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Shook Lin & Bok LLP

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Shook Lin & Bok LLP is a major force in the Singapore investment funds market, thanks in part to the presence of Tan Woon Hum, who is highly rated by international peers and clients, and is further noted for his regulatory expertise. The wide-ranging practice covers listed REITs, retail unit trusts, and private and hedge funds. Fluent Mandarin speakers provide additional access to Chinese investors and fund managers. The broader client base includes international and boutique fund managers, large institutional investors, and family offices and high-net-worth individuals. Andrea Ng has a background in trust, asset and wealth management matters and has a fine record in REITs.

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  • ‘SLB lawyers are known to be exceptionally insightful and well-versed. We have found them to be straightforward and able to identify what the issues are, and provide sound commercial advice as to how to navigate these issues.'

  • 'SLB are very reliable and their advice is exceptional.’
  • ‘Alicea Tan is very good at what she does, whether in relation to regulatory issues or other legal/commercial advice. We have been impressed with her breadth of knowledge and how quickly she can understand some of our complicated cross-border issues and provide sound advice to help us move forward.'

  • 'Tan Woon Hum is well-known for his regulatory expertise.’

Work highlights

  • Acted for HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Singapore) Limited, as trustee of ARA Logos Logistics Trust in its proposed merger with ESR-REIT by way of a Trust Scheme of Arrangement.
  • Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a $250m Singapore umbrella variable capital company with one sub-fund with the objective to invest in early-stage private companies primarily in the post-seed, pre-Series A and Series A stages.
  • Advising Perpetual (Asia), as trustee of Digital Core REIT, in relation to Digital Core REIT’s proposed acquisition of two data centres in Frankfurt and Dallas.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Woon Hum Tan

Woon Hum Tan

Shook Lin & Bok LLP

Tan Woon Hum is widely regarded as one of the rare senior market leaders specialising in investment funds, REITs and trusts, especially VCCs and family offices. He heads a team of specialist lawyers in the Trust, Asset & Wealth Management practice. Investment Funds Ranked as a Band 1 leading investment funds lawyer by Chambers Asia-Pacific since 2014, Elite Practitioner by AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers in 2023, and top 100 lawyer in Singapore by Asia Business Law Journal in 2023, he advises on fund formation, (including hedge funds, private equity funds, venture capital funds, real estate funds and single-family funds) using Singapore funds (including VCC) and offshore funds structures (eg. Cayman LP funds, Cayman SPCs and Luxembourg funds). He drafts and reviews the full range of fund documents including private placement memorandum. He is extremely well versed with independent asset managers, external asset managers, multi-family offices and single-family offices, and has an extremely strong track record in securing the relevant regulatory licences and exemptions. His excellent and long-term professional relationship with the local regulators, authorities and major industry players add credence to his practice. He has advised on and helped clients launched more than 100 VCCs. Private Client & Wealth Management He has extensive experience in advising private clients (including ultra-high net worth individuals and single-family offices) and trustees on the establishment of private trusts, family offices, single-family funds, Sections 13O and 13U (formerly 13R and 13X) structures and drafts trust documents, fund documents, global investor programme documents and family charters. Corporate Real Estate & REITs He advises on structures for complex real estate investments, joint ventures and tender projects. His clients include sovereign wealth funds, corporates and property funds. He has extensive experience in advising on the establishment and initial public offering (IPO) of REITs. He has an in-depth knowledge of the REITs regulations and industry and has been involved in numerous S-REIT IPOs, post-IPO acquisitions, equity fund raising exercises, debt financing and securitisation locally and regionally since the S-REIT infancy stage, including mergers of REITs.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tan Woon Hum

Other key lawyers

Andrea Ng, Ian Chew, Alicea Tan