Dentons Rodyk has demonstrated a strong commitment to the start-up and growth company sector, often representing the companies themselves in seed funding, growth stage financings, pre-IPO financings, trade sales and IPOs. It also advises a range of venture investors. It has continued to advise on a number of seed financings and early-stage funding rounds for key clients. Sunil Rai leads the venture tech and emerging growth companies practice group and has an outstanding record in early to late stage funding rounds. Li Chuan Hsu (‘very responsive and goes out of his way to provide timely and quality advice’) has a background in emerging growth company work, including blockchain, notably also for Chinese clients. Ray Chiang (’a standout in the field’) is another key partner in this area, along with S Sivanesan.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘A responsive team, able to deliver what we need.’

  • ‘Li Chuan Hsu and his team are very responsive, pleasant to work with and can be relied on for help when the need arises.’

  • ‘Dentons Rodyk has been an invaluable partner in navigating our investment and ESG-focused deals. Their expertise was instrumental in our successful investments.’

  • ‘Ray Chiang's strategic insights and unwavering dedication have consistently delivered exceptional results. Ray's professionalism and depth of knowledge make him a standout in the field, and we highly recommend his services for any complex investment ventures.’

  • ‘The team provides commercially-driven advice, keeping in mind our business needs.’

  • ‘Li Chuan Hsu is very responsive and goes out of his way to provide timely and quality advice on not only legal issues but commercially-driven market practices that are very useful to us.’

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Key clients

  • Wavemaker Partners/ Wavemaker Impact
  • Rize
  • Validus Investment Holdings
  • Zenith Learning Group
  • Phasio
  • The Brandtech Group
  • Kickstart Ventures Inc
  • Closed Loop Growth Opportunities Fund
  • UNOAsia
  • Mitsui & Co
  • Whampoa Group
  • Seventure Partners
  • Satoro
  • ABB Ventures
  • Staple.AI

Work highlights

  • Advised Validus Investment Holdings on its Series C extension fundraising round.
  • Advised UNOAsia on its $32m pre-Series B funding round.
  • Advised Mitsui & Co on its $5m investment in cancer diagnostics company MiRXES Holding Company’s Series D fundraising exercise.

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.

Sunil Rai

Other key lawyers

S Sivanesan, Ray Chiang, Li Chuan Hsu