Supporting start-ups and emerging companies from inception to expansion, Bird & Bird ATMD LLP is noted for its expertise in advising clients heavily reliant on intangible assets across a broad range of industries, encompassing fintech, reg-tech, robotics, healthcare, cybersecurity and life sciences. Corporate specialist Marcus Chow heads up the offering which intently focuses on industries where technology and regulation intersect, and is well-supported by counsel Jolie Giouw.

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Key clients

  • KludeIn I Acquisition Corp
  • Blockchain.com Group Holdings, Inc
  • United Overseas Bank Limited
  • EV Growth
  • Hyphen Group (Formerly known as CompareAsiaGroup)
  • ABC Impact
  • ACA Investments Pte Ltd
  • Cercano Management Asia Pte. Ltd
  • East Ventures
  • NOVI Health
  • MassMutual Ventures SEA Management Pte. Ltd
  • ST Engineering Ventures (STEV)
  • TreeDots Enterprise (Private 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 Blockchain.com on its cash and stock acquisition of Altonomy Pte Ltd, a digital assets investment, market making and OTC firm founded in 2018.
  • Acted for UOB, a Singapore bank, on its Pre Series B investment in ADDX, a digital securities exchanges that uses blockchain and smart contract technology to tokenise and fractionalise private market opportunities.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marcus Chow

Other key lawyers

Jolie Giouw