The Legal 500

Allen & Gledhill LLP’s Jerry Koh advised on Southeast Asia’s largest ever IPO, Hutchison Port Holdings Trust’s $5.5bn IPO and SGX-ST listing. Tan Tze Gay advised Global Logistic Properties on its S$3.9bn IPO and SGX-ST listing. On the debt side, Margaret Chin advised on Singapore Airlines’ innovative S$300m retail bond offering.

WongPartnership LLP’s practice head Hui Choon Yuen wins accolades for his ‘grasp of debt market law and practice’. Karen Yeoh represented a syndicate of six investment banks involved in the Global Logistic Properties IPO. Gail Ong joined the firm from Shearman & Sterling LLP, while Raymond Tong left for Clifford Chance

Drew & Napier LLC’s equity capital markets group, led by Sin Boon Ann, Petrus Huang and Yeo Wee Kiong, ‘sees legal issues from a commercial perspective’, advising DnB NOR Bank as sole global co-ordinator in the secondary listing of Golden Ocean Group. The debt capital markets group, led by Farhana Siddiqui and Petrus Huang, advised Overseas Union Enterprise on its S$1bn multicurrency MTN programme.

Shook Lin & Bok LLP advises on capital fund raising products, derivatives and structured products. Tan Woon Hum and Markus Blenntoft advised Mapletree Industrial Trust on its S$1.19bn IPO, and Sabana’s sharia-compliant Industrial REIT on its S$491m IPO. On the debt side, Marilyn See advised OCBC on its HK$10bn Certificate of Deposit Programme. Gwendolyn Gn is singled out for praise.

At Stamford Law Corporation, the ‘sharp, knowledgeable’ Lee Suet Fern, the ‘client friendly, technically skilled’ Lean Min-Tze and Bernard Lui advised Galaxy NewSpring, a special purpose vehicle jointly owned by Hyflux and Mitsui, on the Hyflux Water Trust delisting and exit offer. Susan Kong advised on the Mapletree Commercial Trust REIT S$1.19bn IPO.

Lee & Lee advises on IPOs and SGX-ST listings and specialised OTCs, as well as dual listings on SGX-ST, NASDAQ and ASX. Adrian Chan and Lee Pih Peng are key names.

Loo & Partners LLP’s Loo Choon Chiaw, praised for his ‘high standards and top-quality advice’, is advising ten corporate clients on their IPO and reverse-take-over preparations in Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong and Malaysia, and undertakes post-IPO advisory and corporate compliance work.

Rajah & Tann LLP’s Chia Kim Huat and his ‘excellent, responsive’ team advised on rights issues, dual listings and privatisations, assisting Sateri with its HK$430m IPO, and advising SGX-ST-listed China Animal Healthcare on preparations for its dual primary listing on the SEHK. Goh Kian Hwee advised GuocoLand on its rights issue.

Colin Ng & Partners LLP’s Tan Min-Li and Richard Tan advised SGX-ST-listed China Print Power on its dual primary listing on the SEHK.Ong Wei Jin assisted waste company 800 Super Holdings with its Catalist IPO.

TSMP Law Corporation’s Stefanie Yuen Thio is advising OCBC on preparations for the IPO of a major retail chain. Benjamin Choo advised the joint underwriters in the S$315.1m SGX-ST mainboard listing of Dyna-Mac Holdings.

Practice head Sunny Wong at Wong Tan & Molly Lim LLC assisted Bund Center Investment, with its spin-off listing from Asia Food and Properties and IPO on the SGX-ST, and advised a sovereign wealth fund on three secondary offerings of shares in a NASDAQ-listed Singapore technology company for an aggregate consideration of $800m.

Harry Elias Partnership LLP advised Nam Cheong on its S$472m listing through a reverse takeover of Mainboard-listed Eagle Brand Holdings. Claudia Teo and Douglas Koh are key names.

Practice head Lee Ying Ying at Kelvin Chia Partnership advised Mitsubishi Real Estate on three transactions with CapitaLand involving public projects in Singapore and Vietnam.

Nicole Tan Siew Ping at KhattarWong advises corporates and financial institutions on capital markets matters.

Legal Solutions LLC’s Perry Yuen and Joshua Tan assisted UMS Holdings with its proposed dual primary listing on the KOSDAQ market of the Korea Exchange.

Duane Morris & Selvam LLP’s capital markets expert Krishna Ramachandra advised on two IPOs. Banking and finance head Leon Yee handles complex capital markets transactions. The practice is supported by its joint venture Duane Morris & Selvam LLP.