Walkers‘ Singapore office provides a full-service offshore offering, with practices spanning finance, corporate, investment funds and dispute resolution. The team is active across a range of complex cross-border transactions, including M&A, project financing, and the formation of private equity and hedge funds. The firm also has a dedicated regulatory and risk advisory practice in the region. The office is overseen by managing partner John Rogers. The finance team includes Richard Siddle who focuses on fund finance and debt restructurings, and Shirleen Tan whose work covers acquisition and project finance. The corporate practice includes James Twigg who handles M&A, private equity investments and capital markets transactions.
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Testimonials
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- 'The Walkers team is strongest team of offshore lawyers in Singapore. They are rock stars and dominate the market.'
- 'Very professional, thorough and experienced.'
- 'Richard Siddle is a standout partner in the offshore legal market - extremely experienced, excellent at navigating complexity, commercial and responsive.'
- 'Names to mention are Timothy Stevens and Sze Min Lim whom we work closely within our project engagements.'
- 'Timothy Stevens, Tania Toh and James Twigg - they are commercial in their approach and true partners in ensuring the deal closes successfully.'
- 'What truly sets Adam Hinks and Gareth Murphy apart is not just their skill, but the ease and good humour they bring to the table. Their rapport creates a collaborative, low-ego environment that helps defuse tension in high-stakes scenarios and keeps teams aligned under pressure.'
- 'Walkers team's standout aspects are responsiveness, deep bench strength, and market insight - they are a pleasure to work with and a first port of call for offshore advice in Singapore.'
- 'Excellent knowledge of the offshore legal aspects involved in leveraged and corporate financings, strong experience on sponsor-led financings, deep bench at associate level and very responsive.'
- 'Adam Hinks brings a wealth of knowledge and experience of that jurisdiction which is of great value to clients with offshore interests.'
- 'Deep bench of highly regarded practitioners with a similarly deep bench of high-quality associates behind the partners to assist.'
Key clients
- Ares Management Corporation
- Arrowpoint Investment Partners
- Aspirant Group
- Bank of China
- Bee Alternatives
- bolttech Holdings
- C2 Capital Limited
- CDIB Capital
- CMCC Global
- DBS
- GLP Capital Partners
- HSBC
- KKR
- Macquarie Capital
- Melco Resorts & Entertainment
- MoneyHero
- Omni Bridgeway
- Novo Tellus
- Regal Partners
- Templewater Group
Work highlights
Acted as British Virgin Islands (BVI) legal counsel to a global leader, developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centres, in securing financing of over $900m to support the construction and initial operations of its 98MW data centre development in Johor, Malaysia.
Acted as Cayman Islands counsel in connection with the establishment and launch of Arrowpoint Investment Partners, an Asia-based multi-strategy hedge fund.
Acted as Cayman Islands counsel to GLP and GLP Capital Partners Limited on the completion of the sale of GCP International to Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) in a deal valued at US$3.7BN (and up to US$5.2BN with earn-out).
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
John Rogers
Other key lawyers
Richard Siddle; Shirleen Tan; James Twigg; Timothy Stevens; Sze Min Lim; Tania Toh; Adam Hinks; Gareth Murphy