Prolegis LLC

Adrian is Director at Prolegis and Head of Projects for the Herbert Smith Freehills Prolegis Formal Law Alliance (FLA). Adrian is a specialist energy and infrastructure lawyer with particular experience in project development, international construction, project finance and M&A, Adrian provides a comprehensive and integrated advice on all aspects of infrastructure project development including acquisitions and disposals. He has extensive experience in Asia acting for sponsors, government authorities, lenders (both commercial and multilateral/ECA), EPC contractors, feedstock and utilities suppliers and potential offtakers and O&M service providers across the entire energy and infrastructure value chain. Adrian works closely with Herbert Smith Freehills’ Energy and Infrastructure teams and has particular in-depth understanding and practical experience across Asia, having supported clients on projects in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Mongolia.

Daniel Chia

Daniel is the Managing Director of Prolegis LLC. Daniel is a first-in-class trial and appellate litigation counsel in complex corporate and commercial matters. Daniel is experienced in complex litigation and dispute problems across a wide range of sectors spanning private equity, funds, financial institutions, construction, white-collar, financial crime and securities regulation. He has developed a niche expertise enforcing and/or challenging arbitral awards. He regularly appears in the Singapore Courts – including its final appellate court and in arbitration proceedings under the SIAC and ICC rules. He has been described by clients and peers as “terrific”, a “stand-out advocate”, “hands-on”, “diligent with a great work ethic”, having a “strategic vision and on exceptional on the ground advocacy” who “leads an outstanding team which provides an impeccable service.”

Jonathan Tang Yuan

Jonathan is Head of Restructuring and Insolvency, he advises on restructurings, workouts, and corporate insolvency. He also regularly advises and represents insolvency professionals, debtor companies, and creditors in court-supervised restructuring proceedings before the Singapore High Court. Jonathan has significant experience in orders for moratoria, scheme of arrangement and super-priority rescue financing for both local and foreign companies under Singapore’s restructuring laws.

Kwah Chee Hian

Chee Hian is the Head of Financial Services Regulatory at Prolegis. Chee Hian advises financial institutions on contentious and non-contentious matters across a range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues. He advises financial institution clients across a broad range of issues, such as licensing applications, structuring of regulated business, business conduct rules, product offering rules and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance. He has also assisted financial institutions with internal investigations and regulatory enquiries of senior employee misconduct, breaches of anti-money laundering regulations, and failures to comply with ongoing business conduct requirements. In particular, Chee Hian has extensive experience advising clients on Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licence applications, such as licences for capital markets services, financial advisers and major payment institutions (including applications to provide digital payment token services). Chee Hian also works closely with industry bodies such as Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) and Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) on financial services reform and developments. He has also spent some time on secondment with an international bank in Singapore, and assisted the bank with its regulatory requirement to locally incorporate its Singapore retail operations.

Ralph Lim

Ralph is a Director at Prolegis. Ralph has over 20 years’ experience advising clients on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, equity fund raisings, and private equity and venture capital fund investments. Ralph’s clients include corporates – ranging from start-ups to listed companies and multinationals – as well as private investors, private equity funds and venture capital funds. He has been consistently recognised as a market-leading lawyer in corporate and M&A. He is ranked as a leading individual in Singapore corporate/M&A by both Chambers Asia-Pacific and Chambers Global, and is recognised as a highly regarded individual by IFLR1000

Yanguang Ker

Yanguang is the Deputy Head of Litigation of Prolegis LLC. Yanguang specialises in advising clients on high-value and complex commercial disputes. In addition to his disputes expertise, he also has an active employment law and white-collar criminal practice. He has particular expertise in the fields of arbitration-related litigation, professional negligence litigation, asset freezing litigation, cryptocurrency disputes, private equity disputes, construction disputes and employment disputes. Yanguang has acted for a diverse portfolio of clients across numerous sectors, including state-owned entities, global multi-national corporations, venture capital funds and wealthy individuals in the marine, energy, infrastructure, technology and consumer industries. Clients and peers have described Yanguang as an “up-and-coming next generation commercial litigator and one to watch”, having a “deep knowledge of the law and a tenacious drive to secure the best outcome for his clients” and being a “formidable lawyer” who “delivers results” as well as a “rising star in the realm of investigations“.

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