Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Corporate; Financial Services Regulatory; Trust, Asset & Wealth Management

Ian Chew advises on the formation of a variety of hedge, private equity, venture capital, real estate, single investor and family funds using both Singapore (including Variable Capital Companies) and offshore (including Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Companies) fund structures. He drafts and reviews the full range of fund documents, including private placement memorandums, investment management agreements, subscription agreements, administration agreements, custody agreements as well as constitutional documents such as memorandum and articles of association, limited partnership agreements and trust deeds. In addition, he also assists with coordinating the offerings of such funds in the relevant foreign jurisdictions. His clients include independent asset managers, external asset managers, multi-family offices and single family offices.

He regularly advises fund management companies on securing the relevant regulatory licences and exemptions (including Capital Markets Services Licences and Registered Fund Management Companies). He has an extremely strong track record for such applications submitted to and approved by the Monetary Authority of Singapore because he works closely with the relevant governmental authorities and provides clear guidance to clients during the start-up and preparation phase.

He has extensive experience in advising private clients (including ultra-high net worth individuals and single family offices) and trustees on the establishment of private trusts, single family offices, single family funds, Sections 13O and 13U structures, (including the Global Investor Programme) as well as drafts and reviews the relevant trust, fund and family charter documents.

English, Mandarin

Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore, 2011 LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2010