Full Name
Maria Tan Pedersen
Job Title
Partner
Company
Dechert
Speaker Bio
Maria Tan Pedersen heads the Dechert's Emerging Markets product line and is a leader of Dechert's EMEA Energy Initiative, with a practice spanning international corporate M&A, joint ventures, projects, capital markets, financing transactions, and cross-border disputes. A seasoned voice on the intersection of global trade, deal-making, and dispute resolution, Maria brings a uniquely multi-jurisdictional perspective to the challenges facing businesses operating across borders today.
With experience advising private and public corporates, ultra-high net worth individuals, and governments across more than 35 countries, Maria has navigated some of the most complex cross-border commercial environments of the past two decades. Her experience in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific gives her a front-line understanding of how shifting trade relationships, geopolitical fault lines, and hardening economic blocs are reshaping deal execution, litigation strategy, and risk planning for businesses and their counsel.
Maria is consistently recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and IFLR1000. Most recently, she was ranked among other leading lawyers for corporate and M&A work in Singapore by Chambers Asia Pacific and was a named a finalist for M&A Lawyer of the Year and Woman Lawyer of the Year by Law.com’s Asia Legal Awards 2025 and Asian Legal Business’ SE Asia Awards 2025, respectively. She has also consistently been recognized as a “highly regarded” legal practitioner for banking and energy in Singapore by IFLR 1000. In the latest editions of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, clients recognized her work in corporate and M&A, noting that she exhibits 'exceptional knowledge of the renewable energy field', provided them with 'very timely and practical advice' and 'potential strategies and structures that address commercial concerns', was 'very accessible' and was 'quick to provide solutions to issues' they were facing. Clients have also praised her work in international arbitration, noting that she is 'a superstar' who is 'very engaged, motivating, and a key player'.
With experience advising private and public corporates, ultra-high net worth individuals, and governments across more than 35 countries, Maria has navigated some of the most complex cross-border commercial environments of the past two decades. Her experience in the United States, Europe, and Asia Pacific gives her a front-line understanding of how shifting trade relationships, geopolitical fault lines, and hardening economic blocs are reshaping deal execution, litigation strategy, and risk planning for businesses and their counsel.
Maria is consistently recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers Global, Chambers Asia Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and IFLR1000. Most recently, she was ranked among other leading lawyers for corporate and M&A work in Singapore by Chambers Asia Pacific and was a named a finalist for M&A Lawyer of the Year and Woman Lawyer of the Year by Law.com’s Asia Legal Awards 2025 and Asian Legal Business’ SE Asia Awards 2025, respectively. She has also consistently been recognized as a “highly regarded” legal practitioner for banking and energy in Singapore by IFLR 1000. In the latest editions of The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, clients recognized her work in corporate and M&A, noting that she exhibits 'exceptional knowledge of the renewable energy field', provided them with 'very timely and practical advice' and 'potential strategies and structures that address commercial concerns', was 'very accessible' and was 'quick to provide solutions to issues' they were facing. Clients have also praised her work in international arbitration, noting that she is 'a superstar' who is 'very engaged, motivating, and a key player'.
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