Mr Jerry Koh > Allen & Gledhill LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Mergers & Acquisitions; Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

Position

Managing Partner and Head of the Firm’s REITs and Investment Funds Practices

Career

Jerry is Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill. He has been practising as a corporate lawyer since 1993. His main areas of practice cover capital markets, investment funds, as well as M&A; and he has advised on numerous international and domestic transactions.

Jerry also heads the Firm’s REITs Practice and Investment Funds Practice. He was the lead counsel of the largest IPO in South-east Asia to date, and is well-known as the leading authority on REITs and business trusts, having been involved in the listings, secondary offerings and convertible bond issues of almost all the REITs and business trusts in the Singapore market. He has further advised on a number of REIT listings in Malaysia as international counsel.

Additionally, Jerry regularly advises on the structuring and establishment of investment funds, M&A, complex securitisation and structured finance transactions, and corporate governance.

Languages

English, Mandarin

Memberships

Jerry is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) Advisory Board of the Securities Law Committee. He is the Founding Member and Secretary of the REIT Association of Singapore, a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and an editorial board member of Business Law International.

Jerry currently serves as a director of the National Kidney Foundation and the Singapore Land Authority. He also serves as a member of the Nee Soon Town Council and is the Chairman of its Legal and Contracts Committee.

Education

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree and an LL.M; Graduated from Bob Jones University with an M.A.

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Jerry KohAllen & Gledhill LLP

Recognised as ‘market leaders’ by corporates and investment banks, the capital markets practice at Allen & Gledhill LLP stands out for its expertise in first-of-its-kind equity and debt transactions in Singapore, while also boasting impressive capability in the REITs and business trust arenas. Tan Tze Gay spearheads the equity capital markets group and advises on high-value IPOs and listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), in addition to regional and international exchanges to global debt offerings. Head of the debt capital markets practice, Margaret Chin has experience across a range of debt offerings, including vanilla bond issuance, medium-term note programmes, hybrid instruments, and liability management exercises, while managing partner Jerry Koh leads the REITs group. Other key contacts in the team include corporate finance expert Yeo Wico, who is noted for his expertise in IPOs and bond offerings, and Kern Wong, who was promoted to partner in January 2023.

Singapore > Investment funds: local firms

(Leading individuals)

Jerry KohAllen & Gledhill LLP

Allen & Gledhill LLP has devoted considerable resources and expertise to the investment funds field. It has stood as a dominant force in collective investment schemes and REITs, and is also widely rated for the listing of exchange traded funds (ETFs). Beyond its historical fortes, the firm routinely advises clients on private equity and private real estate fund launches. Managing partner Jerry Koh leads the REITs and investment funds practices, and is a titan in the market. Jonathan Lee has a focus on private funds, REITs and business trusts, including the formation of private funds and investments by limited partners funds. Sarah Teo and Lai Shieh Lin are experienced figures in handling collective investment schemes.