Solutions

Our lawyers have acted for:

• Healthcare joint venture in its purchase of the remaining stake in a Singapore incorporated joint venture with business based in Myanmar
• Insurer on its potential sale of business in South-East Asia
• Singapore parent company of Indian renewable energy and IoT business in distributions as part of a sale of business
• Telecommunications business on Series B and C subscriptions
• US and UK venture capital funds on a drag-along transaction
• Biotech in sale of intellectual property and winding down of Singapore business
• Medical device manufacturer with focus on 3D printing on business purchase and subsequent sale of business
• Leisure technology company on its cash and scrip acquisition of online bookings business
• Listed gold mining company on its acquisition of shares in a Singapore company
• UK based investment bank on its potential purchase of a Singapore subsidiary as part of insolvency proceedings in the region
• Chinese offshore oil and gas services provider on its purchase of a Singapore company as part of the worldwide bankruptcy sale of assets
• Insurance group on acquisition of Indonesian general insurer
• International law firms providing due diligence and Singapore law transactional support for mergers & acquisitions including for a financial services technology supplier, retail clothing business and international recruitment agency
• UK technology group on acquisition of Australian technology company
• IT hardware company in an IT asset sale and outsourcing arrangement
• Media company in its purchase of two businesses

Our lawyers have acted on public company deals. Please contact us for details.

Our lawyers have acted for both venture capital funds and investee businesses such as:

• US venture capital fund on investments in Singapore companies with businesses in the South-East Asia region – including Series A, Series B and Series C investments
• South East Asian payments platform provider as Singapore counsel in its Series E capital raising
• Telecommunications business on Series B and C subscriptions
• US and UK venture capital funds on a drag-along transaction
• E-commerce premium grocery retailer on its circa capital raising
• Hong Kong family office in proposed purchase of segregated portfolio interests alongside Series E round
• Technology-based education provider on Series D venture capital investment
• Venture capital fund on restructuring exercise by investee group as part of proposed Series B investment
• Biotech on Series Seed round including on licensing arrangement
• Corporate start-up accelerator on the review of various model documents for its accelerator program
• Biotech company on its ‘friends and family’ rounds
• Internet audience measurement company on two capital raisings
• Investor in gambling software company

Our lawyers have acted on IPO’s and public secondary raisings. Please contact us for details.

Our lawyers have acted for:

• A US-based venture capital fund in various investments in South East Asia
• Insurer on various joint ventures in the region
• Infrastructure fund in its joint venture for investment in Polish ports
• UK rail authority on joint venture for UK railway line
• Coal company in its joint venture on an Australian inland railway

Our lawyers have acted for:

• IT services provider on collaboration with other providers for joint solutions
• Biotech company on collaboration framework with medical solutions provider
• Insurance company on proposed bancassurance and joint venture arrangement

Our lawyers have acted for:

• US and UK venture capital funds on a drag-along transaction
• Biotech in sale of intellectual property and winding down of Singapore business
• UK based investment bank on its potential purchase of a Singapore subsidiary as part of insolvency proceedings in the region
• Chinese offshore oil and gas services provider on its purchase of a Singapore company as part of the worldwide bankruptcy sale of assets
• Infrastructure fund in its restructure and recapitalisation
• Fund manager in a strategic review of a fund
• Insurance company on reinsurance arrangements
• Various companies and businesses on reorganizations

Our lawyers have acted on various privatisations. Please contact us for details.

Our lawyers have acted in the infrastructure space including for:

• Broadband satellite operator on various matters including on its restructure and refinancing
• Investor, developer and manager of public infrastructure in its bid to manage a major Singapore PPP project
• Multi-national company on solar power purchase arrangements
• Real estate investment trust on solar equipment, chilled water and facilities management agreements and tendering processes
• Bidder in competitive tender process for operation of bus services in Singapore
• Rail authority on refranchising of routes and extensions of a franchise
• Various infrastructure funds

Our lawyers have acted for:

• Biotech on licensing agreement with Korean pharmaceutical company
• Medical device and pharmaceutical distributor on its model distribution agreement
• New Zealand university biotech spin-out on its licensing arrangement
• Singapore university biotech spin-out on its licensing arrangement
• Cybersecurity business on international reseller arrangements
• Biotech on its strategic research collaboration agreement
• Industrial scents provider on various aspects of distribution and licensing arrangements
• Medical device manufacturer with focus on 3D printing on innovative licensing arrangements
• University commercialisation arm on inventions and revenue sharing arrangements with professors
• Distribution, licence, supply and contract manufacturing agreements in the pharmaceutical industry

Our lawyers have acted for:

• Hardware and software supplier on supply and licensing arrangements on high availability data communications technology and services
• Digital media company on digital services licensing and collaboration agreements
• Hardware and software supplier on set-up, supply and licensing agreements
• IT hardware company in an IT asset sale and outsourcing arrangement

Our lawyers have also drafted, reviewed and negotiated:

• Premises and equipment leases including lease and buy-back agreements
• Service engagement agreements including professional service engagement letters
• Management agreements including facilities management agreements, IT solutions, management agreements, IT maintenance agreements
• Software licence agreements including SaaS software licences
• Derivatives, options, structured investments
• Sale and purchase of assets including IT assets and pharmaceutical assets

Our lawyers have drafted, reviewed and negotiated:

• employment agreements
• employee incentive programs including restricted stock plans and employee stock and option plans
• consultancy agreements
• service engagement agreements
• collaboration arrangements

Our lawyers have also advised on:

• general meetings both in the company and non-profit context
• statutory compliance
• policies and procedures such as delegations policy, contracts policy, frameworks for initiation, review and conclusion of business contracts

Most of the transactions we work on are cross-border transactions.

We are able to act as:

• international or transaction counsel; or
• Singapore law counsel.

Our retainer counsel solution clients regularly rely on us to advise on deals in different jurisdictions.

Read more on the advantages of our retainer counsel model on cross-border transactions.

As international or transaction counsel, Faith and the team bring a unique value-adding contribution as deal-making lawyers with an understanding of international market practice and business culture.

The role as international counsel goes beyond advice on the law in a particular jurisdiction by bringing a broader understanding of business to the deal you plan to do.

Faith has:

• worked in top corporate law firms in Sydney and London, including on complex and innovative transactions requiring cutting-edge technical excellence
• worked alongside other management team members to bed down a major merger and set up a legal department, as the first General Counsel of a major pharmaceutical operation
• practised in three jurisdictions – Singapore, England & Wales and New South Wales, Australia

Unlike other lawyers, Faith is also a business person. She has built a boutique corporate law firm from a standing start into one ranked among the top Singapore law firms for Startups & Emerging Companies by Chambers and Corporate & M&A, Private Equity, Capital Markets and Restructuring and Insolvency deals by asialaw Profiles and IFLR1000.

As international counsel, we help you identify issues that may require local counsel advice and engage with the best local experts for the job to get the deal done efficiently and seamlessly.

As Singapore law counsel, we have acted alongside some of the best law firms in the world.

We bring a trusted combination of technical precision, responsiveness and commerciality to the work of the broader legal team.

Our retainer counsel services are designed to give you in-house counsel support with flexible resourcing from a legal team with top-tier pedigree.

Fixed monthly retainer – Our base model of a fixed monthly charge allows you to meet your regular legal requirements by “bulk-buying” our services at “bulk-buy” rates. It allows you to better budget for the support.

Flexibility – Our team resourcing allows you to meet ‘peaks’ in workload. Where this is beyond the resources you’ve bought under the fixed monthly retainer, we extend our preferential rates to reflect the additional resource dedicated.

Team resourcing – With team resourcing, we are a cost-effective stand-in for lawyers with different experience and expertise levels.

Business law advice – We advise on all legal issues affecting businesses. If you require a fuller opinion from senior counsel in a particular area of business law, we will help you choose senior counsel.

Familiarity with the business – This service is designed as a medium to long term solution. This means we become more familiar with the business as we work closer with team members.

Transparency – For retainer clients, we provide regular updates on our work with our electronic time recording system.

We have acted as retainer counsel for clients such as:

• Satellite broadband telecommunications business
• Asia-wide healthcare distribution business
• Precision oncology business
• Listed real estate investment trust
• Listed insurance company
• Leisure technology business