Mr Nicholas Soh > Allen & Gledhill LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Allen & Gledhill LLP
ONE MARINA BOULEVARD
#28-00
SINGAPORE 018989
Singapore

Work Department

Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Venture Capital

Position

Partner

Career

Nicholas’s main practice area focuses primarily on private M&As with a specific emphasis on private equity, joint venture and venture capital work. He regularly acts for venture capital investors, corporate venture capital arms and startups.

Nicholas is a member of the Venture Capital Model Investment Agreements (VIMA) working group, which was jointly established by the Singapore Academy of Law’s Promotion of Singapore Law Committee and the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. He is also a facilitator for the Singapore Legal Institute of Legal Education Part B Course.

Nicholas graduated overall second in the class of 2013 from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (First Class Honours) degree with multiple academic awards (including the Law Society of Singapore Book Prize, the Shook Lin & Bok Prize, the Tort Law Prize, Yong Heng Kim Book prize in Contract Law, and Punch Coomaraswamy Prize in Law of Evidence) and holds an LL.M. (Master of Laws) degree from the New York University School of law. He joined Allen & Gledhill after he was called to the Singapore Bar in 2014.

Languages

English

Memberships

Venture Capital Model Investment Agreements (VIMA) working group

Facilitator for the Singapore Legal Institute of Legal Education Part B Course

Education

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree (First Class).

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Start-up and venture capital – Local firms

(Next Generation Partners)

Nicholas SohAllen & Gledhill LLP

Offering extensive experience of venture capital transactions throughout Southeast Asia, Allen & Gledhill LLP is regularly instructed by major Singapore investors including VC funds, PE funds, corporate venture capital arms and other strategic or financial investors. Praised as ‘one of the leading teams in the regional venture capital industry’, the practice is also extremely active on the start-up side, advising on the gamut of relevant matters from governance and IP to employee incentive plans and regulatory issues. Corporate expert Christian Chin leads the group and is ably supported by Julian Ho, who has a proven track record at all stages of financing from seed to late-stage. Nicholas Soh has also built a strong reputation in the venture capital market.