Asia to be named a Global Elite Thought Leader by Lexology Index: Thought Leaders – Competition (Economists). She is described as “a top competition economist with unparalleled experience” and “the top merger control practitioner in Singapore”, and is praised for her “analytical and practical approach”, “intelligent and insightful advice” and ability to articulate complex issues with clarity and precision. The Legal 500 highlights her “wealth of experience” and commends her for addressing complex issues with “care, sensitivity and commercial judgement”, while noting that she brings “a fresh perspective on competition matters from her economist background”.

在ESG与公共政策领域，陈伟芬就持续演变的监管要求与治理准则提供专业咨询，助力客户制定发展战略、优化资本配置。她同时深耕ESG与竞争政策交叉前沿领域，聚焦可持续发展目标与监管干预措施的交汇议题。

In the ESG and public policy sphere, Elsa advises on the evolving regulatory and governance expectations shaping corporate strategy and capital allocation. She is also engaged at the frontier of ESG and competition policy, where sustainability objectives, and regulatory intervention intersect.  

2007年，陈伟芬加入本所。她此前任职于新加坡贸易与工业部，也是新加坡竞争与消费者委员会（CCS）的创始成员，这一经历让她对新加坡竞争与外商投资监管制度的设计初衷、立法意图及发展演变，具备独到的机构视角。

Elsa joined the Firm in 2007, following her time at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry. She was a pioneer member of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCS”), giving her an institutional perspective on the design, intent and evolution of Singapore’s competition and foreign investment regimes.

代表性交易

• 为申报总额近8000亿新元的项目提供法律咨询服务，涵盖向CCS申报的所有公开收购案，并代理了CCS作出的临时侵权裁定中，首例且唯一一例成功被撤销的案件（Greif/GEP）

Advised on notified transactions with an aggregate value approaching S$800 billion, including every public takeover notified to the CCS, and the first and only Provisional Infringement Decision of CCS to be successfully overturned (Greif/GEP).

• 为CCS近90%需提交履约承诺的复杂并购审查案件提供专项服务，参与诸多奠定新加坡并购控制判例法体系的标杆案件。其中包括首例附承诺获批的外资企业间并购案（Thomson/Reuters），以及首例要求作出本地履约承诺的附条件并购获批案（SEEK/JobStreet）。

Advised on close to 90 per cent. of complex CCS merger reviews requiring commitments, including landmark cases that shaped Singapore’s merger control jurisprudence, such as the first foreign-to-foreign merger cleared with commitments (Thomson/Reuters), and the first CCS conditional merger clearance requiring local commitments (SEEK/JobStreet).

• 协助起草立法、准则、政策和监管制度，包括《机场竞争准则》的合并控制框架、《媒体市场行为准则》以及电力和天然气市场竞争法经济方面的规定。

Assisted on drafting of legislation, codes, policies and regulatory regimes, including the merger control framework for the Airport Competition Code, the Media Market Conduct Code, and economic aspects of competition law in the electricity and gas markets.