Meridian Advisory
Meridian Advisory · Singapore

Succession and expansion counsel for family-held groups.

Fifteen advisors working with owner families across Southeast Asia on transitions of leadership, capital and control.

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$2.8B In transactions advised
23 Generational transitions
15 Senior advisors
11 Years in practice

Counted since 2015. Engagements are never announced; results are shared with client permission only.

Practice areas

01 Succession

Leadership transition planning across two and three generations. Shareholder agreements, family charters and council structures. Successor readiness built over 12 to 24 months.

02 Regional expansion

Market entry across Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. Partner and acquisition screening with local counsel. Capital structuring for holdings between $50M and $1B.

03 Governance

Board composition for family-held holdings. Independent director recruitment and mandates. Reporting disciplines that survive the founder's exit.

04 Transactions

Divestments, minority sales and buy-side mandates. Valuation counsel independent of any bank. Negotiation support through to signing.

Selected engagements

Manufacturing groupJava, $400M in assets

Second-generation transition completed in 18 months. Leadership, shareholding and board authority transferred without a single senior departure.

Consumer distribution familyThree markets, est. 1974

Regional holding restructured ahead of a $120M minority sale. The founding family retained 78 percent and every board seat that mattered.

Property and hospitality groupSingapore and Bali, $750M portfolio

Governance rebuilt around an independent board within one year. The founder now chairs; his daughter runs the operating company.

They told us what the bankers would not. The family kept control, and the business kept moving.

Chairman, second-generation industrial group

People

Portrait of Adrian Teo
Adrian Teo Managing Partner Twenty years of succession mandates in Singapore and Jakarta. Formerly a partner at a global strategy firm.
Portrait of Mei Lin Ong
Mei Lin Ong Partner, Governance Serves on three boards of family-held holdings. INSEAD certified independent director.
Portrait of Rajesh Nair
Rajesh Nair Partner, Transactions Has led more than $1.5B in family-side deal mandates. Chartered Financial Analyst.
Portrait of Catherine Lim
Catherine Lim Partner, Expansion Built the firm's Vietnam and Malaysia practice. Works in four of the region's languages.