Praised for its ‘strong understanding of the start-up and venture capital landscape in Singapore’, Simmons & Simmons handles cross-border investments, advising on various early to late-stage financing rounds and follow-on rounds, as well as acting for venture backed companies on debt and equity financing, strategic partnerships and regulatory and commercial matters. Dax Lim, who advises investment funds on structuring, formation and global investment transactions, jointly lead the team alongside Yingyu Wang, who is commended as ’experienced, hard-working and committed’.
Testimonials
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‘The team has a strong understanding of the start-up and venture capital landscape in Singapore and evolving regulatory environment relating to fintech, crypto and blockchain sector. They have a quick turnaround time without compromising on the quality of the work product.’
‘Yingyu Wang is an exceptional partner. She is experienced, hard-working and committed.’
‘Anita Ahamad is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable associate.’
Key clients
- Softbank Ventures Asia
- Sequoia Capital
- Kleiner Perkins
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Pavilion Capital
- Samsung Next
- Quest Ventures Pte. Ltd.
- Wavemaker Pacific Partners Pte. Ltd.
- Rainmaking Transport Ventures
- Marshall Wace
- Mandiri Investment Management
- Crypto.com (crypto exchange)
- Dragonfly Capital
- Global Brain (ME Innovation Fund)
- Cortical Labs Pte. Ltd.
- Auk Industries Pte. Ltd.
- Asia Genomics Pte. Ltd.
- Eight Roads Ventures
- Gravity Markets Limited
- FastCo Pte. Ltd.
- OKX
- Huobi
- F10 Incubation Fund
- Gozem
- Hashed
- Torus Labs
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dax Lim, Yingyu Wang