Recommended for a ‘strong combination of legal knowledge and commercial acumen’, Allen & Gledhill LLP is widely regarded as a power-house in high-end transactional and contentious corporate work, with deep expertise in M&A-related disputes including shareholder fallouts, post-acquisition claims, and regulatory enforcement. Acting for a diverse client base of multinational corporates, financial institutions, and regional conglomerates, the firm is frequently engaged in complex, cross-border matters involving contested exits, warranty breaches, and boardroom tensions. Co-head Lim Mei is recognised as a leader in complex, cross-border M&A transactions, with her practice spanning public and private takeovers, joint ventures, and equity-driven deals, including several market-shaping transactions in the region. Co-head Christian Chin brings expertise in M&A, venture capital, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, employment law, and commercial contracts. Christopher Koh is a key contact for financial institutions and public companies listed on the Singapore exchange. Other key names in the group are Andrew M Lim, Prawiro Widjaja, Richard Young, Lee Kee Yeng, Song Su-Min, Christopher Ong, Hilary Low, Michelle Fum, Lauren Chung, Teoh Sze Min and Mark Quek.
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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.
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Testimonials
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‘The team has a stable membership of lawyers, all of whom have extensive professional legal knowledge and can provide effective solutions to complex project issues. The law firm has teams of professional lawyers in different fields, who can work together in projects to provide solutions for professional issues in different fields.’
‘Partners Sharon Wee and Chong Zhuo Chen provide the main services for our company's projects. Both partners have solid legal knowledge and rich project practice experience.’
‘A&G is one of the best, if not the best, law firms in Singapore. Their depth of experience in corporate transactions, especially in Singapore, is bar none. They have a good bench of senior as well as junior lawyers. The quality is at every level. Their price is also very reasonable compared to international firms.’
‘Mark Quek of the Corporate M&A team was the Lead Partner for my transaction. He identified potential issues very early and helped us to prioritize and prep around them. He also has very strong commercial acumen, which complements his strong M&A and drafting skills.'
'The associate on the file, Yang Xi Wee, was also of very high calibre. Together, Mark and Yang Xi turned drafts around in good time and which correctly captured our objectives.'‘The M&A team we worked with, led by Teoh Sze Min, was highly effective in delivering the desired outcome for our M&A transaction. This involved managing multiple difficult stakeholders and required consistency in driving the process, and they performed remarkably well.’
‘Sze Min has a strong ability to relate to clients and anticipate their needs on a complex matter. She can propose effective and pragmatic solutions quickly and, even when dealing with complex issues not within her field of expertise, shows a keen ability to pick up key issues that arise.’
‘A&G team is not only a strong local Singaporean law firm, who have a strong combination of legal knowledge and commercial acumen, but they also have a strong bench backed up by a highly responsive team.’
‘I have worked with Nicholas Soh closely, and I think he has a very strong commercial acumen, which stands out vs. competitors. He is someone I can rely on for not only solid legal advice, but also providing the right commercial steer on difficult issues.’
‘Julian Ho and Kenneth Lim are key members of the team that we trust and value their opinions.’
Work highlights
Advised J.P. Morgan Securities Asia Private Limited (“J.P. Morgan”) (as financial advisor) and Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“Offeror”) (as offeror) on the Offeror’s voluntary unconditional general offer for all the issued ordinary shares in the capital of Great Eastern Holdings Limited as at the date of the Offer, other than those Shares already owned or agreed to be acquired by the Offeror or its subsidiaries for aggregate consideration of approximately US$1.1 billion.
Advised Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (“VIS”), as transaction counsel, on its US$7.8 billion joint venture with NXP Semiconductors N.V. (“NXP”) to build a new 300mm semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Singapore.
Advised the Singapore-headquartered subsidiary of Philippine-listed investment company DoubleDragon Corporation, Hotel101 Global Pte. Ltd. and affiliates (“Hotel101”) and JVSPAC Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: JVSA) on its merger agreement.