Lawyers in Singapore

Ng Sey Ming

Co-Head, Banking & Finance

Rajah & Tann Asia

Ng Wai King

Ng Wai King is the Chairman and Senior Partner of WongPartnership. Wai King's experience focuses on mergers & acquisitions ("M&A") and private equity.

WongPartnership LLP

Nguyen (Wynn) Do

Partner

YKVN LLP

Nicholas Chong

Nicholas Chong is a senior partner in the Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group and Co-Head of the Capital Markets practice. He is a corporate and capital markets lawyer, with a focus on real estate investment trusts (REITs), debt capital markets and structured products. In addition to Singapore, he has worked in London (with a Magic Circle firm) and Malaysia. Nicholas has advised underwriters and REITs on initial public offerings (IPOs), real estate acquisitions and disposals, equity fundraising exercises (including rights issues), convertible bonds, establishments of, and drawdowns under, medium term note programs, bank financing transactions (both secured and unsecured) and securitizations. He has advised arrangers, dealers and issuers on bank regulatory capital issues; mainly tier one, hybrid tier one and tier two securities to meet core capital requirements, with predominantly European Union issuers. He has also advised a Malaysian bank on the first Singapore dollar denominated, Singapore law governed, innovative tier one regulatory issue by a non-Singapore issuer that was also a benchmark issue. Nicholas has advised arrangers, dealers and issuers on convertible bonds, standalone debt issues, the establishment and updates of, and drawdowns under, both Euro and non-Euro medium term note programs, with issuers ranging from banks, corporates to regional governments. He has advised arrangers on the establishment and updates of, and drawdowns under, limited recourse secured debt issuance programs using special purpose vehicle issuers, as well as repackagings, primarily, repackagings of bank tier one and/or hybrid issues (comprising partnership interest offerings as well as debt security offerings), both standalones and under structured note programs of SPV issuers. He has advised arrangers, dealers and issuers on both retail and non-retail offerings of structured notes. Notable highlights include advising on the first retail standalone CDO (collateralized debt obligation) in Singapore; the first retail structured note program in Singapore; the first retail drawdown under a structured note program; the first continuously issued structured note under a retail structured note program. He has advised on mandatory general offers, initial public offerings, rights issues, private placements for equity issuers listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. Notably, he has advised the Stock Exchange of Singapore Limited and Singapore International Monetary Exchange Limited in relation to their demutualization and merger with the Singapore Exchange Limited. Nicholas has been named as a Leading Individual in the Capital Markets category in Chambers Asia Pacific and Chambers Global since 2010. He has been cited by Chambers as "a brilliant and extremely hard-working REITs lawyer," with the comment that "Sources praise his international mindset and thorough approach." Chambers has also described him as being "Recognised for [his] strong knowledge of regulatory issues and practical approach" and winning "praise for [his] debt expertise." Sources also say that Nicholas is known for his "extensive experience in REIT transactions," "offers sensible and constructive solutions" and "is very sound in terms of legal knowledge." Nicholas has also been named by IFLR1000 (The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms) since 2013 as a Leading Lawyer. The publication commented that he "has been especially instrumental in boosting the firm's capital markets practice." In The Legal 500 Asia Pacific: The Guide to Asia's Commercial Law Firms (2014), under the Capital Markets category, he was cited to have "extensive and valuable experience in trustee-related issues for REIT transactions." In the 2010-2011 edition, under the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets category, he has been described as "knowledgeable and responsive". He was also cited as being "experience(d)" in the 2008-2009 edition, under the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets category.

Dentons Rodyk

Nicholas Lauw

Partner

RPC Premier Law

Nick Dingemans

Nick is a corporate and commercial lawyer in Stephenson Harwood’s Singapore office. He advises clients on corporate mergers and acquisitions as well as on commercial matters. He advises on cross-border and emerging market transactions in the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors with a particular focus on decarbonisation. Nick acts for clients on acquisitions, disposals, corporate restructurings and joint ventures in oil and gas, LNG, solar, wind and conventional power as well as mining and commodities. He also advised clients on carbon trading (both voluntary and compliance markets), carbon capture and storage as well as hydrogen and ammonia related projects. Nick has also advised clients on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions in other sectors including shipping, technology and financial services. He has lived and worked in Auckland, Dubai, London and Moscow and has been based in Singapore since 2014. Recognised as a leader in his field by the main legal directories, Nick is praised by clients for his ‘commercial understanding and industry knowledge’. He is rated as ‘Highly regarded’ by IFLR 1000.

Stephenson Harwood

Nick Kendrick

Partner

Mayer Brown

Nick Kouvaritakis

Global Co-head of Global Energy, Global Head of LNG

Mayer Brown

Nick Merritt

Norton Rose Fulbright

Nick Williams

Partner

Hogan Lovells Lee & Lee

Nicky Davies

Norton Rose Fulbright

Niel Liebenberg

Partner, Corporate and Aviation

Bird & Bird ATMD LLP

Niki Chen

Foreign Counsel

Providence Law Asia LLC

Nils Eliasson

Partner

King & Spalding LLP

Ning Li

Ms. Li focuses on capital markets transactions such as initial public offerings and listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as well as mergers and acquisitions of both public and private companies. She is also experienced in various due diligence investigations, corporate governance and post listing compliance matters. Ms. Li is fluent in English and Mandarin.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Nish Shetty

Nish Shetty specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international arbitration, restructuring & insolvency and regulatory work. He regularly advises on complex cross-jurisdictional disputes including arbitrations and is widely recognised as a leader in the field of dispute resolution in the region.

Clifford Chance

Nobuo Fukui

Currently stationed in Singapore Office providing legal services to Japanese affiliated companies to expand their business into south-east Asian countries. Practice area includes General corporate, M&A, Banking and Project Finance.

Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu Singapore LLP

Norman Ho

Senior Partner

Rajah & Tann Asia

OH Sheng Loong Frank

Frank OH Sheng Loong is a Partner in the Banking & Financial Disputes, Asset Recovery & International Enforcement and International Arbitration Practices. His main areas of practice are in international arbitration, litigation and mediation across a wide range of matters from banking, commercial, fraud, cross-border trade, energy, investment to employment, with a focus on complex, high-value and multi-jurisdictional disputes and insolvency and restructuring.

WongPartnership LLP

Oh Pin-Ping

Partner

Bird & Bird ATMD LLP

Olivia Chung

Akin

Ong Ken Loon

Head, Tax & Private Client Services

Drew & Napier LLC

Ong Kian Min

Consultant, Corporate & Finance

Drew & Napier LLC

Ong Sim Ho

Deputy CEO, Drew & Napier LLC; Director, Tax & Private Client Services

Drew & Napier LLC