Mr Ray Chiang > Dentons Rodyk > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Dentons Rodyk
80 RAFFLES PLACE
#33-00 UOB PLAZA 1
SINGAPORE 048624
Singapore

Work Department

Corporate, Employment, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies, Private Equity

Position

Ray Chiang is a senior partner in the Corporate practice group, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and start-ups. In his corporate practice, he represents both investors (venture capital funds and corporate venture capital arms) as well as start-ups and founders. He is active in local and cross-border venture capital deals across many sectors including deep tech, AI, ESG and other impact investments.

As a Singapore-India relationship partner, Ray represents Indian investors, family offices and a broad range of Indian companies across multiple sectors, including several unicorns.

Ray is also active in employment work and currently co-heads the Employment practice group. In his employment practice, he advises on a wide spectrum of issues including industrial relations, restraint of trade, retrenchments, dismissals, investigations and disciplinary proceedings, workplace fairness and incentives.

Career

  • Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP), 2007 – present

Memberships

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

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Labour and employment: local firms

Dentons Rodyk leverages its extensive expertise from across the firm to deliver a broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious experience in the labour and employment field. It represents an impressive number of local and regional businesses, along with the local operations of multinationals. It remains prominent in headline employment disputes and large-scale advisory matters, including contracts, employee handbooks and other HR matters. The firm has a large number of senior practitioners that are committed to the employment sector. Deputy managing partner and co-head of the employment group Edric Pan has mix of contentious and non-contentious work, defending clients against large claims and advising on key matters such as enforcing non-compete clauses. I-An Lim and Ray Chiang are partners in the corporate department and also co-head the employment team, with particular expertise in employment contracts, handbooks and trade union negotiations. Mark Seah is also rated for employment disputes.

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.