Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow‘s team is led by Kelvin Poa who has broad expertise across venture capital matters. The team advises clients from foreign jurisdictions, including Thailand and Malaysia on cases including those regarding downstream investments, portfolio management, employee issues, sponsor separation, and secondary transactions. Further, the practice handles initial fund formations and complex company reorganisations, as well as private equity and venture capital investments and related issues. Key practitioner Derek Kwan also heads the team and has experience across all major fund types, including fund domiciles, fund structures and asset classes, while Jens Carle represents clients on the establishment of fund management platforms, the structuring of joint ventures and sponsor operations.
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‘The team are exceptionally responsive to requests and to ad-hoc queries, and always willing to find the best way to achieve the commercial objectives sought.’
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- Vita Partners (Vita)
- Gaia Investment Partners
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Practice head
Kelvin Poa; Derek Kwan
Other key lawyers
Jens Carle