WongPartnership LLP

FinTech; India; Mergers & Acquisitions; WPGrow: Start-Up / Venture Capital

Ong Sin Wei is the Co-Head of the WPGrow: Start-Up / Venture Capital Practice and a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, FinTech and India Practices.

Sin Wei has extensive experience in corporate and corporate finance matters including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate/investment funds restructuring and fund formation. In addition, he has particular experience in matters involving the venture capital/start-ups (including FinTech), asset management, investment funds and insurance sectors.

Sin Wei trained and qualified as an English solicitor in London with a leading UK international firm. Prior to joining WongPartnership, Sin Wei worked with this leading UK international firm for about a decade in London, Beijing and Singapore. He also worked in Washington DC and Hong Kong S.A.R. with a leading US international firm and a Magic Circle law firm.

Work Highlights 

Significant transactions that Sin Wei has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:

Red Date Technology, in the establishment of the BSN Foundation in Singapore which is the platform for the international expansion of the blockchain infrastructure of China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) — a public-private nationwide infrastructure project to spur mass adoption of blockchain technology in China (including for China’s digital yuan). Coinhako, Singapore's largest provider of digital wallet solutions for holding cryptocurrencies and digital tokens, on its corporate restructuring and fundraising. Centrality, the blockchain-based marketplace platform, in its token generation event which raised US$100 million in CENNZ tokens in 6 minutes. Pacific International Lines, PSA International, YCH Holdings and Kerry Logistics in the formation of a Singapore consortium vehicle Connectivity Solutions Pte Ltd, for the purpose of a joint project between Singapore and China known as "Sino-Singapore Chongqing Connectivity Solutions". Teleperformance as Singapore counsel in the acquisition of Intelenet Global Services, from Blackstone for US$1 billion. Expedia Inc. in its US$350 million minority investment in Traveloka Holding Limited, a leading South East Asian online travel company.

Publications 

WLG Venture Capital Guide – Singapore Chapter Getting The Deal Through - Private M&A, Singapore Chapter – 2019 – 2021 editions Singapore Institute of Directors – The Directors' Bulletin – Overview of Legal Considerations When Investing In Emerging Markets Singapore Institute of Directors – The Directors' Bulletin – Understanding Initial Coin Offerings

Publications & Legal Updates

WLG Venture Capital Guide – Singapore Chapter Getting The Deal Through - Private M&A, Singapore Chapter – 2019 - 2021 editions Singapore Institute of Directors – The Directors' Bulletin – Overview of Legal Considerations When Investing In Emerging Markets Singapore Institute of Directors – The Directors' Bulletin – Understanding Initial Coin Offerings

English

Admitted, Singapore Bar; Roll of Solicitors of England & Wales; University of Birmingham (LL.B., Hons.); University of Pennsylvania School of Law (LL.M., Distinction for thesis)