Wendy Suh

Wendy Suh

Senior Associate, New York

“I have extensive experience advising US and multinational clients on a range of public and private mergers and acquisitions transactions, including in the chemical and industrial sectors.”

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

Wendy is a Senior Associate in the Linklaters’ Mergers and Acquisitions team in New York.

Her practice includes public and private mergers and acquisitions, including domestic and cross-border transactions, carve-outs, divestitures, joint ventures, reorganizations, minority investments, tender offers, activist matters and corporate governance matters.

Work highlights

Work experience includes representation of:

  • Celanese Corporation in its transaction with Mitsui & Co. to form Nutrinova, a food ingredients joint venture.
  • The Chefs’ Warehouse in its acquisition of Chef Middle East, a leading distributor of specialty food and beverage products in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Oman, from Gulf Capital.
  • SPX Technologies in its divestiture of three subsidiaries that hold asbestos liabilities and certain assets, including related insurance assets, to an entity formed by a joint venture of Global Risk Capital and Premia Holdings.
  • Celanese on the restructuring of Korea Engineering Plastics Co., a joint venture owned 50% by Celanese and 50% by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company.
  • Specialty chemicals company LANXESS on its US$1.075bn acquisition of Emerald Kalama Chemical from American Securities.
  • Liberty Global in connection with its US$2.5bn modified Dutch auction tender offers.

Professional experience

Prior to joining Linklaters, Wendy worked in the M&A group of another large New York law firm.

Education and qualifications

Wendy holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. She also has a B.A. in Economics from Brown University.