Mr Christian Chin > Allen & Gledhill LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Allen & Gledhill LLP Offices
ONE MARINA BOULEVARD
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SINGAPORE 018989
Singapore
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Mr Christian Chin
Work Department
Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Venture Capital
Position
Partner and Co-Head of the Firm’s Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Department
Career
Christian is Co-Head of the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Allen & Gledhill. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, employment law and general commercial contracts.
Christian represents investment and commercial banks, private equity and sovereign funds and strategic corporate clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions. He also acts for venture capital investors and companies in Series A and subsequent funding rounds.
Languages
English
Memberships
Member, Singapore Academy of Law, Law Society of England and Wales and Law Society of Singapore.
Education
Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree. Holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, awarded the Babson Fellowship. Awarded the Ethics Award by the Singapore Medical Association, and the Tun Salleh Award by the American Universities Alumni of Malaysia.
Personal
Legal Case Studies Instructor, NUS Law School. Lecturer and instructor, Corporate & Commercial Practice module of the Singapore Bar Examinations. Member of the editorial board/commercial precedents sub-committee of the Singapore Academy of Law. Member of the working group of the Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements initiative supported by the Singapore Academy of Law and the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Start-up and venture capital – Local firms
(Leading Individuals)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.
Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
(Leading individuals)Praised for its ‘unique breadth of knowledge and experience’, Allen & Gledhill LLP stands out for its track record in high-profile transactions in Singapore and across the region, collaborating with overseas offices, including Myanmar and Vietnam, and associated firms in Malaysia and Indonesia, on cross-border deals. Lim Mei
, who has demonstrable expertise in M&A, equity capital markets and derivatives mandates, jointly leads the ‘premier team’ alongside ‘highly commercial’ Christian Chin, who advises on M&A, venture capital transactions, corporate restructurings and joint ventures. Andrew Lim handles corporate governance, regulatory and compliance matters, while Prawiro Widjaja focuses on deals with Indonesian connections and is commended as a ‘powerful intellect’. Christopher Koh is ‘a calm, collected and effective negotiator’, and Lee Kee Yeng is praised as a ‘brilliant and energetic lawyer’, who is ‘at the top of her class’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A: local firms Singapore
- Leading Individuals Singapore > Start-up and venture capital – Local firms
- Leading individuals Singapore > Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms Singapore
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- Labour and employment: local firms
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