Firm overview

Mayer Brown is a distinctively global law firm – uniquely positioned to advise the world’s leading companies and financial institutions on their most complex deals and disputes.
With extensive reach across four continents, we are the only integrated law firm in the world with 200 or more lawyers in each of the world’s three largest financial centers – New York, London and Hong Kong – the backbone of the global economy.

Firm overview

PDLegal LLC is a mid-sized full-service law firm based in Singapore. With industry recognised expertise, we deliver advocacy and advisory services to our clients, based both in Singapore and overseas, on a wide spectrum of matters. By forging strong relationships and focussing on a results-driven approach, we are able to assist our clients to achieve their goals, all the time striving to excel on their behalf.

Firm overview

Allen & Gledhill is an award-winning full-service law firm providing legal services to a wide range of premier clients, including local and multinational corporations and financial institutions. Having been involved in numerous complex and significant deals, many of which are the first of its kind, the firm is consistently ranked as a market leader in Singapore for every major practice area, with many partners recognised as leaders in their respective fields. With over 650 lawyers in South-east Asia, the Allen & Gledhill network has a presence in Singapore, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia and Vietnam, making it one of the largest law firms in the region.

Firm overview

PDLegal LLC is a full-service Singapore law firm providing legal, regulatory, corporate and compliance services to clients, regional and multinational corporations, and financial institutions.

Investment Funds
PDegal LLC offers clients an extensive range of services to private equity and venture capital firms, family offices, providing advice and expertise on:

• establishment and licensing of fund management companies and fund regulatory matters
• establishment of family offices and variable capital companies (VCC) funds
• structuring and establishment of offshore and onshore, private investment funds
• offering of funds-related services
• legal and regulatory requirements for fintech, digital assets and payment services
• corporate advisory and guidance on fundraising, including the venture investment model agreements (VIMA)

Fintech and Venture Capital Investments
Mike Chiam of PDLegal LLC is recognised as a notable practitioner by IFLR1000 for Mergers & Acquisitions in 2019/2020 and a fintech specialist by the Legal 500. Mike advises asset managers and family offices on fund formation, structuring, regulatory compliance, VCC structures, licensing of fund management companies, series and seed investments, offering rules for offers of interests of private and retail collective investment schemes, share disclosure requirements, and other issues pertinent to the fund management industry.

Mike also advises fund managers, venture capital firms on cryptocurrency investment funds and regulatory issues arising from digital token offerings.