Cases
Representative Matters: Corporate M&A / Takeovers: Advised an Indian listed company on its takeover of a Singapore listed company.
Advised the board of Maveric Limited on its reverse takeover by private asset owners.
Advised British Telecommunications plc on the BT Wireless demerger
the subsequent listing of mmO2 on the London Stock Exchange.
Advised British Telecommunications plc on their proposed trade sale of Syntegra.
Advised the independent directors in relation to the voluntary delisting of Cathay Organisation Holdings Ltd. pursuant to Rule 1306 of the Listing Manual.
Advised Heineken on corporate regulatory matters.
Advised Sembawang Marine on their acquisition of certain key assets.
Financial Technology ( FinTech )
Cryptocurrencies: Advised Nogle Group on its investment in TNG (Asia) Limited
TNG Global Limited, two affiliated digital payment companies in Hong Kong as part of a US$115 million Series A funding to support the development
regional expansion of e-wallet technology.
Advised Vigilant Assets on the set up of its S$50 million fund catered towards investing into FinTech related businesses. The cornerstone investment is Jules Venture's computing
coding business.
Assisted a local company involved in the operation of web portals, who have developed a platform facilitating transactions with merchants using bitcoin, in drafting a memor
um setting out whether their business would be regulated by the Payment Systems (Oversight) Act
the Money-changing
Remittance Businesses Act.
Assisted a company operating a cryptocurrency crowdfunding platform, who has completed an Initial Coin Offering ( ICO ), in preparing a legal memor
um in respect of responses to queries from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on whether its ICO or its business was regulated in Singapore.
Telecommunications, Media
Technology: Advised on the sale of Ncell (the market-leading Nepalese telecommunication operator) by TeliaSonera to Axiata, at an enterprise value of USD 1.37 billion.
Advised a Singapore company on the transfer of its 65% shareholding in a Tanzanian company which holds various telecommunication licenses to a Vietnamese state owned enterprise for US$65 million.
Advised the selling shareholder of Timeturns Holding Ltd on the sale of its wholly-owned Cambodian subsidiary Latelz Company Ltd to Axiata Group Berhad, South-east Asia's second largest mobile phone provider, for US$155 million.
Advised Maxis Communications Bhd. on telecommunication infrastructure agreements.
Advised Morgan Stanley on worldwide technology regulatory issues.
Advised Corus
Usinor on setting up a multimedia-based trading exchange in Europe.
Advised various companies including media promoters on a variety of sponsorship, licensing
merch
ising deals.
Sports Law: Represented Dentsu Inc., a Japanese advertising
public relations company, in negotiating the licence for the media rights for the XXII Olympic Winter Games (2014) in Sochi, Russia, the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (2016) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
the II Summer Youth Olympics Games (2014) in Nanjing, China for 22 Asian countries
territories with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
in drafting
negotiating a number of sub-licence agreements for those media rights with broadcast partners.
Advised FIFA on the sale of the US$500 million Asian media rights for the World Cup 2010
2014.
Advised Dentsu on various sport-related commercial agreements.
Provided advice on sports
media related regulatory matters to a variety of sports
media promoters including Nimbus Communications Limited.
Advised various sport-governing bodies in respect to the exploitation of their commercial
media rights.
Advised a football club on the player contract for an ex-Engl
under-21 international winger.
Acted as Singapore special counsel for Nimbus Sport International in relation to its IPO on the BSE.
Investment Funds / Private Equity
Islamic Finance Advisory: Advised a global real estate company
the fund manager on the establishment of a US$200-million private equity fund in India.
Advised Ascott Group Limited
the fund manager on the establishment of a US$500 million private equity fund (China).
Advised a U.S. investment bank on regulatory
licensing issues in Singapore.
Advised various hedge funds on establishment
compliance issues in Singapore.
Advised a private equity fund focused on real estate investments in ASEAN.
Advised a Middle Eastern fund on the setup of a sharia-compliant real estate fund.
Advised UOB Asset Management Limited on various funds related regulatory issues involving the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Advised on the regulatory issues
the setting up of a trading exchange dealing in sharia-compliant royalty entitlement contracts (involving MAS
SGX).
Capital Markets (Equity
Debt): Advised Jefferies & Co, global coordinator, on the first dual listing of a foreign entity (Omega Navigation) on the Nasdaq
Singapore Stock Exchange valued at over US$240 million.
Advised British
Malayan Trustees Ltd, as the trustee for Allco REIT, in relation to the initial public offering on the SGX of 321,255,000 units in Allco REIT, sponsored by the Allco Finance Group Limited of Australia.
Advised on the S$440 million listing of K-REIT Asia on the Singapore Stock Exchange by way of an introduction.
Advised DBS Bank Limited as manager, underwriter
placement agent in relation to the listing
quotation of Singapore Depository Shares, which represented equity shares in the capital of Varun Shipping Company Ltd. (India).
Advised on the US$1.6 billion international offering of subordinate notes issued by United Overseas Bank Limited under Rule 144A/Regulation S.
Advised Yellow Pages (Singapore) Limited on their S$213 million flotation on the Singapore Stock Exchange under Rule 144A/Regulation S.
Advised the underwriters on the Macquarie International Infrastructure Fund's $460 million IPO under Rule 144A/Regulation S.
Advised Otto Marine Ltd. on their successful IPO on the Singapore Stock Exchange in November 2008.
Advised on the US$800 million IPO of ASTRO with international offering under Rule 144A / Regulation S (Malaysia).
Advised Kenetics Innovations Ltd. on its admission onto the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
Advised Creative Technology on the voluntary delisting of its shares from the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ).
Advised on the US$300 million convertible bond issued by Prime Venture (Labuan)/Genting Berhad (Malaysia).
