A&G Shanghai Representative Office

Kai is the Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill's Shanghai Representative Office and a Partner of Allen & Gledhill Singapore.

Kai leads the Firm’s practice and growth in China and leads our engagements in the Chinese market, covering inbound and outbound investments and multi-jurisdictional matters involving China.

Kai is native Singaporean and a Permanent Resident in China. He has close to 25 years of experience in total and over 20 years of experience in China and Hong Kong SAR. His areas of practice include international mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and investments, white-collar investigations, capital markets, corporate and commercial advisory, private wealth, and regulatory and compliance. He also has litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution experience.

Kai has extensive experience leading and advising on global M&A and investment transactions, covering all aspects such as transaction structuring, due diligence, negotiations, transaction documentation, transaction implementation, post-closing integration, and regulatory and compliance. He has led and advised on multi-jurisdictional corporate misconduct and white-collar investigations. He has led and advised on listings and capital markets transactions on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the Singapore Stock Exchange, covering all aspects such as IPOs, capital raising, equity and debt issues, acquisitions and disposals, and regulatory and compliance.

Kai’s clients include state-owned and state-linked enterprises, multinational, and domestic companies, listed and private companies, investment banks and financial institutions in various sectors such as energy, mining, infrastructure, construction, manufacturing, logistics, technology, real estate, aviation, automotive, hospitality, consumer goods, and banking and financial services.

Prior to joining the Firm, apart from Singapore, Kai was in legal practice in Shanghai, Beijing, and Hong Kong SAR with leading international law firms. Most recently, he was an international partner in a Red-Circle Chinese law firm in China, one of the rare few Singaporean lawyers to have done so in China.

Kai is admitted as a lawyer in three jurisdictions: Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, and the UK.

English; Chinese

Kai is an accredited specialist mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre.

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