Dentons Rodyk is a leading presence in Singapore and the wider Southeast Asia region when advising prominent venture-backed entities across the spectrum of the investment life-cycle, from seed and advanced stages to trade sales, IPOs and SPACs. Particularly noteworthy for its cross-border transactional expertise, joint practice head S Sivanesan is highly sought after by founders, entrepreneurs, start-ups, capital and private equity funds. India-related transaction expert Sunil Rai is a go-to lawyer for high-growth emerging entities and unicorns in the region, while Li Chuan Hsu is particularly well-regarded for his experience in handling transactions with a Chinese nexus.

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Testimonials

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  • 'They have demonstrated a high degree of competence and enthusiasm with our transactions, able to close them out effectively and efficiently.'

Key clients

  • OT Management LLC
  • NextBillion.ai
  • Shinhan Venture Investment
  • UNOAsia
  • University of Tokyo Edge Capital Partners
  • Maven Capital Partners
  • Validus Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd.
  • Wavemaker Impact
  • 35 Venture B.V.
  • Investible Early-Stage Fund 2, LP

Work highlights

  • Advised and acted for market-leading peer-to-peer lending platform Validus Investment Holdings Pte. Ltd. in its Series C-1 funding round.
  • Advised and acted for spatial data and and mapping platform, NextBillion.ai (and its founders), in its US$21million Series B funding round led by Mirae Asset Venture Investments.
  • Advised Shinhan Venture Investment in conducting due diligence on Speedoc which was raising a $28 million pre-Series B equity round.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

S Sivanesan, Sunil Rai

Other key lawyers

Li Chuan Hsu