Gary Pryke

Gary Pryke is a Consultant in the Corporate & Finance practice at Drew & Napier, specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions. He has more than 25 years of legal experience and is recognised as one of Singapore's leading corporate lawyers, particularly in the field of mergers and acquisitions.

Gary's primary area of practice is corporate finance, including M&A, securities and stock exchange work, and general corporate advice. Notable transactions include acting for Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) in relation to a mandatory conditional cash offer valuing HPL at approximately S$2 billion; acting for the Offeror in the S$13.1 billion voluntary conditional cash offer to acquire all shares in Fraser And Neave, Limited (F&N), one of Southeast Asia's largest takeovers, which won IFLR Asia Awards 2014 M&A Deal of the Year; acting as Singapore counsel for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group on its US$550 million acquisition of certain Royal Bank of Scotland assets; advising STATS ChipPac in its US$2.024 billion takeover offer by Temasek; and acting for a private equity firm in its voluntary conditional cash offer for Adampak Limited, valued at approximately S$110 million, followed by a subsequent delisting.

Gary holds a B.A. from the University of the Witwatersrand, an LL.B. from the University of South Africa, and an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Reading. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar in December 1986.