Dentons Rodyk

Ai Ming Lee

Lee Ai Ming is a Band 1 Leading Lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific for Intellectual Property. She was appointed as a Justice of the Peace by the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2016. Prior to her present appointment as Senior Consultant, she was Deputy Managing Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property & Technology Group at Rodyk & Davidson. She has practised law for more than 30 years in the areas of commercial litigation, real estate, financial instruments and now specialises in intellectual property and cybersecurity. She regularly represents both foreign multinational corporations and local SMEs in patent disputes involving cutting edge technologies in the fields of semiconductors, telecommunications, pharmaceutical preparations and biotechnology. In the field of semiconductors, she has represented one of the world’s largest semiconductor chip manufacturers in several patent infringement actions against leading Taiwanese semiconductor foundries, involving microprocessor and chipset patents. She also acted for a leading manufacturer of mobile phones in patent infringement disputes with Qualcomm Inc involving patents covering wireless technologies in the telecommunications field, telecommunication standards and chipsets for mobile phones. Ai Ming led a team that successfully defended a local SME, Aurigin Pte Ltd, against a patent infringement action brought on by ASM Assembly Automation Ltd, the world's largest assembly and packaging equipment supplier for the semiconductor and LED industries in what is believed to be the first successful revocation action in the High Court of Singapore and later affirmed by the Court of Appeal. In the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space, Ai Ming is well versed with the patent linkage system introduced in Singapore as a result of the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, having represented pharmaceutical multinationals in patent infringement actions involving the freedom to operate, Bolar exemptions and compulsory licensing. Besides patents, she also acts for companies involved in disputes over Trade Secrets and breach of Confidential Information. She led the team that successfully defended local SME, JCS Automation Pte Ltd against a Breach of Confidence and Copyright action mounted by the Malaysian Invenpro Group in which his honourable Justice George Wei delivered a 126 page judgement. Ai Ming has also acted in trademark infringement and Passing-Off actions. Significant cases handled include defending ICI against Nippon Paints in a trademark infringement and passing off action over the use of the descriptor "3-in-1". She has also handled trademark disputes over proprietorship, non-use and well known mark status. Ai Ming is active in various forums that help to promote innovation among SMES in Singapore. She helps SME clients build IP portfolios, enforce their IP rights in Singapore as well as in the ASEAN region. She is also a member of the Copyright Tribunal.

Ajinderpal Singh

Ajinderpal Singh is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is Co-Head of the Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy, White Collar and Government Investigations and Competition & Antitrust practices. He is also the Singapore-India and Singapore-Indonesia relationship partner. As a banking and insolvency practitioner, Ajinder has presented judicial management petitions for several creditors. He acted for the judicial managers of Singapore Leasing Pte Ltd, Tang Dynasty and Showpla Asia Ltd. He has been involved in preparing schemes of arrangements between companies and their creditors and reconstruction and amalgamation schemes for solvent groups of companies, often under time-sensitive and pressing conditions. He has represented liquidators and assisted them in investigations into the affairs of the company, notably in cases involving fraud, cross border asset tracing actions and suspected insolvent and fraudulent trading. Most notably, he recently acted for a Chinese state owned fund to recover over US$60 million invested by way of bonds in a Singapore listed company. The case involved asset recovery actions across borders in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Issues concerning the Singapore listed entity were widely reported in the media and the team had to take out multiple urgent freezing order applications. He is also representing Perpetual Trustee who is the trustee for retail investors, who are collectively owed S$500 million in the ongoing insolvency proceedings involving Hyflux, a Singapore desalination company. The matter is widely reported in the media. He has also acted for receivers. His banking experience includes complicated disputes concerning syndicated loans in excess of tens of millions of dollars. Ajinder and his team are also authors of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act Compendium (LexisNexis) released in November 2020. The IRDA was passed in July 2020 and represents the conclusion of a long review of Singapore’s insolvency laws and is aimed at positioning Singapore as a restructuring hub in Asia. The new laws incorporate elements of US Chapter 11 proceedings by way of moratorium proceedings allowing the debtor to remain in control pending presentation of proposals of its scheme of arrangement with creditors. Further Singapore has also become a signatory to the Model law. The IRDA Compendium is the only resource book published to date concerning the new laws and contains detailed section by section analysis with relevant case law expositions including a detailed write up on how the cross border elements in the new law are to apply including court to court protocols. Ajinder has a broad and diverse range of arbitration experience. He has been involved in ICC, SIAC and other "ad hoc" arbitrations. He is well versed with issues related to the enforcement of arbitral awards, including applications for the setting aside of such awards. He has represented an investment fund vehicle against a local listed company in a dispute over their investment in a condominium development project. He acted for a major Japanese institution against its Indonesian joint venture partner. He has been involved in proceedings concerning the setting aside of a substantial arbitral award in favour of an American company against a state owned Indonesian oil and gas company.

Audrey Chiang

Audrey Chiang is a Senior Partner in the Dentons Rodyk Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practices. Audrey's primary practice is in general commercial litigation. She advises and represents clients on a broad range of issues relating to corporate litigation, medical defence litigation, property law, breach of confidence, express, constructive and resulting trusts, banking law, employment law, intellectual property law and regulatory matters. Her clients include private hospitals, insurers and publicly listed companies. In the area of medical law, Audrey has acted for a number of local hospitals and insurers, including defending hospitals and doctors in claims brought against them by patients and representing them in coroner's inquiries. She has advised on complex legal issues relating to the storage of human gametes, embryos and tissue mix-up during an IVF procedure, and directives and legislation in relation to assisted reproduction services. In addition, she has had experience prosecuting on behalf of a local health authority under legislation administered by the authority.

Catherine Lee

Catherine Lee is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Intellectual Property & Technology practice group and Head of the Trademarks, Franchising & Distribution practices. She is also Co-Head of the Licensing practice. She advises a wide range of clients on the management of their trade mark portfolio around the world as well as on the commercial exploitation of their intellectual property rights. Catherine has particular experience in commercial contractual work. Her scope of experience includes advising on a wide range of commercial matters and assisting clients in their expansion of their businesses out of Singapore. The types of commercial agreements drafted and reviewed by her include franchise agreements, licence agreements, collaboration agreements, distribution agreements and sponsorship agreements across varying industries. She also deals with the enforcement of intellectual property rights, and has acted and advised on a spectrum of intellectual property related disputes such as trade mark infringement and cancellation actions, trade mark oppositions and breach of other intellectual property rights such as copyright and trade secrets. With the introduction of the Personal Data Protection Act in Singapore, Catherine has also been involved in advising clients on the compliance with the laws surrounding the collection and protection of personal data. Catherine also advises clients on other regulatory compliance issues, including those related to labelling, advertising and consumer protection. Her other practice areas also include cybersecurity.

Chai Chong Low

Chai Chong Low is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Arbitration and Litigation and Dispute Resolution practices, with a focus on Intellectual Property & Technology litigation. Since 1987, Chai Chong has appeared in numerous cases before the High Court and the Court of Appeal in Singapore. Several of the cases in which he appeared as counsel have been reported in the law journals and law reports of Singapore and Malaysia, and have been the subject of academic articles. Chai Chong has appeared as counsel for many multinational corporations in matters involving patents, trademarks, copyright, passing off, and trade secrets. His practice encompasses telecommunication and competition law, two emerging areas which have been increasingly active in recent years. Some of his most recent high profile cases include high court suits: Towa Corporation v ASM Technology Pte Ltd and another; Rohm & Haas v Nexplanar; Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharma Company vs Novartis (S) Pte Ltd; H. Lundbeck A/S v Apotheca Marketing; Merck & Co Inc v Novartis (S) Pte Ltd (Montelukast).

Christopher Chong

Christopher Chong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups and Co-Head of the Professional Liability/Healthcare practice and the Insurance practice. Christopher's main areas of practice are in professional malpractice, commercial litigation and insurance. He has defended hospitals and medical practitioners in medical negligence suits in both the High Court and the State Courts and has represented professionals in disciplinary proceedings. He has acted for various commercial entities in joint venture disputes and contractual disputes. He has provided advice on the drafting of employment agreements, as well as advised and represented parties in disputes relating to allegations of wrongful termination of employment, the enforceability of restrictive covenants in employment agreements and claims arising from industrial accidents. The Firm represents most of the major insurance companies in Singapore and Christopher supervises the personal injury insurance work within the Firm. He is experienced in all forms of dispute resolution, whether through litigation in the Singapore courts, mediation or arbitration under the Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre or the International Chamber of Commerce. Christopher has been appointed a member of one of the ethics committees that review and approve proposed clinical trials conducted in Singapore and is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators.

Doreen Sim

Doreen Sim is a senior partner and Head of Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group. She is also Head of the Banking and Finance practice. She specialises in general banking, finance and security transactions. She has extensive experience in a wide range of loan and other debt related transactions (both domestic and cross border) including bilateral, club and syndicated loans, property financing and acquisition and asset financing. Her clients include local and foreign banks, large corporates, real estate investment trusts and funds. Doreen has led in major project finance, onshore and offshore financing, profit participation security transactions and securitisations. Doreen has also advised on banking, insolvency and other financial laws and regulations and has been involved in debt restructurings. Doreen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Law) degree from Girton College, Cambridge in 1988 and has been practising banking law since her call to the Singapore Bar in 1990. She has been named as a Leading Lawyer in Chambers Asia Pacific since 2009 and in Chambers Global since 2009. She has been a Recommended Lawyer for Banking and Finance in Legal 500 Asia Pacific since 2007. Doreen has been cited in Chambers Asia as "a highly respected name in this sphere, with particularly noteworthy experience in property financing" and who is regarded as "commercially aware, sensible and reasonable" by market sources. She has been highlighted in Chambers Global as a "true-blue banking lawyer with an active general banking practice who is adept at handling a wide range of banking and finance matters, including bilateral and syndicated loans and asset financing. She is particularly well known for property financing.” Doreen has been mentioned in Asialaw Profiles as being respected for her “commercial approach” and commended by clients for her exceptional drafting and negotiation skills.

Edmund Leow

Edmund is a senior partner heading up the firm’s Tax practice with three decades of experience in advising multinational organisations on cross-border tax planning, transfer pricing and tax disputes. He also advises on international trade issues such as customs, WTO and free-trade agreements. Edmund also leads the firm’s Trust, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice and advises high net worth individuals, private banks and trust companies in personal tax, as well as in trust and estate planning matters. Edmund was invited by the government to serve as a Judicial Commissioner at the Supreme Court and served from 2013 to 2016. On stepping down, he was appointed Senior Counsel in 2017, making him the first and only Tax and Trust lawyer to be given this accolade nationwide. Prior to his appointment to the Singapore judiciary in 2013, Edmund was named a Tier 1 lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific for Tax in 2012. His views on tax and wealth management were widely sought and publicised in the media, such as Bloomberg, BBC, Channel NewsAsia, Reuters, The Financial Times and The Straits Times. He was also a founding partner of a Singapore law firm that was associated with an international law firm, where he headed up the Tax and Wealth Management practices in Singapore. Edmund is the President and an honorary member of the Singapore Trustees Association (STA). He is a co-founder of the STA, and previously served as its President from 2004 to 2008, then as Vice President from 2008 to 2013. The STA represents the interests of trust companies in Singapore. In addition, he has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the Income Tax Board of Review, which is a statutory tribunal which hears income tax disputes between the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and taxpayers.

Edric Pan

Edric Pan is the Joint Deputy Managing Partner of Dentons Rodyk. Edric is also a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is the Head of the Aviation practice and Co-Head of the Employment and Insurance practices. Edric is a seasoned litigator, having handled a wide range of civil and commercial disputes work, including international commercial disputes, actions relating to breaches of directors' and fiduciary duties, multi-million dollar insurance claims, employment disputes, professional negligence, aviation claims, construction related disputes, and professional disciplinary proceedings. In over two decades of litigation practice, Edric has been involved in many high profile matters and has successfully represented clients up to the Court of Appeal, Singapore’s highest court. In the Insurance field, Edric specialises in claims defence work. He has handled a wide range of contentious matters relating to all manner of insured losses spanning professional negligence, D&O, business interruption, property damage, personal injuries, aviation disaster claims and others. Edric also advises insurers frequently on policy coverage issues. On the Employment front, Edric regularly represents parties in contentious matters involving non-compete clauses and other restrictive covenants. This often includes obtaining interim injunctions to enforce such covenants, or resisting such injunction applications. Edric has delivered workshops and seminars on employment law and insurance law, among others. He also co-authored a chapter in the Employment Law volume of Halsbury's Laws of Singapore. This book serves as an important reference work for all Singapore lawyers. Edric is currently the Vice-Chair of the Professional Indemnity Committee of the Law Society of Singapore. This committee recommends and negotiates the terms of the Compulsory Professional Indemnity Scheme and recommends the appointment of Insurers and Brokers of the Scheme. Edric also sits on the Committee for Private Education.

Eng Leng Ng

Eng Leng is a senior partner and deputy head of Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions practice and the Singapore-Malaysia relationship partner. He leads and specialises in mergers and acquisitions and corporate work, and runs an active practice in domestic, regional and cross-border private and public mergers and acquisitions, privatisations, takeovers, corporate commercial, corporate finance, corporate restructurings, securities law, private equity and general corporate law work. His breadth and depth of experience and expertise extends across several industries and sectors including financial institutions, healthcare and technology. Eng Leng's work in public and private mergers and acquisitions and corporate and commercial transactions includes acting for both the sell-side and the buy-side (bilateral as well as by way of auction). He advises on and is also active in schemes of arrangement, investments, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, and listed companies work. Clients include domestic and international corporates (listed and unlisted), private equity firms and family offices. He is also frequently consulted for his expertise in corporate and commercial strategies relating to such transactions.

Gerald Singham

Gerald Singham is the Global Vice-Chair & ASEAN CEO at Dentons. He is also a senior partner in the Corporate practice group, and Co-Head of the Competition & Antitrust practice. He has extensive experience advising domestic and multi-national clients from a broad range of industries on competition law matters. He deals with all aspects of competition law including merger clearance/notifications, cartel investigations, dawn raids, leniency applications and reviewing and advising on competition restrictive practices and sectoral competition laws. Gerald also regularly conducts competition law compliance seminars and competition law audits, and sits on the competition law roundtable of the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (“CCCS”). Gerald’s other areas include a broad range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity, foreign direct investments and cross-border transactions. Gerald is named in numerous legal guides and directories including the Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Global Competition Review, Who's Who Legal, IFLR1000, Asialaw Leading Lawyers and Best Lawyers.

Gilbert Leong

Gilbert Leong is a senior partner and Head of Dentons Rodyk's Intellectual Property & Technology practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Patents, Tech, Media & Telecomms, Licensing, Data Privacy & Protection and Cybersecurity practices. As commercial and IP counsel, Gilbert has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting commercial agreements in relation to distribution of goods/services, procurement and tenders, manufacturing arrangements, licensing, maintenance, acquisition of intellectual property such as trademark and patents, consultancy services and IP structuring. Gilbert's IP litigation experience includes copyright (software) suits, patent infringements as well as obtaining and executing search & seizure warrants. Additionally, he has prosecuted parties under a fiat from the Attorney General for offences under both the Trade Marks Act and Copyright Act. Gilbert also attends to hearings before the Trade Mark registry. Leading the Technology practice, Gilbert provides counsel and advice to clients when they acquire IT hardware / systems, develop and market software or when they put out tenders for large scale IT / outsourcing projects. He has assisted clients in formulating and executing E and M commerce strategies and other kinds of Internet related transactions. In recent years, Gilbert has also been involved in fintech, insuretech and medtech matters, drafting terms of use as well as collaboration agreements to enable clients to achieve their objectives whilst protecting their interests. He has also been counsel to parties involved in the telecommunication industry. In particular, he has advised on disputes arising between telecommunication licensees, application for licences, market access and infrastructural issues. Gilbert has also been very active in the field of data privacy/protection matters and is a pioneer in this field. As a member of the Legal Sub-Committee of the National Internet Advisory Committee, Gilbert participated in the drafting of the "Model Data Protection Code for the Private Sector" years before the legislation was enacted in Singapore to protect personal data. Gilbert has helped large financial institutions / investment funds, healthcare providers, industrial companies, institutions of higher learning and infrastructure providers to navigate data protection laws both at home and abroad. He has also written and spoken widely on the area and is regularly sought for his comments and insights. Gilbert has experience advising on high impact cyber breach incidents including those affecting major organisations in the insurance, higher education, social media, e-commerce, hotels, financial services, transportation/logistics, IT and telecommunications sectors. He was co-lead counsel to one of the parties involved in proceedings of the Committee of Inquiry which was set up by the Singapore Government to investigate the nation’s highest profile cyber breach. In addition to his legal qualifications, Gilbert also holds a Certificate in Computer Programming and Information Processing from the City & Guilds of London Institute. Gilbert is recognised as a leading lawyer for his expertise in many notable publications, including Best Lawyers, Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who's Who Legal. He has been called upon to participate in committees and think tanks which focus on technology related matters and emerging legal issues.

Herman Jeremiah

Herman Jeremiah is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice. He is also Co-Head of its International Arbitration practice. His areas of practice include international arbitration, banking and finance litigation, insolvency litigation and restructuring, high value contractual disputes resolution, general litigation in insurance, employment disputes and competition law. In international arbitration, Herman's experience includes representation in respect of matters as varied as oil and gas price dispute in the context of the Indonesian Production Sharing Contracts, CISG contracts, Islamic finance facilities, standby off-take agreements, shareholder and joint venture disputes, airline software solutions and the termination of shipbuilding contract under various institutional rules of SIAC, ICC and LCIA arbitrations. He also accepts appointments as an arbitrator. In commercial litigation, his recent matters included acting for a trade finance bank against a substantial global commodity trader in the recent Hin Leong collapse and appearance before the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) for a bank client in respect of a setting aside application by an Indonesian State-Owned Enterprise of an arbitral award in his client’s favour. Herman is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SiArb), Member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Panel of Arbitrators, Panellist of the Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC), Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore and Member of the ICC Singapore Arbitration Group.

Huai Yuan Chia

Huai Yuan Chia is a partner in our Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He also holds a regional responsibility for the firm’s ASEAN portfolio, specifically, Vietnam and Thailand, and has represented clients in all levels of court and in arbitration proceedings. In 2018, he was appointed onto the Singapore Supreme Court’s panel of lawyers (known as amicus curiae or ‘friend of the court’) tasked with assisting it on select cases involving important questions of law of public interest. In a reported matter which Huai Yuan assisted on as amicus curiae, his submissions were commended for greatly assisting the Court in reaching its decision and helping establish a new framework in the area of law concerned. Huai Yuan has been recognised in several ranking publications as a leading practitioner, including Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s Super 50 dispute lawyers and one of Singapore’s Rising Stars in the legal industry, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific as a notable practitioner and key lawyer in the firm’s dispute resolution, insurance and employment practices, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific as a Future Star in the field of Commercial and Transactions, and Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s 30 most influential lawyers under 40. He has also received very positive reviews from clients, which are set out on his firm profile. Huai Yuan’s experience spans a wide range of contentious and non-contentious civil and commercial matters. In addition to complex international and domestic commercial disputes and multi-jurisdictional matters, Huai Yuan has acted on and advised on matters concerning fraud, debt recovery, breaches of directors’ duties, claims for breach of trust, banking, finance and securities claims, insolvency, insurance claims, labour and employment disputes, non-compete disputes, misuse of confidential information, professional negligence and medical negligence. His practice includes acting for individuals with regard to white collar / financial crimes, and investigations on behalf of companies. He also regularly advises institutional clients and start-ups (including tech start-ups) on legal matters, including contractual disputes. After graduating from the National University of Singapore’s Law Faculty with First Class Honours in Laws and several awards (such as the Law Society of Singapore Book Prize for being the top student in his third year of studies), Huai Yuan was handpicked to assist the Chief Justice and judges of the Singapore Supreme Court as a Justices’ Law Clerk (“JLC”). The JLC scheme is a Singapore Legal Service programme by which top law graduates are selected to serve as judicial assistants / associates and provide assistance and counsel to Supreme Court judges in select cases. During his stint as a JLC, Huai Yuan was involved in several landmark judgments spanning a variety of fields, including cases on the following specialised hearing lists: Complex & Technical Cases, Finance, Securities, Banking and Complex Commercial Cases, Company, Insolvency and Trusts, Arbitration, Tort Claims, Public Law and Judicial Review. Huai Yuan has also served as a Deputy Public Prosecutor and State Counsel with the Attorney-General’s Chambers (where he handled a wide range of cases involving white and blue collar crimes, as well as advised on enforcement and regulatory matters), and has experience as a Teaching Fellow in the National University of Singapore’s Law Faculty where he taught Company Law (the module of which has a component on insolvency). Huai Yuan has published law journal articles in the United States, United Kingdom and Singapore, and is a contributor to a treatise on Corporate Law and Governance in Singapore. He has also represented NUS in international moots, and was an English and Chinese debater in school. Huai Yuan is effectively bilingual and proficient in English and Mandarin (both written and spoken).

I-An Lim

Lim I-An is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Private Equity, Employment and Investment Funds practices. I-An acts for clients in diverse areas including mergers and acquisitions, fund management, private equity and venture capital, e-commerce and employment matters. His fund management experience encompasses advising on unit trust funds, offshore and onshore fund structures, and investment advisory matters. He has assisted with the establishment of numerous unit trust funds in Singapore as well as assisting foreign fund managers with the offering of their offshore funds in Singapore. In relation to his portfolio of unit trust matters he regularly advises fund managers, both local and offshore, and trustees on regulatory, compliance and operational issues. I-An also advises education institutions in relation to their ongoing human resource, employment, contractual and commercial matters. He is retained by the Republic Polytechnic to advise them on their corporate, commercial and human resource matters. In addition, I-An has advised UK-based universities in relation to their Singapore matters. I-An has been involved in the establishment of numerous offshore funds domiciled in Mauritius, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. He has advised in relation to investment advisory matters involving licensing and regulatory issues, investment management, custodial and administration matters. I-An advises on issues pertaining to the establishment of venture capital and private equity funds. His experience extends to the investment transactions undertaken by such venture capital and private equity funds, as well as their downstream divestments. I-An is actively involved with mergers and acquisitions. He has advised both acquirers and vendors in relation to their transactions. I-An has also acted for several Trustees in relation to REIT acquisition transactions. I-An also frequently advises and represents multinational corporations and foreign clients which are seeking to expand their business footprint and operations in Singapore. He advises on Singapore entity establishment matters, legal and ‎regulatory requirements, immigration issues and work permit applications. In addition, I-An advises on employment and human resource matters‎. He has worked with both employers as well as high level management executives in relation to their employment matters. He regularly advises on employment contractual matters, and conducts reviews of HR policies.

Jacqueline Loke

Jacqueline Loke is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group and Head of the Regulatory practice. She is also Co-Head of the Corporate & Commercial and Insurance practices. Her areas of practice include corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, unit trust and asset management, regulatory matters and corporate governance and White Collar and Government Investigations. Jacqueline has extensive experience in compliance issues and regularly provides regulatory advice to various organisations in the public and private sectors. She advises clients on regulatory compliance, particularly on regulations in the financial industry - Securities and Futures Act, Financial Advisers Act, Banking Act, Insurance Act and related requirements and guidelines issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She has advised on the establishment of the scripless trading system implemented by the then Stock Exchange of Singapore Limited, and the Public Utilities Board on the choice and implementation of the regulatory regime for the establishment of district cooling systems in Singapore, and provided advice to the regulatory authorities on aspects of regulation in the electricity and gas industries in Singapore. She has also advised the Energy Market Authority on the drafting and implementation of the Gas Codes. Her experience in corporate governance includes advising on compliance with statutory duties and obligations, best practices codes and guidelines. She has advised corporate clients generally in all aspects of their business, including commercial agreements, employment issues and management obligations. She has acted for listed companies on compliance with listing requirements and corporate governance. Jacqueline has acted for medical institutions and individuals in relation to regulatory matters, joint ventures, investment and shareholder agreements. In relation to collective investment schemes and asset management, she has advised on Singapore unit trust schemes encompassing single, feeder, umbrella, capital guaranteed, capital protected structures as well as offshore funds, advising both manager and trustee. She was also adviser to the investment arm of Yayasan Mendaki in the establishment of the first Islamic unit trust scheme in Singapore, followed by a second, both promoted by Mendaki Holdings Pte Ltd. Jacqueline advises corporations, investment bankers, underwriters and placement agents on corporate finance & securities law and on the raising of finance through the issue of securities. She has advised on compliance with the listing rules of the Singapore Stock Exchange and the Takeover Code. She acted for the first listing of a Singapore-incorporated company on the Australian Stock Exchange and related cross border legal and regulatory issues and advised on the first Islamic unit trust scheme in Singapore. Jacqueline is well versed in M&As and joint ventures where she has acted for vendors, acquirors and financiers across a wide spectrum of industries including the insurance, financial, manufacturing, real estate and technology industries. Jacqueline has given talks and written papers on licensing and client due diligence requirements for fund managers, establishment and offerings of collective investment schemes and other securities in Singapore, and the regulatory aspects of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), securities regulations in Singapore and other regulatory and compliance matters.

Janice Ngeow

Janice Ngeow is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group. She is Head of the Asset-based Finance practice and Co-Head of the Islamic Finance practice. Janice's practice encompasses: A broad range of asset-based and acquisition finance work for local and foreign banks and institutional lenders in domestic and cross-border, structured financing, preparing and negotiating facility agreements (bilateral and syndications), sale-and-lease back and finance leases, with a focus on offshore exploration and drilling assets, ships and aircraft. Advising on international trade and the sale and purchase of goods and commodities, shipping, storage, trade financing, regulation (including international sanctions), and insurance, and acting for trade finance banks in structured trade finance deals, including receivables-backed financing, warehouse receipt financing, letters of credit issuance and facilities for receivables purchase.

Jia Xian Seow

Jia Xian is a partner in the Tax and Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation practice. Jia Xian has advised on a wide range of tax matters both on a transactional as well as an advisory basis. Her tax practice covers all areas of Singapore tax including corporate and individual income tax, goods and services tax and stamp duty. She also advises frequently on international tax issues, particularly in the context of tax-efficient structuring of global and regional corporate groups for cross-border investments and transactions. She has also advised on other tax issues including tax incentive structuring and transfer pricing disputes. Aside from tax matters, Jia Xian also has experience in the specialist private client area, advising high net-worth families, private banks and trust companies on trust and estate planning matters. Jia Xian’s broad scope of practice has allowed her to work with clients ranging from large multinational corporations, to individuals, small-and-medium sized enterprises and non-profit organizations, and across multiple industry sectors including aviation, insurance, energy, food and beverage, manufacturing, real estate, shipping, trading, and technology. Jia Xian is an Accredited Tax Practitioner (Income Tax) with the Singapore Institute of Accredited Tax Professionals (SIATP) and is also appointed by the Ministry of Finance as a member of the Income Tax Board of Review in Singapore.

Jonathan Guwe

Jonathan is a partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group and Co-Head of the Energy practice and the Vietnam desk. He has handled various complex cross-border transactions in emerging markets, successfully seeing multiple projects from inception to commercial operation, and is well versed to manage the unique challenges in such markets. Projects undertaken include hydroelectric power, solar power, wind power, gas and coal fired power plants and other infrastructure projects in Asia such as Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, India and China. He has experience in advising on the development of Projects from inception and drafting the various related documents such as consortium agreements, sale and purchase agreements (SPAs), shareholders’ agreements (SHAs), engineering, procurement and construction contracts (EPCs), fuel supply, operations and maintenance contracts (O&M), power purchase agreements (PPAs), build, operate and transfer contracts (BOT) and their related financing documents. His experience in finance and commercial work encompasses a wide range of transactions including acquisition financing, project financing, bilateral and syndicated lending, asset-backed financing, ISDA transactions and trade financing, as well as pre-export financing and has handled numerous transactions involving mergers, takeovers and joint ventures, and has acted for vendors, purchasers and financiers.

Joo Thye Tan

Joo Thye is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Finance practice group and Co-Head of the Infrastructure practice. He is experienced in the areas of banking and finance, energy, mining, infrastructure, project finance, restructuring, M&A and direct investment transactions. He has undertaken complex cross-border projects in emerging markets where project development, execution and borrowing are difficult through the use of structuring, risks transfers and risks mitigation from familiarity with these markets. He has advised on, among others, the development of both traditional and renewable energy power plants and other infrastructure assets, routinely seeing the transaction through from inception to commercial operation. Energy projects undertaken include hydroelectric power, solar power, wind power, gas and coal fired power plants in Asia such as Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, India, Mongolia and China. Through multiple documentations in consortium arrangements—such as sale and purchase agreements (SPAs), shareholders' agreements (SHAs), engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, fuel supply, operations and maintenance (O&M) arrangements, power purchase agreement, build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts, implementation agreements and their related financing documents—he has successfully led these projects to financial close. He has also advised borrowers, banks and financial institutions on a wide range of transactions which include advising on bilateral, club and syndicated loans, refinancing, infrastructure financing (including utilities and both greenfield and brownfield assets), export credit agency (ECA) supported financing and acquisition financing, both within and outside of Singapore, and financing in the energy, trade and commodity sectors. He is familiar with working with export credit agencies or multilateral agencies through the use of their insurances and guarantees to enhance the bankability of power projects. In particular, he has extensive dealings and a strong relationship with the Chinese Export Credit Agency (Sinosure), a necessary and key player in financing power plants or other infrastructure projects in Asia where a Chinese contractor is involved. His in-depth understanding of bank credit and risks management issues makes identifying and assessing structural credit risks from both the operation and legal perspective more effective especially relating to borrowers or counterparties from the emerging markets in Asia, and helps to ensure that legal documentation will be executed in a timely manner.

Josephine Koh

Senior Partner

Kenneth Oh

Senior Partner

Kia Jeng Koh

Koh Kia Jeng is a senior partner and deputy head of Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. He is also the Co-Head of the Construction and Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy practice groups. Kia Jeng has experience in a wide range of civil and commercial cases, including insurance, sale of goods, joint venture disputes, shareholders' disputes (including minority oppression cases and derivative actions), employment, building and construction, insolvency, economic torts, international commercial arbitration and general contract disputes. Kia Jeng’s practice focuses on building and construction disputes as well as restructuring, insolvency and bankruptcy (“RIB”) matters. In his building and construction practice, he has advised main-contractors, sub-contractors (including specialist trades such as piling and foundation, ground support and stabilization, drainage, ACMV, and structural steel), suppliers, owners and developers on building and construction issues and standard form contracts, and acted for them in their disputes, both in statutory adjudication, arbitration and in Court. Kia Jeng has experience in disputes arising from onshore and offshore EPC contracts, civil and infrastructure projects, mixed use developments, commercial developments and residential developments. In terms of geographical coverage, these projects are situated both in Singapore, and outside of Singapore, and often engage foreign law, different cultures and approaches, as well as different dispute resolution mechanisms. He also has an active practice in Adjudications under the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, acting for both claimants and respondents. Kia Jeng was part of the Rodyk & Davidson LLP (now Dentons Rodyk) team who acted for the main contractor in the inquiry into the Nicoll Highway collapse. In his RIB practice, he has advised and acted for creditors, debtors / borrowers and insolvency practitioners on all aspects of restructuring, recovery, enforcement, "claw back" provisions under the Companies Act, consensual workouts, schemes of arrangement, section 211B (now section 64) moratoriums, liquidations, receiverships and judicial management cases. Kia Jeng has also advised contractors when faced with a counterparty's insolvency. He is particularly interested in cross-border issues in the insolvency context, as well as generally in commercial litigation and international arbitration. He has acted for clients in disputes involving cross-border insolvency issues, fraud, and cyber-fraud. Kia Jeng is very familiar with injunctive relief and Anton Piller (also known as search) orders. Kia Jeng was listed by Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s most promising legal luminaries aged 40 and under in 2016.

Kia Meng Loh

Kia Meng is a Senior Partner at Dentons Rodyk and its Chief Operating Officer. He sits on Dentons’ Global Advisory Committee and Dentons ASEAN’s Advisory Committee, comprising the board of various Dentons offices. A veteran lawyer with two decades of experience, Kia Meng’s practice straddles contentious and non-contentious matters. Kia Meng Co-Heads the following practices in the firm: Trust, Estates and Wealth Preservation Practice – Kia Meng is well-regarded in the industry and ranked in various legal directories in the Private Client and Private Wealth categories for both contentious and non-contentious matters. On the advisory front, Kia Meng’s advice is sought-after by clients both institutional and individual. He works closely with various private banks, family offices, trust companies and real estate houses to advise wealthy families and high-net-worth-individuals on a spectrum of issues. Kia Meng advises private clients on wealth preservation, family business structuring, investment immigration, family succession, legacy and estate planning On contentious matters, Kia Meng has advised and represented wealthy families, high-net-worth-individuals and private trust companies on a wide range of matters, involving contested wills and probate, trusts, mental capacity issues under the Mental Capacity Act, testamentary capacity disputes, allegations of undue influence, defamation, asset/property allocation disputes and  estate administration. Kia Meng has been able to deploy effective strategies to achieve successful outcomes for contentious matters. High Net Worth & Family Office – Kia Meng advises wealthy families and individuals on the establishment and structure of family offices. He assists family office clients on their fund structures and applications to the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Section 13O and 13U Enhanced Tier Fund Tax Incentive schemes under the Income Tax Act. Kia Meng also advises on investor immigration under the Global Investor Programme administered by the Economic Development Board of Singapore (EDB). He has an established reputation in the family office space in representing and advising Mandarin-speaking clients and clients from the Chinese diaspora. Public Inquiries, White-Collar Investigations & Crime – Having been involved in several high-profile public/government inquiries and investigations, Kia Meng is familiar with the processes and requirements involved in these proceedings. In the private sector, Kia Meng represents and advises clients in internal investigations involving whistle-blowing incidents, corruption, employee fraud, workplace harassment and corporate espionage cases. Regional Practice – Kia Meng leads a team of regional lawyers in developing cross-border work within the ASEAN regions and across Asia and Australasia countries. In this role, he functions as a director of Dentons Myanmar and advises the firm’s various Country Desks and Country Collaboration Groups. Kia Meng is an affiliate member of the Society of Trust and Estate Planners (STEP). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He is appointed to the panel of arbitrators with the Thailand Arbitration Centre (THAC) and to the panel of Specialist Mediators with the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC). In his role as COO, Kia Meng leads all business support functions of the firm, including Academy, Finance, Human Resource, Innovation, Information Technology, Marketing and Risk & Compliance. He has a particular interest in law firm management and operations, legal technology and innovation and legal career development.

Kirindeep Singh

Kirindeep Singh is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is Co-Head of the Construction and International Trade practices and the Singapore-India relationship partner. Kirin graduated with LLB (Hons) from the University of Leeds in 1995 and with a BCL from Oxford University in 1997. He was appointed by the Singapore Academy of Law as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building & Construction Law in 2023. The accreditation scheme was introduced as a mark of recognition for a select group of legal practitioners who have gained professional excellence in their areas of practice. Kirin's primary practice areas are construction and engineering, energy, arbitration, general civil and commercial litigation and anti-bribery, anti-corruption and White Collar and Government Investigations. In construction and engineering, Kirin has been involved in numerous disputes in adjudication, disputes boards (DABs), arbitration and litigation, both as counsel as well as adjudicator and arbitrator. He represents owners, developers, consultants, and contractors in construction and engineering disputes under standard form and bespoke contracts. He has acted for parties in various energy (including electricity and power generation) disputes in the region and major infrastructure, building and redevelopment projects in Singapore such as the MRT North-East Line Projects, the MRT Circle Line Projects, the Deep Tunnel Sewage System, the construction of Khoo Teck Phuat Hospital, the redevelopment and expansion of the National University Hospital and overseas disputes pertaining to the design and construction and overhead power transmission lines and power plants. In addition, Kirin has been involved in the drafting of various construction and engineering contracts, EPC Contracts pertaining to the Oil & Gas industry, and has often advised on project planning and risk management issues from inception to completion of the project. Besides advising local clients in various disputes both in Court and at arbitration, Kirin has been involved in various international and regional matters, disputes boards (DABs) and commercial arbitrations, including those in Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand, Mauritius, India, Hong Kong, USA, UK, Switzerland and CIS. Kirin has handled a wide range of civil and commercial litigation work, including contractual claims, claims in tort, employment matters, insurance-related claims, professional negligence, performance bonds, equity and trusts, banking work, property-related matters, landlord and tenant disputes and professional disciplinary proceedings. In the area of anti-bribery and anti-corruption, Kirin advices various MNCs and global brands on issues of compliance including their entertainment and gift policies. Kirin has also managed internal global investigations by MNCs and large international conglomerates. Kirin is a contributor to the Singapore Precedents of Pleadings and speaks on a regular basis at various arbitration and construction and engineering conferences in Singapore and overseas. His teaching and training experience includes being an Associate Lecturer for Construction Law, Bachelor of Building and Project Management Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS), teacher and trainer for the Law Society of Singapore’s SILE Advocacy Course and tutor for the National University of Singapore's Trial Advocacy Course. Kirin speaks on a regular basis at seminars, conferences and workshops both locally and overseas, on construction, energy, arbitration and general commercial topics. His experience includes being the chief moderator at the week-long Power Week Asia Conference in Singapore at the 2nd of 2018, where he also spoke on the Electricity Regulatory Policy in Asia and in particular establishing an open cross-border electricity market in Asia. Kirin’s paper “Arbitration And Public Policy - Is The Unruly Horse Being Tamed?” was awarded Excellent Legal Paper Award at the IPBA 2013 Conference in Seoul, South Korea. In 2018, Kirin was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award by SUSS. Kirin is named as a Recognised Practitioner for Construction by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2016 – 2020, and Leading Individual for Construction by Chambers Asia-Pacific 2021 – 2023. He was also named in the Euromoney Guide to the World’s Leading Construction Lawyers (2nd Edition) for his construction practice. Kirin is also the Immediate Past Chair of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association’s International Construction Projects Committee, an Accredited Adjudicator under Singapore’s Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Lawrence Teh

Lawrence Teh is the Global Co-Head of Dentons' International Arbitration practice and a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He is Co-Head of Dentons Rodyk's International Arbitration and Shipping practice groups. He has particular experience in handling commercial disputes including those of international trade and commodities, maritime and aviation, banking and financial services, onshore and offshore construction, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other investments, and insurance. Lawrence advises clients and acts as counsel and appears regularly as lead counsel in the Singapore courts, in arbitration, mediation and other forms of dispute resolution. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators (SIArb) and is appointed regularly as an arbitrator in international disputes under rules and auspices of international arbitration institutions like the ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, SCMA, KCAB, AIAC, SHIAC and THAC. He is member of the Nominations Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA), the Administrator of the Comité Maritime International (CMI) and a Master of the Bench (Overseas) of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple. He is named in numerous legal guides and directories including the Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Who’s Who Legal, Benchmark Litigation Asia-Pacific, Best Lawyers and Asialaw Leading Lawyers.

Li Chuan Hsu

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.

Liat Yeang Lee

Lee Liat Yeang is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate Real Estate practice. Liat Yeang started his legal practice with the firm in 1993. Since then, Liat Yeang has been advising in all aspects of corporate real estate work including sales and purchase, project development work for developers and real estate financing. He acts for many real estate developers and real estate investment companies in numerous real estate transactions, whether they are by sale of land or by sale of shares in the real estate holding company. For two decades, Liat Yeang has handled numerous collective sales projects, acting for the vendors in the collective sale (including attendance at the hearings of the applications to Strata Titles Boards for their approval of the sale). He was consulted by the Ministry of Law in 2007 and 2009 when the Ministry was considering proposed changes to laws governing the collective sale process. The prominent collective sales deals that he has handled over the years include Eastern Mansion, Amberville, Beverly Mai, Farrer Court, Paramount Hotel & Shopping Centre, Parkway View, Chateau Eliza, Green Lodge, and more recently Rio Casa, Royalville and Changi Gardens. Liat Yeang also acts for many real estate developers in their acquisition, sale and/or project sales of their developments. Some of his developer-clients include Sim Lian Group, Chip Eng Seng (CEL Development), Roxy Pacific Holdings, Tuan Sing Holdings, UIC Investments, S P Setia , Qingjian Group, Far East Organization, TEE Land, Property Enterprise Development (of Cheung Kong Group), Tong Eng Group, Sing Holdings, Oxley Group, Lian Beng Group and Logan Properties. His prominent projects include leading in the negotiation and acting for the vendors in the collective sale of Farrer Court which is still the largest collective sale in Singapore to-date (both in terms of value of more than S$1.3 billion and in terms of number of units), acting for Sim Lian Group in the first Design Build & Sell Scheme (DBSS) project in Singapore called the Premiere at Tampines (where private developers tender, develop, build and sell HDB flats), acting for Tuan Sing Group in the sale of Katong Mall, acting for CEL Development/Lehmann Brothers joint venture entity in the collective purchase of Westpeak (a project in the West Coast with purchase price of S$206 million), acting for CEL Development/Citadel group joint venture entity in the collective purchase of Grange Towers (a project situated in the Orchard area, worth S$180 million). Liat Yeang led in the successful collective sale of Paramount Hotel & Shopping Centre (the first collective sale in Singapore involving a hotel and a retail mall). Liat Yeang also acted for Far East in the acquisition of AA Centre, a commercial podium at River Valley, and more recently the residential units in the same complex. He also led a team of partners to act for Tuan Sing Holdings in the acquisition of Robinson Point, an office building along Robinson Road, via share purchase. Liat Yeang has been advising clients on issues relating to Additional Buyers Stamp Duties, and on issues relating to Qualifying Certificate issued to foreign developers of residential lands. He successfully assisted a listed company to obtain approval from the Controller of Residential Property to transfer its interest in a residential land to another company. He has also succeeded on appeals to IRAS on remission issues/refunds on ABSD paid, and also on remission of Additional Conveyance Duty in the case of sale of company shares for the property developer of 21 Angullia Park. In 2016, Liat Yeang acted for Chinese developer Qingjian in their maiden “enbloc acquisition” in Singapore when they acquired Shunfu Ville for S$638 million, which was then the highest sale price achieved in a decade since 2007 (when Farrer Court was sold). Liat Yeang and team is now acting for Qingjian in their project sales of Jadescape which comprises of more than 1300 units to be constructed on the former site of Shunfu Ville. Liat Yeang acted for Lucrum Capital in their sale of their wholly owned subsidiary Lucrum Capital, which owned the leasehold interest of 11 Hillside Drive which currently houses HWA (the Hillside World Academy which is the new Chinese international school). Earlier this year, Liat Yeang acted for Tuan Sing Group in their acquisition of Sime Darby Centre at Dunearn Road as well as a residential land at 1 Jalan Remaja. He also acted for the vendors of Rio Casa, a 286 units development at Hougang Ave 7, and for the vendors of Royalville along Bukit Timah Road (for a record sale price outside of Orchard area), in their respective collective sales. Liat Yeang also acted for Chinese developer Logan Properties in their maiden purchase of a collective sale site known as Florence Regency. The latter is one of a number of acquisitions of leasehold residential developments handled by Liat Yeang in recent years where issues of lease top up arise for advice. It is also noteworthy that Liat Yeang acted for Sim Lian in the acquisition of Tampines Court for S$970 million, making this the second largest collective sale deal in Singapore by quantum. Most recently, Liat Yeang is acting for Far East Organisation in their acquisition of leasehold residential project Chancery Court, which is their only acquisition of collective sales site since 2011. Liat Yeang has been quoted on numerous occasions in the Straits Times and the Business Times on various legal and commercial issues in the real estate industry. His article "Scope of ABSD - More Clarifications Required from IRAS" was published in full in the Business Times on 21 April 2012. Liat Yeang also wrote another article "Time to Review Qualifying Certificate Rules" which was published in the Business Times' "Who's Who in Law" section on 15 May 2013. Liat Yeang’s article “So you want to go en bloc …” was published in full in the Straits Times on 18 July 2016. More recently, Liat Yeang was asked to be one of the panel judges for Edge Property Singapore to assess the best condominium and residential/mixed uses developments in Singapore. Liat Yeang also served as a Member of Taxpayer Feedback Panel to IRAS from October 2016 to September 2018. Liat Yeang is currently serving as Chairman of the Law Society's Conveyancing Practice Committee.

Marian Ho

Marian Ho is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate practice group. She is Co-Head of the Mergers & Acquisitions practice, the Corporate & Commercial practice and the Singapore-Korea relationship partner. She has broad experience in corporate finance as well as mergers and acquisitions. Her corporate finance work covers rights issues, convertible bonds and notes issues, warrant issues and share option schemes. In terms of mergers and acquisitions, Marian has advised on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions, strategic alliances, share and business acquisitions and divestitures, as well as corporate restructurings. Marian advises on fund management and collective investment schemes, in particular offers made by offshore funds in Singapore. Marian also acts as company secretary for a wide range of corporate secretarial clients, comprising private limited companies, publicly listed companies as well as companies limited by guarantee.

Maureen Ann

Maureen Ann is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate Real Estate practice and heads the commercial leasing practice in the firm. Maureen has in depth familiarity with the issues that concern landlords and tenants and is an expert at navigating the available options and exploring any creative alternatives to achieve intentions where the situation requires it. Her land leasing work includes transactions relating to JTC land, SLA land and HDB land and she is adept at navigating the rights portfolio and land requirements and policies of these government agencies on land matters. Maureen's land rights and land leasing portfolio focuses on work involving arrangements ranging from the structuring of land holdings, build-and-leaseback or purchase-and-leaseback arrangements, easements, wayleaves, contractual licenses and other land rights issues, long-term leases, subleases and specialty commercial or industrial leases such as cineplexes, family entertainment centers, social clubs, places of worship, factories, logistics, warehouses and hypermarts, and she prepares and negotiates contracts for these arrangements. Her clients include the major developers in Singapore, multi-national land users having operations in Singapore, and international fund managers investing in real estate in Singapore under creative asset holding strategies. Maureen’s commercial leasing portfolio includes acting for landlords of numerous grade A office buildings, industrial projects (including industrial plants on Jurong Island), commercial retail developments, as well as for landlords of sub-urban commercial (office and retail) buildings. Maureen is highly experienced in negotiating anchor leases and special use leases. Her tenant advisory work also boasts a spread of work that she has done for significant space users, anchor tenants, global retail chains and multi-national corporates looking to ensure their corporate policies and guidelines on real estate holding and leasing are captured. Chambers Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers has cited Maureen as a leading individual in real estate in its Asia edition every year to date since 2009.

Melanie Lim

Melanie Lim is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate Real Estate practice. Melanie's experience is in property law, property development, banking and finance, and landlord and tenant transactions. She has represented major real estate developers in the negotiation and documentation of transactions in the areas of acquisition, finance, development and sale of property. She has acted for major developers and property stakeholders in: the sale of units in mixed developments, residential developments (landed, cluster landed and strata housing developments) and commercial developments; the sale of entire buildings (retail malls, commercial and industrial buildings); and the acquisition of land sites for development or redevelopment, whether through the government land sales programmes or collective sales under the Land Titles (Strata) Act. She also handles transactions that involve properties in the secondary market, where she acts for vendors, purchasers, borrowers, mortgagees (all the major banks and other financial institutions), Central Provident Fund Board and mortgagees in mortgagee auction sales for residential, commercial and industrial properties, including JTC Corporation and Housing & Development Board properties. On the financing front, she has acted for the paramount mortgagees and lenders in security documentation such as the paramount mortgage, assignment of building agreement, assignment of sale and rental proceeds, assignment of contracts, assignment of insurances, assignment of guarantees, corporate guarantees, personal guarantees, trust deed, and deed of subordination.

Melvin See

Melvin See is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He is Co-Head of the Brunei desk and the Singapore-China relationship partner. Melvin has a broad range of experience, including employment, insurance, medical malpractice defence, corporate and shareholder, insolvency, building and construction disputes. He acts for multinational companies, state owned entities, small and medium enterprises, insolvency office holders, and private individuals. He has appeared before courts of all levels (State Courts, High Court and Court of Appeal), statutory tribunals (Strata Titles Boards, Singapore Medical Council Disciplinary Tribunal), and arbitral tribunals (constituted under rules of the Singapore Institute of Architects, Singapore International Arbitration Centre and International Chamber of Commerce). Melvin has also been appointed as a mediator by parties or the Singapore Mediation Centre to help resolve disputes amicably. He is a Senior Mediator on the Law Society Mediation Scheme Panel of Mediators and is accredited by both the Singapore Mediation Centre and Singapore International Mediation Institute. He is a member of the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society of Singapore that reviews and enquires into complaints against lawyers and also a member of the Advisory Committee of the Professional Conduct Council that gives advice to lawyers on ethical issues. Melvin also regularly volunteers at legal clinics as part of his commitment to pro bono work. Melvin is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Nicholas Chong

Nicholas Chong is a senior partner in the Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group and Co-Head of the Capital Markets practice. He is a corporate and capital markets lawyer, with a focus on real estate investment trusts (REITs), debt capital markets and structured products. In addition to Singapore, he has worked in London (with a Magic Circle firm) and Malaysia. Nicholas has advised underwriters and REITs on initial public offerings (IPOs), real estate acquisitions and disposals, equity fundraising exercises (including rights issues), convertible bonds, establishments of, and drawdowns under, medium term note programs, bank financing transactions (both secured and unsecured) and securitizations. He has advised arrangers, dealers and issuers on bank regulatory capital issues; mainly tier one, hybrid tier one and tier two securities to meet core capital requirements, with predominantly European Union issuers. He has also advised a Malaysian bank on the first Singapore dollar denominated, Singapore law governed, innovative tier one regulatory issue by a non-Singapore issuer that was also a benchmark issue. Nicholas has advised arrangers, dealers and issuers on convertible bonds, standalone debt issues, the establishment and updates of, and drawdowns under, both Euro and non-Euro medium term note programs, with issuers ranging from banks, corporates to regional governments. He has advised arrangers on the establishment and updates of, and drawdowns under, limited recourse secured debt issuance programs using special purpose vehicle issuers, as well as repackagings, primarily, repackagings of bank tier one and/or hybrid issues (comprising partnership interest offerings as well as debt security offerings), both standalones and under structured note programs of SPV issuers. He has advised arrangers, dealers and issuers on both retail and non-retail offerings of structured notes. Notable highlights include advising on the first retail standalone CDO (collateralized debt obligation) in Singapore; the first retail structured note program in Singapore; the first retail drawdown under a structured note program; the first continuously issued structured note under a retail structured note program. He has advised on mandatory general offers, initial public offerings, rights issues, private placements for equity issuers listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. Notably, he has advised the Stock Exchange of Singapore Limited and Singapore International Monetary Exchange Limited in relation to their demutualization and merger with the Singapore Exchange Limited. Nicholas has been named as a Leading Individual in the Capital Markets category in Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global since 2010. He has been cited by Chambers as "a brilliant and extremely hard-working REITs lawyer," with the comment that "Sources praise his international mindset and thorough approach." Chambers has also described him as being "Recognised for [his] strong knowledge of regulatory issues and practical approach" and winning "praise for [his] debt expertise." Sources also say that Nicholas is known for his "extensive experience in REIT transactions," "offers sensible and constructive solutions" and "is very sound in terms of legal knowledge." Nicholas has also been named by IFLR1000 (The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms) since 2013 as a Leading Lawyer. The publication commented that he "has been especially instrumental in boosting the firm's capital markets practice." In The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: The Guide to Asia's Commercial Law Firms (2014), under the Capital Markets category, he was cited to have "extensive and valuable experience in trustee-related issues for REIT transactions." In the 2010-2011 edition, under the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets category, he has been described as "knowledgeable and responsive". He was also cited as being "experience(d)" in the 2008-2009 edition, under the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets category.

Pat Lynn Leong

Leong Pat Lynn is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate Real Estate practice group. Pat Lynn's experience cuts across diverse real estate and banking and finance transactions. Her real estate experience includes acquisition and disposal of investment portfolios, sale and purchase of development sites, commercial and industrial assets/portfolios, as well as working on real estate aspects of banking and corporate merger and acquisition matters. Over the years, Pat Lynn has represented various real estate developers in all aspects of development of residential, commercial and industrial properties. Her portfolio of work would also include leasing of commercial complexes for different uses like entertainment, shopping centre and office in Singapore. She has advised on sales and acquisitions with leaseback of commercial buildings and negotiated long term leases representing landlords or tenants for different uses. She is involved in many projects dealing with various planning issues, the change of use and redevelopment of existing projects. Pat Lynn has represented land owners in projects involving dealings with the State and State agencies for the change of use and upgrading of lease tenure for the site and special purpose sites built for State agencies. Pat Lynn's banking and finance experience includes representing both lenders and borrowers in numerous domestic loan transactions including negotiating and documenting all security and financing documentation, involving security being created over real estate and real estate project assets. Pat Lynn has represented investors, REITs and property funds in some of Singapore's biggest corporate real estate acquisitions, including Mapletree Anson, 78 Shenton Way (now known as AXA Tower), 20 Anson Road, Crowne Plaza Hotel Changi Airport, DBS Towers 1 and 2 (now known as OUE Downtown). On banking and financing, Pat Lynn has dealt and advised lenders financing landowners and REITs of most of the major commercial or commercial related buildings including Suntec City, Capital Tower, assets under Fraser Commercial Trust, CapitaCommercial Trust etc.

Paul Wong

Paul Wong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and Arbitration practice groups and Co-Head of the Commercial Litigation practice. He is also Co-Head of the Philippines and Thailand desks and the Singapore-Malaysia relationship partner. Paul's practice includes construction, banking, insolvency and general commercial litigation. He has acted as counsel in numerous construction disputes, both in arbitration and litigation, with a specific emphasis on engineering related issues. His clients include developers, quantity surveyors, architects, contractors and subcontractors. Apart from dispute resolution, Paul advises his clients on the drafting of construction related transactions, including numerous forms of construction contracts. He has acted for main contractors in major infrastructure projects in Singapore both in an advisory role and also as counsel. Construction-related cases Paul has worked on include the MRT Circle Line contracts, the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System contracts, the Marina Barrage contracts and Marina South District Cooling Plant contracts. Paul has also acted as Singapore law counsel for public-private partnership (PPP) projects in Singapore, including the SMU Hostels project, the MOE Schools project, the NUS University Town project , Changi NEWater project and the Sports Hub project. Paul's banking and insolvency experience includes recovery work with specific emphasis on facilities secured by land and guarantees, advising liquidators and receivers, and bankruptcy and liquidation cases. Paul has acted in shareholder disputes, insurance claims (general including all risks policies and professional indemnity), employee-employer disputes (including wrongful dismissal cases), employee fraud cases, international contract claims and sale of goods claims.

Ray Chiang

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.

Rodney Keong

Rodney Keong is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is also Co-Head of the International Trade practice and the Singapore-Korea relationship partner. Rodney's area of practice is in commercial litigation, arbitration and mediation. He is experienced in a wide range of commercial cases, from construction and engineering, corporate, shareholders’ and investment disputes, to banking, insolvency and restructuring cases. He is also experienced in employment, negligence, public liability insurance, trust and electronic fraud cases. He also advises and acts for clients in major and complex fintech / cryptocurrency disputes and claims. In construction and engineering disputes, he has represented insurers, developers, main and specialist contractors, and subcontractors, as well as building owners and management corporations. He also has particular experience in advising and acting for clients involved in major / catastrophic engineering incidents. Rodney has acted for and advised leading international trading houses in relation to international sale of goods transactions involving various types of international sale contracts. He has conducted seminars and talks for MNCs, banks and financial institutions, Singapore Business Federation, Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore, Singapore Corporate Counsel Association, amongst others, on arbitration, litigation, contract, construction and banking and property law topics.

S Sivanesan

S Sivanesan is a senior partner and head of Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Environment, Natural Resources & Sustainability practice, Venture Tech & Emerging Growth Companies practice and the Singapore-India relationship partner. Sivanesan's primary areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, venture capital, venture technology, investment funds and general corporate commercial matters. He has advised several fund managers, venture capital funds, founders, start-ups and companies on investment deals. Sivanesan's international work includes cross-border and regional transactions, mergers and acquisitions, VC/PE investment deals in South East Asia, India, China, Japan, Europe, Australia and USA. He has worked with local and foreign clients in establishing businesses in Singapore and the region, transactional matters, foreign direct investment, liaising with regional counsel and establishing effective corporate structures for global operations. He is widely regarded as an authority on corporate governance and venture capital. Sivanesan is a past chairman of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, which is an association of 28 top tier independent law firms with more than 12,000 lawyers in more than 50 key business centres around the world. Sivanesan has addressed regional and international business leaders at conferences and seminars, on topics relating to venture technology, international mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, venture capital and cross border investments. He is a past Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Singapore Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS). He is currently the independent Chairman of Liberty Insurance Pte Ltd and Liberty Specialty Markets Singapore Pte Limited, members of the Liberty Mutual Group.

Siang Pheng Lek

Siang Pheng Lek is the Joint Deputy Managing Partner for Dentons Rodyk. He is also a senior partner and the Head of Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Siang Pheng handles civil and commercial litigation, including banking cases (banking advice, loan and mortgage recovery actions and bankruptcy actions), insolvency matters (work-outs, receivership, scheme of arrangement, judicial management and liquidation) China investment disputes, partnership and shareholders' disputes, domestic and international arbitration, contractual disputes, corporate disputes, medical litigation and insurance cases. He represents banks, companies and individuals, medical defence organisations and insurance companies in the course of his work. He has acted as counsel in both domestic and international arbitrations, and also in several State Court and High Court trials, as well as appeals to the High Court and Court of Appeal. He has also appeared as counsel in numerous coroner's inquiries and disciplinary proceedings before the Singapore Medical Council. His notable cases, in his 33 years of litigation and arbitration practice, include acting for lenders and borrowers in various insolvency and debt restructuring cases at the height of the Asian financial crisis and the Lehman financial crisis; various high profile and successful defences of hospitals and doctors in malpractice cases; the successful claim in a high value international arbitration case arising from a failed joint venture in China; the successful dismissal of a commercial claim by way of a preliminary application on behalf of a respondent in an international arbitration case; the successful defence of a Chinese state-owned enterprise in an international arbitration case on a breach of a contract for purchase of crude oil, the successful defence of a settlor against a claim in the Singapore High Court by her son for his share of the assets in a high value offshore trust. Siang Pheng is an accredited mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre. He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore. He has been appointed by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in international arbitrations. He is an accredited specialist mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre. He is an appointed Honorary Legal Adviser to the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, the College of Family Physicians Singapore and the Singapore Medical Association.

Sunil Rai

Sunil Rai is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate practice group. He is co-head of the Venture Tech & Emerging Growth Companies practice group. He is also co-head of the India practice group which works on outbound and inbound India-related transactions . Sunil concentrates his practice in corporate and transactional matters encompassing investments and exits (buyouts, trade sales), domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions (M&A), joint ventures, licensing, corporate governance, restructuring of entities, employment law matters including formulating stock option/ share award schemes (ESOP/ ESAS), establishing new businesses and assisting clients in drafting and reviewing contracts across a broad spectrum of various industries, verticals and government sectors. Sunil is particularly experienced in complex investment and venture-backed transactions involving multiple parties, various shareholders and parties across several jurisdictions. He enjoys acting for institutional investors (family offices, venture capital funds and private equity investors) making investments and divestments and start-ups/ early stage entities receiving investments at all stages of a company’s life-cycle - from seed stage to advanced stages such as Series D and beyond. Sunil has a strong interest in investment-related work (involving venture capital and private equity), building up the Israel, Middle East and India - Singapore deal corridor and also enthusiastically assisting in the growth of various SMEs, start-ups and private funds through establishing new ventures, handling legal issues, fund-raising, managing of investments and value creation. Sunil has given several presentations and written articles on business structures, investment term sheets, essentials of contracts, corporate fraud, mergers regime under Competition Act of Singapore, Personal Data Protection Act and amendments to Companies Act of Singapore and the Variable Capital Company regime. He has also been actively involved in pro bono activities for several years including being a grassroots leader and also an active mediator with Community Mediation Centre and Consumer Association of Singapore and mentoring startups at Singapore University of Social Sciences. Sunil also volunteered as a judge at the International Mediation Competitions organised by SIMI in 2019 and 2020.

Tien Wah Ling

Tien Wah Ling is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group and Head of the Real Estate Disputes practice. He is also Co-Head of the Trust, Estates & Wealth Preservation/Family Office practice. Tien Wah is a specialist in real estate disputes. His experience covers the whole gamut of real estate matters ranging from all manner of landlord and tenant disputes, property disputes, adverse possession, easements, encroachment, collective sale applications/objections, and disputes under the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act for/against management corporations or subsidiary proprietors. His civil and commercial litigation experience includes contested probate and estate claims, directors and shareholders' disputes, employment disputes and contractual claims. The landmark, notable and jurisprudentially significant cases that Tien Wah has led are many and includes (i) the seminal case of Yickvi Realty Pte Ltd v Pacific Rover Pte Ltd [2009] 4 SLR(R) 951 where he obtained an anti-suit injunction as a novel way of varying an easement of right of way, which then created an awareness in the lack of any statutory provision to cancel or vary easements in Singapore and this ultimately led to the enactment of section 105A of the Land Titles Act 1993 and section 34B of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Act 1886; (ii) Batshita International (Pte) Ltd v Lim Eng Hock Peter [1996] 3 SLR(R) 563 where he successfully argued in the Court of Appeal that a tenant had an equitable right to set off the damages that it has suffered as a result of the landlord’s breach of contract against the rent despite a covenant to pay rent without deduction; and (iii) Straits Colonies Pte Ltd v SMRT Alpha Pte Ltd [2018] 2 SLR 441 where he successfully persuaded the Court of Appeal to find against the weight of authorities that a party exercising a right of election is only required to know the facts giving rise to the right to rescind, and not the facts and the law giving the right to rescind.

Valerie Ong

Valerie Ong is Dentons’ Global Capital Leader. She is a senior partner in the Singapore Corporate practice group. Valerie co-heads the Capital Markets practice and is the Singapore-Vietnam and Singapore-Australasia relationship partner. Her portfolio covers M&A and Capital Markets and she has extensive transactional and cross-border experience. Valerie has represented funds and property developers in some of the city’s largest corporate real estate acquisitions, including 71 Robinson Road (S$655 million); Manulife Building (S$555.5 million); Westgate (S$789.6 million for 70% stake); Jurong Point (S$2.2 billion); Funan (S$170.3 million); Bedok Mall (S$783.1 million), 78 Shenton Way (sale of 50% share interest to an Alpha Investment Partners fund, property valued at S$608 million, and in 2016, sale of remaining 50% share interest for S$301.5 million), The Lumos (S$185.6 million); iLiv@Grange (S$95 million); nex shopping mall (purchase of 50% share interest from a Pramerica fund for over S$800 million); Twenty Anson (S$430 million, in 2012); Crowne Plaza Changi Airport (S$299.5 million in 2011, which won the HICAP award in Hong Kong), and DBS Building Towers 1 and 2 (S$870.5 million, in 2010). In 2013, she also acted for CapitaLand in its S$91.8 million acquisition of the Big Orange self-storage business from Invista Real Estate International Holdings (Cayman) Limited. She acted for Real Estate Capital Asia Partners, a fund in the series managed by SC Capital Partners, in a corporate real estate transaction for a bulk sale of 18 units (part of a stack of 20 units) in Paterson Suites to global investment and advisory firm, Blackstone; as well as for the vendor in the bulk sale of apartments at 111 Emerald Hill, a 40 unit freehold project developed by a fund managed by LaSalle Investment Management. Her cross-border work includes advising CapitaLand Limited on its investment in the consortium (which includes a Temasek unit), which is undertaking a landmark mixed development in Chongqing, China. The RMB 21.1 billion (S$4.1 billion) project at the prime 987,943 square foot site in Chao Tian Men is reported to be CapitaLand's largest development in China to date. She also acted for CapitaLand in the joint venture which submitted the top bid of S$969 million in the URA tender of the white site at Boon Lay Way, Singapore. She has acted in more than 20 listings (including S-chips). Notably, she acted for Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd in its global offering and listing on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) which raised almost S$1 billion and remains Singapore's largest S-chip IPO to date. Her other listings include International Housewares Retail Company Limited (HKSE stock code 1373), Global Palm Resources Holdings Ltd (SGX), Vision Fame International Holding Limited (HKSE), China Kangda Food Co Ltd (HKSE) and Asia Distribution Solutions Limited (AIM). She has advised in various capacities, including as solicitors to the invitation and as legal advisers to the issue managers, placement agents and underwriters, on the following SGX listings: ▪ Pacific Radiance Ltd ▪ Global Palm Resources Holdings Limited China ▪ Kangda Food Company Limited ▪ Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd ▪ China Farm Equipment Limited ▪ OuHua Energy Holdings Ltd▪ Plastoform Holdings Limited ▪ Hoe Leong Corporation Ltd ▪ System Access Limited ▪ Gates Electronics Limited ▪SNF Corporation Ltd ▪ Elite KSB Holdings Limited ▪ Creative Master Bermuda Limited ▪ Heeton Holdings Limited ▪ Juken Technology Limited ▪ Norelco Centreline Limited ▪ Futuristic Image Builder Ltd ▪ MAE Engineering Ltd ▪ CWT Distribution Limited ▪ Fu Yu Corporation Ltd ▪ Heshe Holdings Limited. In debt capital markets work, she has acted for TEE Land Limited in the establishment of its S$250 million multicurrency medium term note programme with United Overseas Bank Limited and DMG & Partners Securities Pte Ltd were joint lead arrangers and dealers. Prior to this she served as issuer counsel for Tee International Limited in the establishment of a S$350 million multicurrency medium term note programme where United Overseas Bank Limited was appointed the lead arranger and dealer, as well as in the establishment of three other programmes in 2013, namely, Eu Yan Sang International Ltd’s S$300 million multicurrency medium term note programme; Heeton Holdings Limited’s S$300 million multicurrency debt issuance programme and KSH Holdings Limited’s S$300 million multicurrency medium term note programme. She also represented these issuers in the note issues under their programmes; namely, in Koh Brothers Group Limited’s S$70,000,000 5.10% notes due 2022 under its S$250 million MTN Programme; Eu Yan Sang International Ltd’s issue of S$75 million 4.10% notes due 2018; issue by Heeton Holdings Ltd of S$75 million 5.6% fixed rate notes due 2015 and its S$60 million 5.9% fixed rate Series 002 Notes due 2017, KSH Holdings Ltd’s S$75 million 5.25% fixed rate notes issue due 2016 and in TEE Land Limited’s inaugural issue of S$30 million 6.50 per cent notes due 2017 under its S$250 million multicurrency medium term note programme. She represented Overseas Union Enterprise Limited in the S$300 million secured fixed rate listed bond issue. She served as bank counsel in the S$113 million sale of their security interests in Sincere Watch Limited; and counsel to trustee and administrator in the US$346 million Vesta Investment Corporation Limited FRN issue (in the securitization of the Metropolitan and Scotts High Park condominium). She advises banks, capital market services firms and financial advisers as part of her regulatory and compliance work. In 2009, she was part of the team acting for 11 banks and stock broker distributors of the Lehman Brothers Minibonds notes in their dealings with the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the notes trustee. Valerie serves on the ASEAN Committee of Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Finance, Trade and Industry Resource Panel and serves as independent director on an SGX-listed company.

Vanessa Lim

Vanessa Lim is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. She is also Co-Head of the Professional Liability/Healthcare practice. Vanessa's primary practice is civil litigation. She has worked on a range of matters, including banking and insolvency disputes, cases involving corporate fraud, tortious and personal injury claims. Vanessa has a particular interest in professional negligence, and focuses on medical malpractice. She has advised and acted for hospitals and doctors in medical negligence suits in both the High Court and State Courts. She also represents medical practitioners in professional disciplinary proceedings commenced by the Singapore Medical Council and advises them on regulatory investigations. To date, she has worked with doctors from various practice areas including obstetrics & gynaecology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, cardiology, general surgery, psychiatry, aesthetics practice and family medicine. Apart from contentious medical malpractice work, Vanessa has advised healthcare institutions on matters including internal processes and protocols. Vanessa is a non-practising solicitor of England and Wales. She was awarded a LLM in Medical Law (Distinction) from King's College London and is also the prize-winner for best student in the LLM in Medical Law course in 2011.

Woon Ee Tang

Woon Ee Tang is a senior partner in Real Estate practice. She concentrates on real estate transactions and securities as well as private client services such as wealth management and asset protection. Her practice cuts across all aspects of real estate work including collective sales, leasing, securitisation, acquisition and disposal of properties by way of tender, auction and private treaty, mortgage financing and project development. She also advises high net worth individuals on their real

Zhulkarnain Rahim

Zhul A Rahim is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Litigation and Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice groups. He is Co-Head of the Islamic Finance practice and the Family/Matrimonial practice. He handles civil and commercial disputes, and corporate and regulatory advisory matters with a focus on banking and financial services, energy, shipping and international trade. He has appeared before the Singapore courts and arbitral tribunals in Singapore and London under the SIAC, SCMA, ICC and LCIA rules. Zhul also handles a wide array of commercial matters ranging from intellectual technology litigation, insurance-related claims, employment disputes, family law disputes and Syariah Court matters. He has advised a number of government statutory bodies on various advisory and regulatory matters. Zhul is also the panel solicitor for the Singapore Islamic Religious Council or Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore (MUIS), the Islamic religious authority in Singapore. In addition, he acts for and advises Islamic banks and financial institutions on Islamic financing products and related disputes. In terms of estate and wealth planning, he advises Muslim individuals or Syariah-compliant trusts on Syariah-compliant mechanisms. Amongst his accolades, he was named in the ALB 40 under 40 2016 List of the brightest young legal minds in the region and a shortlisted finalist in the 2017 Young Lawyer of the Year category of the ALB South East Asia Law Awards. In 2017, he won the JCI Singapore: Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World Award in the category of Political, Legal and Government Affairs. Zhul is a member of the Maritime Law Association of Singapore and a member of the Muslim Law Practice Committee of the Law Society. As part of his pro bono work, Zhul is an assigned solicitor with the Legal Aid Scheme and volunteers in monthly legal clinics. Zhul is a Member of the Singapore Parliament, representing the Keat Hong ward of Chua Chu Kang GRC. Zhul is also the Vice-Chairman of the South West Community Development Council and Chua Chu Kang Town Council and an advisor of the grassroots organisation. He sits on several boards of directors of VWOs in Singapore.