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Virtus Law LLP is well-equipped to handle the full spectrum of corporate matters with strong specialisations in maritime, healthcare, and technology and telecommunications sectors, handling complex transactions such as major shipbuilding deals, healthcare regulatory compliance, and regional private equity investments in digital marketing, fintech, and e-commerce. Its growing private equity and funds practice supports clients across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Sheetal Sandhu is a highly regarded M&A lawyer recognised for her expertise in complex, cross-border transactions, particularly in technology, healthcare, and maritime sectors, and her versatile approach that integrates regulatory compliance, data protection, and employment law. Adept in capital markets, M&A and fintech is Eunice Yao and Jason Yang is noted for his expertise in the shipping sector.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘I am a huge fan of Sheetal Sandhu and her team. What I think sets them apart is that they are undoubtedly delivering their services to a top tier international standard.' 

  • ‘Sheetal Sandhu is highly experienced, extremely intelligent and knowledgeable, and turns around work product efficiently and to a very high standard. I'm always impressed with the team that Sheetal has around her. They are professional, reliable, responsive, and courteous.’

  • ‘Sheetal Sandhu is available, always with a smile. Practical, plain English advice, with strong industry knowledge and relevance. Relationship driven, empathetic and cost-efficient’

  • 'The team is always approachable and responsive.'

  • 'We have worked with Danny Kan, and he takes a very commercial approach and his advice is clear and straight to the point. We have also worked with Sheetal Sandhu, and she is very responsive and explains complex points in a easy-to-understand format.'

  • 'Sheetal specifically is flexible and accommodating to any structuring and is able to structure the agreement based on capital market requirements even from a foreign stock exchange.'

Key clients

  • Seraya Partners
  • FPE Capital
  • Kuehne+Nagel
  • Finnfund
  • TMF Group
  • Hafnia Limited
  • BW LPG Limited
  • DeepOcean APAC AS

Work highlights

Advised Cyan Renewables on Singapore law aspects of its acquisition of MMA Offshore (MMA), a Perth-based ASX-listed offshore vessel support company, for an implied equity value of AU$1.1 billion.
Advised FPE Capital on the buyout of Vanda Research, a leading provider of specialist research and data products for institutional capital markets investors.
Advised KFin Technologies Limited (KFin), a listed Indian fund services provider, on its US$34.7 million acquisition of a 51% stake in Ascent Fund Services, a Singapore-based full-suiteglobal fund administrator.

Practice head

Sheetal Sandhu

Other key lawyers

Eunice Yao; Jason Yang; Danny Kan