John Rogers
Walkers
Walkers
Client SatisfactionWalkers has established a deep bench of offshore specialists in Singapore, offering extensive experience across a number of key practice areas encompassing finance, corporate and investment funds, insolvency and dispute resolution; as well as the recent addition of a regulatory and risk advisory group. An expert on both BVI and Cayman Islands law, managing partner John Rogers brings a broad range of expertise from acquisition and real estate finance to securitisation and private equity. Laura Rogers, corporate and investment funds partner, regularly advises major international financial institutions, onshore law firms, corporate and investment managers. James Twigg has represented an abundance of Asia Pacific clients in high-value M&A, equity capital raisings and general corporate matters, while Richard Siddle has a particular focus on fund finance including capital call financings, NAV and hybrid facilities. On the finance side, Shirleen Tan has a strong niche acting for clients from Hong Kong and Greater China on a wide array of financing transactions.
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Testimonials
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‘Walkers Singapore continues to attract the very biggest and best in commercial litigation from Hong Kong, China and Singapore: huge banking disputes, shareholder disputes and insolvencies. At the top of their game.’
‘Walkers have the leading offshore legal finance practice in Singapore and we work with them very regularly.’
‘The lead partner we work with is Richard Siddle. He is highly responsive, knowledgeable and has a keen transactional acumen.’
‘Efficient, commercially sound and effective. Walkers' team cuts to the chase and gets the work done in the most efficient way possible.’
‘James Twigg is very helpful and on the ball; always coming up with solutions for us.’
‘The team is very thorough and wants to get it right. They also get advice from the firm as a whole and from counsel.’
‘Walkers is a very professionally run outfit and never fails to deliver good quality work and advice. The Singapore office of Walkers is well staffed by experienced partners and diligent associates.’
'James Twigg is our go-to partner. He understands what clients need and is creative and commercial in his approach. He is always available and very hands-on.'
Key clients
- Credit Suisse
- Capital Square Partners
- Dymon Asia Private Equity
- Fullerton Healthcare Corporation Limited
- GLP
- OCBC Bank
- National Australia Bank
- Primavera Capital Management
- SeaTown Holdings
- Standard Chartered Bank
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- TAG Holdings Limited
- United Overseas Bank Limited
- Zapp Electric Vehicles Group
Lawyers
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Practice head
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John Rogers