Drew & Napier LLC‘s venture capital practice regularly acts for founders, emerging companies, and investors on fund raisings and exits. Steven Lo has experience in private and public M&A transactions acting for bidders, target companies and financial advisers, while Jon Nair covers a broad spectrum of corporate transactions including private equity deals, joint ventures, and restructuring. Tan Teng Sen’s areas of practice include M&A, and advising on the fundraising of early-stage companies. Lo, Nair, and Sen together lead the team.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®

Key clients

  • Third Kind Games Limited
  • Yokogawa Electric Corporation
  • Dale Ventures
  • FnO Pte. Ltd. (trading as MarketWolf)
  • Growth Fund I C.V.
  • RootAnt Global Pte. Ltd.
  • Easybook.com Pte. Ltd.
  • Markel Digital Investments LLC
  • Qapita Fintech Pte. Ltd.
  • Payfazz
  • Sengenics Pte Ltd
  • Gobi Emerald Malaysia Strategic Fund, L.P.

Work highlights

Acting as Singaporean counsel to Third Kind Games, in relation to its bolt-on acquisition by Virtuos.
Advised Hexagon Group AG on its subscription for 30% of the shares in LSI Agrichem (Singapore) Pte. Ltd..
Acted for Gobi Emerald Malaysia Strategic Fund, L.P., in its investment in Funding Asia Group Pte. Ltd. by way of a combination of subscription for redeemable convertible preference shares and convertible notes.

Practice head

Steven Lo; Jon Nair; Tan Teng Sen