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Jamie McLaren

Jamie McLaren

Partner

Partner
Jamie McLaren

Jamie is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Asia Pacific Corporate Practice. He has a focus on private equity, private and public M&A, and joint venture transactions across India and Southeast Asia.

He has advised on transactions across a range of sectors, including digital and other infrastructure, energy transition, TMT, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, real estate and consumer transactions.

Jamie has been based in Singapore since 2018.
 

  • A sovereign wealth fund on various matters including its investments in an independent Indian renewable energy platform, its investments in a global green hydrogen business, its investment in an Indian hydrogen business, and its investment in a Chinese-headquartered wind turbine manufacturing business.
  • A US-headquartered private equity fund on multiple investments in India and across Southeast Asia, including in the pharmaceuticals, life sciences and technology sectors.
  • A leading Philippines mobile network operator business on its sale of mobile telecommunications towers to several private equity-backed independent telecommunication tower operating companies.
  • The sellers on the sale of a Malaysian and Indonesian hospitals business to a private equity-backed healthcare platform.

 

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Career and qualifications

  • The University of Aberdeen (LLB), 2008
  • The University of Aberdeen (Dip LP), 2009
  • Admitted as a Member of the Law Society of Scotland, 2011
  • MacRoberts (Glasgow and Edinburgh), 2009
  • DLA Piper (Edinburgh), 2013
  • Herbert Smith Freehills (London), 2014
  • Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills (Singapore), 2020
  • Joined Clifford Chance in 2024
  • Partner, Clifford Chance (Singapore), 2024

Awards and citations

  • Jamie is ranked in both Chambers and Legal500 and described as “calm, measured and creative.”
    (Legal 500, Asia Pacific).