The ‘dependable’ team at Shook Lin & Bok LLP counts domestic and foreign licensed fund managers, sponsors, asset and wealth managers, investors and institutional trustees among its key roster of clients, and showcases impressive expertise in REITs and retail unit trusts, in addition to private and hedge funds. Esteemed practice leader Tan Woon Hum advises private clients and trustees on the establishment of private trusts, single-family offices and single-family funds, with additional experience in the establishment of VCC funds. Andrea Ng is another key contact in the group, who specialises in trust, asset and wealth management mandates, with a strong track record in REITs.
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- 'Extremely responsive to clients and their needs, commercially minded with very clear solutions, efficient, and exhibit strong attention to detail.'
- 'Very commercial and great at managing client relationships.'
- 'Always available when needed and dependable.'
Work highlights
- Advised a Singapore fund manager on the establishment of a Singapore VCC fund with an initial sub-fund having a fund size of up to US$500 million.
- Advised a Singapore fund manager, on the establishment of a Singapore VCC fund with a total fund size ofUS$130 million, comprising three initial sub-funds comprising a sub-fund investing across listed and private equity securities.
- Acted as Singapore counsel for a German development bank on its investment through a Singapore standalone variable capital company fund into an Indian fund structured as a trust with a fund size of up toUS$200 million.
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Tan Woon Hum