30 April 2018

Allen & Gledhill acted as transaction counsel for Grab Holdings Inc. (“Grab”) on its acquisition of the South-east Asian operations and assets of Uber Technologies Inc. (“Uber”) for a 27.5 per cent. stake in Grab. Grab will absorb Uber’s ride-sharing and food delivery business in the region into Grab’s existing multi-modal transportation and FinTech platform.

Advising Grab were Allen & Gledhill Partners Christian Chin, Daren Shiau, Elsa Chen, Yeo Boon Kiat, Alexander Yap and Counsel Teoh Sze Min.

Advising Grab on the Myanmar part of the transaction was Director Oh Hsiu-Hau from the Myanmar office of Allen & Gledhill.

Advising Grab on the Malaysia part of the transaction were Partners Chen Lee Won, Jack Yow and Raymond Yong from Rahmat Lim & Partners.