Leena Pinsler

Leena Pinsler is a Consultant in the Corporate & Finance Department at Drew & Napier, specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions. Her practice encompasses banking and finance, general corporate, M&A, funds, and the India Desk.

Leena headed Drew's Corporate & Finance Department from 1998 to 1999 and was instrumental in establishing the firm's India Desk in 1994, following the liberalisation of India's economy. She has advised on bank and corporate mergers and acquisitions, acted for the underwriters in Singapore's first real estate investment trust (CapitaMall Trust), and advised on the establishment of private equity and retail funds. She also advised on a proposed joint venture involving a $1.2 billion investment in SEZs, townships, malls, and commercial developments in India.

Leena holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore (1982) and an LL.M. from Queen's College, Cambridge (1986). She was admitted to the Singapore Bar in 1983 and is also a Solicitor of England & Wales (non‑practising). From 2014 to 2018, she taught a course on Indian Business Law at the National University of Singapore and was made an Associate of the Institute of South Asian Studies in 2006.