Praised for its ��excellent knowledge and quality of services’, Bird & Bird ATMD LLP acts for financial institutions, public and private companies, private equity houses and government-linked entities on a range of domestic and cross-border transactions. The team’s workload includes joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructurings, takeovers, leveraged buyouts, privatisations, private equity and venture capital investments. Marcus Chow leads the team and handles public and private M&A, in addition to private equity and venture capital transactions, while counsel Jolie Giouw advises on corporate finance matters. Sandra Seah is another key contact in the group.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team led by Marcus Chow and Jolie Giouw warrant mention due to their excellent knowledge and quality of services.’

  • ‘The services provided by both Marcus Chow and Jolie Giouw are exceptional.’

Key clients

  • KludeIn I Acquisition Corp
  • ABC Impact
  • East Ventures
  • ACA Investments Pte Ltd
  • PTW Asia Pte Ltd
  • MassMutual Ventures SEA Management Pte Ltd
  • Cercano Management Asia Pte. Ltd.
  • ST Engineering Ventures
  • ALP Venture Pte Ltd
  • Enero Group Limited
  • TreeDots Enterprise (Private Limited)
  • Blockchain.com Group Holdings, Inc
  • United Overseas Bank Limited
  • Rackspace US Inc
  • MedSupply International Holdings Pte. Ltd
  • PPRO Holding GmbH
  • Inex Innovate Pte. Ltd.
  • Toku Pte. Ltd.
  • Organica Water
  • Brunel Energy Holding B.V.
  • K2 Partnering Solutions Pte. Ltd.
  • R3 Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
  • Aser Group Holding Pte Ltd
  • PXP Financial Group Limited
  • Waypoint Asset Co 12 Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted as Singapore, French and Australian counsel for KludeIn I Acquisition Corp, in its merger with Near Intelligence Holdings which will generate US$268 million in gross proceeds and peg Near at a Pro-forma market capitalisation of nearly US$1 billion.
  • Advised ABC Impact, a Singapore-headquartered Asia-focused private equity firm, on its US$36 million funding in Iceotope Technologies, a UK-based precision immersion cooling tech firm.
  • Advised EV Growth, a growth fund under Indonesian venture capital firm East Ventures, on its series A+ funding round for Singapore designer toy collectibles start-up Mighty Jaxx.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marcus Chow

Other key lawyers

Jolie Giouw, Sandra Seah