Christina Khoo
Biography
Christina Khoo is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's Corporate Group based in London. Christina practices in corporate law and advises clients in relation to corporate reorganisations and general English company law matters. Her primary focus is structuring and implementing complex cross border reorganisations and she is a member of Baker McKenzie's Global Reorganisations Group.
Representative Legal Matters
- Advised on the post-acquisition integration following Takeda's acquisition of Shire Plc.
- Advised a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company with a subsidiary governance review and playbook.
- Advised on the post-acquisition integration and business transformation following Whirlpool Corporation's acquisition of Indesit Company SpA.
- Advised on the carve-out of the European, Middle East and Africa carve-out of the Whirlpool Corporation business to a joint venture between Whirlpool Corporation and Arçelik.
- Advised a private-equity owned multinational software company with the legal entity rationalisation of entities in over 30 jurisdictions following its acquisitions in the IT and software space followed by a holding company restructuring of remaining entities in the group.
- Advised Broadcom on the post-acquisition integration of VMWare into its structure.
- Advised Broadcom on the divestment of its end-user computing division.
- Advised a multinational professional services company on various post-acquisition integration and entity clean-up matters.
- Advised a leading insurance provider on various holding company restructurings and legal entity rationalisations.
- Advised Cummins on the separation of its filtration business.
- Advised Thales on the divestment of its Ground Transportation Systems business to Hitachi Rail.
- Advised a global aerospace/defence company on the restructuring of its European operations which involved a UK/Netherlands cross-border merger.
- Advised an oil and gas exploration company on its holding company restructuring.
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of England & Wales
Corporate Responsibility
- Assisted UNHCR with their global refugee case law database, Refworld, which is used by judges, lawyers, academics and others working in refugee law.
- Conducted a training session on corporate structures to pro-bono client Laamiga (a local women's mentoring and training charity).
- Participated in the Legal Atlas for Street Youth project, which focused on the rights of street children worldwide.
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (2015)
Education
- University of Law (Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Distinction)) (2013)
- University of Nottingham (Bachelor's Degree in Law (1st Class Honours)) (2011)
Languages
- English
- Malay
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.