Shook Lin & Bok LLP

David Chan has been a Partner of Shook Lin & Bok since 2004. He has wide experience in general commercial litigation with particular focus on domestic and cross-border finance-related litigation, fraud and insolvency matters. He is also involved in international commercial arbitrations and corporate and shareholders' disputes. David is a member of the Complaints and Disciplinary Panel of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority. He was a former member of the Valuation Review Board under the Ministry of Finance, Singapore and former legal assessor to the Singapore Medical Council.

Bryan Chang is a Partner in the Banking & Finance practice of Shook Lin & Bok. He has assisted in various banking and financial transactions including bilateral and syndicated lending, project finance, acquisition finance, vessel finance and receivables finance matters. Prior to joining Shook Lin & Bok, Bryan was with another leading Singapore law firm where he was a senior associate with the Banking & Finance practice. He was also attached to the project finance team of a leading Singapore bank for 6 months on a specialist secondment programme where he dealt with projects located in Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia and other jurisdictions. Bryan was awarded the ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship, ASEAN Pre-University Scholarship and ASEAN Secondary School Scholarship.

Ian is a Singapore-qualified lawyer who counts on his extensive experience accumulated within the fund management industry to advice on the establishment and structuring of private funds across the broad spectrum of various investment strategies, including but not limited to private equity, private credit, real estate and infrastructure. He has also advised institutional investors on their investments into such funds. At the same time, he provides guidance to external asset managers and multi-family offices on the required regulatory licences/issues in their conduct of financial activities in Singapore. On the private wealth front, Ian has serviced high net worth individuals and families to cover the broad spectrum of their wealth management needs, such as the establishment of trusts, family offices and charters.

Chew Mei Choo has more than 40 years of experience in corporate real estate transactions. She has advised on all types of commercial, industrial and residential property transactions including securitisation and real estate investment trusts. Her clients include listed companies, both offshore and local multinational corporations, banks and other financial institutions, real estate investment trusts and other types of landlords and tenants. Her practice also includes advising on property development and finance and the property-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. She has also served in various sub-committees of the Law Society of Singapore including the Conveyancing Practice Committee and has organised and co-ordinated seminars on behalf of the Law Society.

David Chong specialises in corporate and corporate finance, with particular experience in the communications, media, technology, energy and natural resources sector. He has particular experience on cross-border transactions, having started his career in London before relocating to Asia. His principal focus is on mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), including tender offers, schemes, reverse takeovers, privatisations and de-listings, joint ventures, MBOs, earn-outs, asset purchases, restructurings, anti-trust and merger control. He is a governor of the Singapore International Foundation, a member of the Catholic High School Management Committee and secretary to the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation. He was also awarded the Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat) by the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2022.

Shi Ying’s practice areas include corporate and corporate finance, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. She has worked with some of the largest corporations in Singapore (listed and unlisted), as well as leading international groups on domestic matters and cross-border transactions.

Dr Joseph Chun is an environmental lawyer. He leads the Firm’s Environmental, Social and Governance practice and is concurrently an adjunct associate professor and a member of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law (APCEL) at the Faculty of Law in the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he teaches environmental law. He has written widely on environmental law and ESG, and is the lead author of Singapore’s only environmental law textbook. Joseph volunteers as a member of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s (SVCA) ESG and Impact Committee, member of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL), the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) World Commission on Environmental Law, and the Mandai Wildlife Group’s Animal Welfare and Ethics Committee. He also regularly works with green civil society groups on advocacy projects and reports.

Daryl Fong is a partner in Shook Lin & Bok’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution department, with a focus on commercial disputes, international arbitration, cross-border restructuring and insolvency, insolvency-related litigation and fraud. He also has extensive experience in the following areas: financial services and securities, shareholder disputes, directors’ duties and employment law. Daryl regularly advises and acts for insolvency professionals, institutional and corporate creditors and multinational corporations, amongst others. He has appeared as lead counsel at all levels of the Supreme Court of Singapore and in international commercial arbitrations administered by leading arbitral institutions.

Sarjit Singh Gill, SC

Sarjit Singh Gill, S.C. has more than 40 years of experience in litigation and international arbitration. He has a special focus on corporate and commercial disputes, and in particular banking and finance disputes; international trade disputes, and fraud. He has also been involved in numerous significant restructuring and insolvency matters, both domestic and cross-border. Sarjit frequently acts for banks, financial institutions, major international and domestic corporations, and insolvency practitioners (liquidators, judicial managers, and administrators). Sarjit has an active international arbitration practice, both as arbitrator and counsel. He has represented clients in a significant number of complex arbitrations, both in Singapore and abroad. Sarjit also heads the firm’s India Desk and frequently acts for Indian clients in both litigation and arbitration matters. Sarjit is a director of Seatrium Limited, and concurrently a member of its Audit and Risk Committee. He served on the board of the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, and the Central Provident Fund from 2012 to 2018, and was a non-executive director of Heliconia Capital Management Pte Ltd from 2021 to 2025. He is a member of the Life Imprisonment Review Board, The President's Pleasure Review Board, Long Imprisonment Review Board and MAS Appeal Advisory Panel. He has also been appointed to serve as a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Panel of Arbitrators and has served as a member of the Singapore International Mediation Centre Specialist Mediator Panel (Singapore) from 2020 to 2022.

Gwendolyn Gn’s principal areas of practice are corporate finance and regional mergers & acquisitions. She has extensive experience in domestic IPOs (SGX Mainboard and Catalist) and cross-border and dual listings including NASDAQ, ASX and HKEx, as well as debt/bond listings for local and international corporations. Gwendolyn is also active in acting for both listed and other corporations in regional mergers & acquisitions, takeovers and RTOs. She also regularly advises listed clients and financial institutions on corporate governance, regulatory and corporate compliance issues. Gwendolyn currently serves as an Independent Director of various SGX listed companies as well as Company Secretary to various SGX listed companies and Singapore corporations.

Guo Xiaofei heads the Firm’s China Practice and she specialises in Capital Market, M&A and foreign direct investment (FDI) in China. Since joining the Firm in 2009, she has been involved in a number of China-related IPOs, private and public takeovers in Singapore, FDIs in PRC and cross-border investments in Asia. Xiaofei is based in Singapore but travels regularly between Singapore and China advising clients on a wide range of matters, including Chinese clients’ overseas investments, financing and IPO structures, as well as Singapore and foreign clients’ investments, especially in the mining and energy, TMT, advertising, commercial and residential property, project and retail industries in China. Prior to joining Shook Lin & Bok, Xiaofei worked on China-related M&A, FDI and IPO transactions in another Singapore law firm.

Dayne Ho practises in the areas of corporate and corporate finance, with a focus in mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, private equity and regulatory advisory work. He has extensive experience in advising international and local companies (both listed and unlisted) on a wide range of cross-border corporate transactions in Asia. Originally a corporate restructuring lawyer, Dayne broadened his practice with varied professional experience from his previous stints in-house with a multinational company and in private practice with an international law firm and a local law firm where he co-headed its corporate finance practice. His strengths lie in his commercial acumen and strong connectivity with clients. He has advised on a number of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, disposals, initial public offerings, debt financing and listing compliance and governance matters.

Sherman’s areas of focus include commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, arbitration, insolvency and restructuring matters. His other areas of practice include employment related matters and criminal litigation. Sherman acts for local and foreign banks, individuals, liquidators and judicial managers and has represented them at all levels of the Courts in Singapore as well as in arbitrations. His criminal practice includes representing accused persons and entities in the State Courts and the High Court who face charges under, amongst others, the Penal Code, the Misuse of Drugs Act, the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Protection from Harassment Act. Sherman was the Co Vice-Chairperson of the Law Society Social & Welfare committee from 2017 to 2019 and he regularly volunteers with the Law Society’s Criminal Legal Aid Scheme.

Ho Ying Ming practises in the areas of corporate and corporate finance, and he has extensive experience in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, complex corporate restructuring and reorganisations, as well as private equity investments. He has advised global private equity and venture capital firms, financial institutions, emerging growth companies, sovereign wealth funds and multinational corporates in an extensive range of corporate transactions, including public takeovers, private acquisitions and joint ventures.

Melissa Huang is a debt capital markets lawyer who regularly advises issuers, arrangers/dealers and trustees/agents on a wide range of debt capital market transactions including MTN programmes, standalone bond issuances and liability management exercises. She also has substantial experience advising corporate and sovereign issuers, managers and underwriters on the listing of foreign debt securities on the SGX and on the issuance of qualifying debt securities.

Clement Khoo regularly acts for financial institutions, large corporates and SMEs in both local and cross border banking transactions, including acquisition finance (both public and private), property and development finance, capital call / subscription finance, project finance, trade finance and restructuring.

David Lee's role is to provide legal and regulatory advice to the Firm. His responsibilities also extend to legal, compliance and privacy operations, and internal audit. He is a member of the Firm's Management Committee and our Data Protection Officer. Previously, David was a partner in the Firm’s Banking & Finance practice.

Sally practises in the areas of corporate and corporate finance, specialising in mergers and acquisitions. She regularly advises on buy-side and sell-side mandates across jurisdictions in Asia and has significant experience in healthcare, technology and consumer-related businesses. Her practice spans private equity and venture capital investments and exits, strategic transactions, joint ventures, early-stage financing, public takeovers and delistings. Sally is part of the working group that contributes to Singapore’s Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements (VIMA) initiative.

Liew Kai Zee has over 30 years of experience advising financial institutions and major corporates on a broad range of domestic and international financing, securitisation and debt restructuring. He has extensive experience in advising on syndicated lending, structured finance, leveraged buyouts and acquisition finance, structured commodity and trade finance, Islamic finance, ESG finance, project finance, property development finance, vessel finance, REIT financing, cross-border finance, sale of debts, debt programmes, rated and unrated commercial mortgage-backed securities and securitisation programmes. Kai Zee also advises financial institutions on regulatory and compliance matters. In addition, he has represented bank and non-bank creditors, companies, regulators and insolvency practitioners in various consensual and non-consensual debt restructurings and insolvency matters in Singapore and the region. With the knowledge and experience which he has accumulated over the past three decades in his area of practice, Kai Zee is also the legal trainer for several banks in Singapore and the region.

Catherine’s area of expertise is in trust, asset and wealth management with a focus on real estate investment trusts (REITs) and investment funds. She advises on transactions through the life cycle of a REIT including representing trustees on initial public offerings, debt financings and mergers, and advising sponsors and trustees on cross-border acquisitions and divestments. Catherine also advises fund managers on the offer of foreign funds in Singapore, and on regulatory issues and developments relevant to financial institutions and their businesses. In addition, Catherine’s experience includes real estate-related private equity investments, securities token offerings, and general corporate matters.

Charles is a disputes resolution lawyer with expertise in a wide range of commercial disputes. He is well-versed in dispute resolution procedure and regularly appears as advocate before all levels of the Singapore court, in arbitration proceedings and in mediation proceedings. Notable areas of his practice include banking and finance disputes, employment disputes, real estate & tenancy disputes, contentious insolvency proceedings, construction disputes, commodities trade disputes and arbitration-related court proceedings. Charles regularly acts for and advises banks, private capital funds, real estate investment trusts (in their capacity as landlords), construction companies, SMEs and high net worth individuals. Charles also volunteers as a tutor for NUS’ trial advocacy module and is a contributor to Singapore Civil Procedure.

Luisa Lim’s practice areas include corporate and corporate finance, with a focus on equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory compliance work. She has acted for listed companies on initial public offerings, corporate restructuring, fund-raising exercises, reverse take-overs, de-listings and listing compliance and corporate governance matters. She also advises clients on a range of commercial transactions, including acquisitions, private equity investments and joint ventures.

Stanley Lim specialises in banking and finance (both domestic and international) and has also worked on initial public offerings of shares involving domestic as well as PRC companies and other equity capital market transactions. His principal focus is on bilateral and syndicated loans, collective sale financing, trade finance, project finance, acquisition finance and assets and assets-backed finance and corporate and debt restructuring.

Lim Ziwei practices in the areas of corporate and corporate finance, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the Firm, Ziwei previously worked in a leading local law firm in Singapore where he advised and was involved on a number of equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate and commercial transactions.

Moses Lin is Head of Shipping and Commodities at the firm. He specialises in commercial dispute resolution as well as restructuring and insolvency, with particular experience in the shipping and commodities/trade sectors. He advises clients on risk mitigation, commercial litigation and arbitration, and has acted as counsel in the State Courts, the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Singapore. He also regularly appears as lead counsel in international arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the SIAC, SCMA, GAFTA, FOSFA, ICC, and LMAA, among others. His experience extends to contractual and tortious disputes, corporate insolvency, bankruptcy, directors’ duties, shareholder disputes, defamation, employment disputes, as well as foreign and domestic judgment/ award enforcement actions. Whilst his expertise covers a wide spectrum of industry sectors, Moses leads the firm’s shipping and commodities practice. He regularly advises on disputes involving shipbuilding, ship sale and purchase, ship management, charterparties and cargo loss and damage, as well as demurrage or despatch and cargo off-specification claims. In addition, Moses has also been involved in major restructuring and insolvency matters, several of them involving large-scale fraudulent activity. On the transactional front, he advises on ship sale and purchase agreements as well as ship building contracts. Moses is an Accredited Mediator with the Singapore Mediation Centre (SMC) and an Adjudicator for the SMC Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Scheme. He is also on the Panel of Mediators in the Law Society Mediation Scheme, and a member of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore. He was also previously appointed as an independent director of a company listed on the Singapore Exchange.

Ruizi’s practice encompasses a diverse range of litigation, arbitration and disputes advisory work – including cryptocurrency / Web3 related disputes, investment and shareholder disputes and restructuring and insolvency. He has extensive experience and commercial familiarity with the abovementioned areas. He also has substantive experience in international trade disputes and REIT-related disputes. Ruizi has advised and acted for multinational corporations, insolvency professionals, institutional and corporate creditors, investors and founders, company directors and shareholders, and high net-worth individuals (in particular several clients from the PRC). He has appeared in several high-profile matters at all levels of the Supreme Court of Singapore and various international commercial arbitrations.

May specialises in a broad range of real estate work and has advised extensively on all types of commercial, industrial and residential property transactions including direct and indirect acquisitions and disposals of commercial and industrial buildings, including sale and leasebacks, built-to-suit developments, and commercial and industrial leasing. Her practice also includes advising on property-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. Her clients include real estate investment trusts (both managers and trustees), multinational corporations, banks and other financial institutions, property owners and tenants of industrial and commercial buildings.

Combining technical expertise with legal acumen, Jevon helps businesses navigate the complex intersection of innovation, intellectual property, and technology law. Armed with both a technical foundation in mechanical engineering and legal expertise as a registered Singapore Patent Attorney and Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Jevon advises a diverse portfolio of clients from innovative startups to multinational corporations, on both contentious and non-contentious IP, technology, and data privacy matters. Jevon’s dispute resolution practice spans both litigation before the Singapore courts as well as alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including mediation and arbitration. Jevon has acted for clients in IP and technology law disputes across various industries, including disputes relating to blockchain and crypto-assets, and software and technology project implementation. On the non-contentious side, Jevon provides strategic advice on IP portfolio development and management, technology transactions and licensing, data privacy compliance for tech startups, and innovation strategy for emerging technologies.

Aditi Mathur heads the Firm’s India Practice. She is a partner in the Banking & Finance practice and the Environmental, Social and Governance practice of the Firm. She is a triple-qualified lawyer, with extensive experience in and qualifications to practice Singapore, Indian and English laws. She has expertise over a wide range of finance transactions including green and sustainable finance, acquisition finance, structured finance, real estate finance, ship finance, project finance, inter-bank borrowings and Indian external commercial borrowings. She brings value to her clients having handled deals from varied perspectives including that of lenders, borrowers, agents and trustees. Aditi works regularly with leading Indian banks and corporates in cross-border transactions. Her key strengths are her deep knowledge and expertise of the legal, regulatory, cultural and business environment in India and her ability to act as a link for clients in India looking to do business in Singapore and the South-East Asian region, and vice versa. Prior to joining Shook Lin & Bok, Aditi was an in-house legal counsel at the corporate legal department of one of India’s leading private sector banks, where she handled their acquisition financing and international corporate assets portfolios.

Andrea Ng specialises in trust, asset and wealth management matters with a focus on REITs where she has broad experience in advising on various REIT transactional matters such as initial public offerings, equity fund raising exercises, debt financing, mergers and acquisitions and securitisation matters. She advises on securities, funds, capital markets intermediaries and trusts-related regulatory matters such as capital markets licensing and securities offering requirements, private trusts and wealth management matters. She also advises on the establishment of private funds (particularly real estate funds) and handles the full range of fund documentation ranging from establishment to the underlying investments of the fund, including trust deeds, limited partnership agreements, private placement memorandums, investment management agreements, subscription agreements and custodian agreements. Andrea also advises on a wide range of corporate finance matters, such as listed company transactions, as well as general corporate matters, such as private equity investments, start-up funding matters (both seed and Series A, B, C), joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and various investment/subscription agreements. More recently, Andrea has been advising on regulatory and transactional matters related to virtual assets/digital tokens and in particular, the regulatory regime surrounding token offerings. She has also advised intermediaries operating in the virtual assets/cryptocurrency space such as issuers and platform operators on the relevant licensing and regulatory requirements. Prior to joining Shook Lin & Bok, Andrea worked in-house with the manager of a major Singapore-listed real estate investment trust which managed properties located in Singapore and overseas and she was involved in a range of REIT transactions. She also assisted with compliance issues and was involved in the drafting and implementation of compliance policies relevant to holders of a capital markets services licence issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Ng Yeow Khoon specialises in banking & finance-related litigation, insolvency and restructuring and general commercial litigation. He regularly advises and has acted for many of the major local and foreign banks and financial institutions in Singapore in their banking disputes and insolvency matters. Yeow Khoon’s area of practice also includes debt restructuring, schemes of arrangement, judicial management and liquidation (both voluntary and compulsory).

Lee Ping’s practice encompasses a diverse range of litigation and arbitration work including employment, insolvency, shareholders’ and other contractual and tortious disputes. Lee Ping has represented and advised multinational corporations, local and foreign listed companies, insolvency practitioners, funds, fund administrator and investors, company directors and numerous high net-worth individuals. In respect of employment, Lee Ping has advised clients on the full spectrum of contentious employment disputes, including retrenchment exercises, complaints to Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TAFEP), disputes at the Tripartite Alliance for Dispute Management (TADM) and Employment Claims Tribunal (ECT), investigations by Ministry of Manpower (MOM), disciplinary proceedings, terminations and enforcement of restrictive covenants.

Marilyn See is a debt capital markets and banking lawyer with a strong focus on debt capital markets, having advised arrangers and issuers on a broad range of DCM transactions including standalone issues and offerings, MTN, CD and debt issuance programmes, private placements and securitisation (including both rated and unrated mortgaged-backed or receivables backed securities) involving a range of asset classes including consumer loans, commercial property, residential mortgages and residential property. She previously spent close to two years on secondment with the DCM team of a magic circle firm in Tokyo. She also focuses on corporate banking, having advised financial institutions and borrowers on a wide variety of banking transactions including domestic and cross border syndicated lending, acquisition finance (including proposed takeovers of Singapore listed companies), trade and project finance, property development finance, asset and asset-backed finance.

Jamal Siddique is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department, with experience in litigation, international arbitration, and cross-border insolvency. His practice has a particular focus on fraud, banking-related disputes, and international trade disputes. Jamal has also acted in matters concerning the Mental Capacity Act and was a volunteer lawyer for the NUS In-Person Deputyship Programme, providing pro-bono assistance on MCA applications. He regularly appears both as lead and assisting counsel at all levels of the Courts. Jamal graduated with First Class Honours from University College London in 2013. He was appointed Young Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court for 2 years, in 2018 and 2019. Jamal was the recipient of the Singapore Academy of Law Overseas Attachment, and was attached to leading barristers at Fountain Court Chambers in 2020.

Ying Yi advises on a range of corporate and corporate finance matters, with particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investments, regulatory compliance and general corporate transactions. Ying Yi graduated with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Western Australia, where she was a recipient of the St Catherine’s College Scholarship and the UWA Undergraduate Learning & Teaching Research Intern Scholarship.

Soong Jun De specialises in commercial dispute resolution, with a particular focus in shipping and commodities / trade disputes. He regularly advises on disputes involving shipbuilding, ship sale and purchase, ship management, charterparties and cargo loss and damage, as well as demurrage or despatch and cargo off-specification claims.

Shirin Swah specialises in Litigation & Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration and Construction & Projects. Shirin’s practice encompasses a diverse range of litigation and arbitration work with a focus on employment, insolvency, building & construction, and commercial & contractual disputes. She has also advised and acted in several construction adjudication proceedings commenced under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act. Shirin has acted for major local banks and financial institutions, multinational corporations, local construction companies and insolvency practitioners.

Alicea Tan specialises in investment funds. She advises both well-established and first-time managers on the structuring, formation, marketing and operation of open-ended and close-ended structures utilising vehicles such as the Singapore Variable Capital Companies (VCC) and limited partnerships as well as offshore vehicles, covering traditional assets and alternatives (hedge, private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate, digital assets and other asset classes and strategies). Her experience includes re-domiciliations and restructuring of existing fund structures, portfolios and investors. Alicea advised two (2) of the 18 fund managers selected for the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s VCC pilot programme and completed the launch and redomiciliation of the respective funds on the same day the VCC regime went live in Singapore. In addition, Alicea advises sovereign wealth and other institutional investors on a range of LP matters concerning their anchor investments. She also regularly advises asset and fund managers on the establishment of business operations in Singapore, related regulatory matters including licence/exemption applications and has counselled managers and their principals on a wide range of compliance and governance issues, liaising regularly with Singapore regulators. In Alicea’s private client practice, she advises private and HNW/UHNW clients on legacy succession matters and structuring and formation of family offices, private trusts and Section 13O/13U structures. Alicea is also involved in a variety of general corporate matters which includes downstream private equity and venture capital investments, financings and joint ventures.

Tan Wei Shyan focuses on corporate finance and securities transactions, including initial public offerings (IPOs), dual/secondary listings, strategic and pre-IPO investments, corporate restructuring, privatisation and delisting, takeovers, fund-raising exercises and securities regulation compliance by public listed companies. He is also active in commercial transactions covering various areas of corporate practice, including joint ventures, startup fund-raising as well as acquisitions and disposals of corporate assets involving public and private companies.

Tan Woon Hum is widely regarded as one of the rare senior market leaders specialising in investment funds, REITs and trusts, especially VCCs and family offices. He heads a team of specialist lawyers in the Asset & Wealth Management practice. Investment Funds Woon Hum advises on fund formation, (including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and single-family funds) using Singapore funds (including VCC) and offshore funds structures (eg. Cayman LP funds, Cayman SPCs and Luxembourg funds). He is extremely well versed with independent asset managers, external asset managers, multi-family offices and single-family offices, and has an extremely strong track record in securing the relevant regulatory licences and exemptions. His excellent and long-term professional relationship with the local regulators, authorities and major industry players add credence to his practice. He has advised on and helped clients launched more than 170 VCCs. Private Client & Wealth Management He has extensive experience in advising private clients (including ultra-high net worth individuals and single-family offices) and trustees on the establishment of private trusts, family offices, single-family funds, Sections 13O and 13U (formerly 13R and 13X) structures and drafting trust documents, fund documents, global investor programme documents and family charters. Corporate Real Estate & REITs He advises on structures for complex real estate investments, joint ventures and tender projects. His clients include sovereign wealth funds, corporates and property funds. He has extensive experience in advising on the establishment and initial public offering (IPO) of REITs. He has an in-depth knowledge of the REITs regulations and industry and has been involved in numerous S-REIT IPOs, post-IPO acquisitions, equity fund raising exercises, debt financing and securitisation locally and regionally since the S-REIT infancy stage, including mergers of REITs.

Tan Zhi Ming specialises in local and international banking and finance. He is experienced in acting for financial institutions and corporate borrowers, with especial proficiency in property development finance, acquisition finance, project finance, trade finance and assets-backed finance. Many of his transactions have involved cross-broader arrangements with considerable dealings with assets based in Indonesia and Malaysia. He also has extensive experience in handling security documentation such as mortgages, debentures, charges, assignments, guarantees, subordination deeds and security sharing deeds.

Teo Mae Shaan’s area of practice comprises a broad range of corporate matters, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate, employment and regulatory compliance. She advises multi-national corporations and private companies on their mergers and acquisitions and investments as well as on their general corporate matters such as advising on their commercial and operations related agreements, licence applications. Her particular focus is in the healthcare sector where she has assisted clients in the due diligence, negotiations and acquisitions of healthcare institutions and advising on various regulatory and compliance matters. Mae Shaan’s expertise in employment includes drafting and advising clients on employment contracts, employee share and incentive schemes, employment handbooks, organisational restructuring issues, redundancy exercises and termination of employees, as well as advising on restrictive covenants and fiduciary duties. Mae Shaan also acts for companies and financial institutions on initial public offerings, secondary offerings and debt issuances. Her expertise includes advising companies listed on the SGX-ST on compliance with post-listing requirements of the SGX-ST and her experience includes having advised on performance share plans/share option schemes, dividend reinvestment schemes, share buyback mandates, share issue mandates and other corporate transactions. Prior to joining the Firm as a Partner, Mae Shaan previously worked in a leading local law firm in Singapore and a leading international law firm in both Singapore and in London where she has advised on a number of equity capital markets, debt capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate and commercial transactions.

Deborah Wong is a partner in the banking and finance practice. She acts for and advises financial institutions and borrowers on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including relating to real estate financing, acquisition financing and project financing.

Wong Gang specialises in corporate finance, equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, listing compliance and governance, China practice, and general corporate advisory. His areas of practice include initial public offerings, secondary listings, cross-border dual listings, rights issues, issuance of securities and other instruments by companies from Singapore, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bermuda and other jurisdictions. He also advises on mergers and acquisitions, reverse take-overs, direct investments, joint ventures involving listed and private companies in Singapore, China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Bermuda and other jurisdictions. He is a member of the Ministry of Law’s Advisory Committee for the China-Ready Programme for Singapore’s Legal Industry.

Kelvin Wong specialises in local and cross-border financings. He is experienced in advising on various banking and financial transactions including secured and unsecured lending, acquisition financing, property financing, syndicated and bilateral lending and interbank borrowings. He has represented local and international banks, financial institutions, real estate investment trusts, small and medium sized enterprises and multinational corporations in various financing transactions.

Wong Kit Fei practises in the areas of corporate and corporate finance, with an emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, including public takeovers, private acquisitions and joint ventures.

Pearlyn Xie is a partner in the Firm’s Corporate Practice, with a dual focus on equity capital markets (ECM) and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). She advises corporations, financial institutions, and investors across the full spectrum of corporate transactions, and is known for her ability to understand clients’ commercial needs and deliver practical, solutions-oriented advice to help them achieve successful outcomes. In her ECM practice, Pearlyn has advised on initial public offerings (IPOs), dual listings, and reverse takeovers. She has not only handled listings on the Singapore Exchange (SGX-ST) but also those on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange. Her experience also covers secondary listings, secondary fundraisings, and pre-IPO investments. In M&A, Pearlyn represents both public and private companies in domestic and cross-border transactions, including public takeovers, privatisations, and strategic acquisitions. Alongside her transactional work, Pearlyn also regularly advises clients on general corporate matters and has experience in private credit transactions, including mezzanine financing.

Serene practices in the areas of corporate and corporate finance work, with particular experience in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and private equity investments and corporate restructuring matters. She advises a range of clients, from small-to-medium (SME) business owners to multi-national conglomerates (both listed and private) as well as venture capital and private equity funds.

Perry Yuen’s area of practice covers corporate finance, namely, mergers and acquisitions (both public and private companies, and in Singapore and the region) and equity capital markets, privatisations, corporate restructurings and rescues, and advising on securities regulations. Through the course of his work, Perry has dealt with Singapore regulators extensively, and he is particularly adept at resolving legally and commercially challenging and complex transactions.