Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP

Deputy Head, Capital Markets

Tan Mui Hui is the Deputy Head of the Capital Markets practice, and a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice. As illustrated below, the depth and breadth of her expertise in the Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions fields span across not in Singapore, but across the region and internationally.

Her experience includes initial public offerings and listings of securities on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, as well as overseas exchanges, including NYSE and the HKEx. She is also well versed in secondary listings, secondary fund raisings, as well as pre-IPO fund raising exercises involving listed and private companies. With a firm grounding of the regulatory requirements, ability to problem solve and anticipate market trends, Mui Hui has successfully led listings of novel structures on the SGX-ST, such as the first listing of a variable interest entity structure on the SGX-ST (GHY Culture & Media), as well as listings by way of other non-traditional listing methods, such as listing by way of introduction (Comba Telecoms; Yangzijiang Financial). This has significantly paved the way for the onset of secondary listings which are typically implemented through listings by introduction, on the SGX-ST.

Apart from capital markets, Mui Hui has also built a solid foundation in the field of mergers & acquisitions. Her experience also includes handling of both local and cross-border M&A transactions involving listed as well as private companies in countries such as Japan, United States, Malaysia, Myanmar and Cambodia. Most notably, she has advised clients, including China Maple Leaf in its acquisition of the Canadian International School in Singapore, KKR Asia Limited in certain of its transactions, Oatside in its fund raising exercise, as well as Classpass Inc., Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Asahi Japan in their investments and/or formation of joint ventures in countries such as Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Cambodia.

Mui Hui has been recognised in Asian Legal Business’ Asia Rising Stars 2022 list, which spotlights the next generation of the country’s lawyers. She was also named as one of the top 20 most influential and promising legal luminaries aged 40 and under in 2019 by Singapore Business Review, and recognised as a Notable Practitioner by IFLR1000 (2023) for Capital Markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity and Mergers & Acquisitions.