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    Mr Li Chuan Hsu

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    +65 6885 3660 lichuan.hsu@dentons.com View profile View profile

    Work Department

    Blockchain, Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency, Capital Markets, Corporate, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies

    Position

    Hsu Li Chuan is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate practice group and Co-Head of the Fintech/Blockchain practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Regional practice and the Singapore-China relationship partner.

    Li Chuan graduated from the National University of Singapore on a Singapore Armed Forces Training Award. After serving his bond in the armed forces as a combat officer, he was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore.

    Li Chuan’s main areas of practice encompass corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and Blockchain & DLT. He is effectively bilingual in both English and Chinese, and has advised various Chinese clients and companies. Li Chuan has been actively advising on fund-raising projects from start-up to pre-IPO, IPO and post-IPO, across a range of jurisdictions and exchanges, whether via traditional debt or equity securities, to security and non-security tokens.

    His extensive M&A experience also sees him representing multiple companies, ranging from property, PE funds, sovereign wealth funds, listed companies and fintech and Blockchain & DLT companies in investment and M&A transactions all across Asia-Pacific, Oceania and Europe.

    Li Chuan is recognised in legal directories Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 for both Capital Markets and Corporate/M&A. He was also listed in Asian Legal Business in 2016 as a top 40 under 40. Clients have remarked that he is “highly responsive and professional, provided solutions and accommodated all requests willingly”, and is “very sharp” and “patient and professional”.

    He is active in his national service duties and currently serves in an infantry brigade, holding the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He graduated from the 10th National Service Command and Staff Course from the Singapore Armed Forces’ Goh Keng Swee Command and Staff College in 2009.

    Career

    Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2010 – present
    Shook Lin & Bok LLP, 2007 – 2010

    Languages

    English, Mandarin

    Memberships

    Member, The Law Society of Singapore
    Member, Singapore Academy of Law

    Education

    LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore, 2002

    Lawyer Rankings

    Singapore > Start-up and venture capital – Foreign firms

    Dentons Rodyk has demonstrated a strong commitment to the start-up and growth company sector, often representing the companies themselves in seed funding, growth stage financings, pre-IPO financings, trade sales and IPOs. It also advises a range of venture investors. It has continued to advise on a number of seed financings and early-stage funding rounds for key clients. Sunil Rai leads the venture tech and emerging growth companies practice group and has an outstanding record in early to late stage funding rounds. Li Chuan Hsu (‘very responsive and goes out of his way to provide timely and quality advice’) has a background in emerging growth company work, including blockchain, notably also for Chinese clients. Ray Chiang (‘a standout in the field’) is another key partner in this area, along with S Sivanesan.

    Singapore > Start-up and venture capital – Local firms

    Dentons Rodyk has demonstrated a strong commitment to the start-up and growth company sector, often representing the companies themselves in seed funding, growth stage financings, pre-IPO financings, trade sales and IPOs. It also advises a range of venture investors. It has continued to advise on a number of seed financings and early-stage funding rounds for key clients. Sunil Rai leads the venture tech and emerging growth companies practice group and has an outstanding record in early to late stage funding rounds. Li Chuan Hsu (‘very responsive and goes out of his way to provide timely and quality advice’) has a background in emerging growth company work, including blockchain, notably also for Chinese clients. Ray Chiang (‘a standout in the field’) is another key partner in this area, along with S Sivanesan.

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