CNPLaw, formerly known as Colin Ng & Partners, is active in all major practice areas including banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, investment funds and private equity. The firm has experience in advising companies in the real estate and technology and telecommunication sectors, particularly active in blockchain and cryptocurrency. This year, the firm moves up a rank in the construction and regulatory tables. The M&A team closed four takeovers in the past year and the corporate team has established a niche practice advising companies in high-growth, emerging markets like Myanmar, Indo-China and the Philippines. Min-Li Tan, Subramanian Pillai, Pradeep Singh, Lisa Theng and Bill Jamieson are key contacts.
Work highlights
Advised a global private equity investment firm in its participation as an investor with other major investors in a debt financing round.
Acted for a Singapore digital ledgers technology company in its Series B fundraising round.
Work highlights
Assisted a Hong Kong and US-based fund management group on the transfer of employment of its chief operating officer and chief technology officer from the client’s Hong Kong subsidiary to its subsidiary in Singapore.
Work highlights
Represented the owners of commercial units at the King Albert Park Mall in respect of a claim for misrepresentation against the defendant developer.
Acted for multiple defendants in a claim involving allegations by a company against its ex-employees and new employer.
Advised Turbo Power Systems against a Chinese company, Fujian Snowman, in arbitration.
Assisted Yuantai Fuel Trading against the liquidators of Hin Leong Trading.
Key clients
Advised Turbo Power Systems against a Chinese company, Fujian Snowman, in arbitration.
Assisted Yuantai Fuel Trading against the liquidators of Hin Leong Trading.
Key clients
CFE Engineers Asia, Daxin Marine.
Work highlights
Acted for a private equity fund manager, Shift4Good SAS, on establishing a cross-border private equity fund.
Work highlights
Acted for Southern Archipelago on its disposal of a piece of land in Malaysia, change of name and adoption of a new constitution.
Advised Intrepid E-commerce, a Singapore-based e-commerce omnichannel solutions provider, in respect of the legal due diligence on the company and its Singapore subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of the entire issued and paid-up share capital of the company. Assisted the founder-shareholders of Votiva Singapore in the divestment of their entire equity stake in Votiva to Yokogawa Engineering Asia.
Work highlights
Acted as the Singapore listing agent to the issuer, Braskem Netherlands Finance, in relation to the listing and quotation of its senior notes due 2033 on the Singapore Exchange.
Advised Singapore O&G in relation to a voluntary unconditional cash offer for all the issued and paid-up ordinary shares in the capital of the company.
Represented Colombia Telecomunicaciones on its $500 million senior notes due 2030 listing on the Singapore Exchange.
Key clients
Grupo Aeroméxico, GYP Properties, Raffles Education
Work highlights
Represented AVA Global as a respondent in a construction arbitration in relation to the development of Bulim Square in a claim brought by the main contractor.
Acted for two defendants in claims by an insolvent company and its liquidator in relation to the development at Funtasy Island.
Work highlights
Advised Kenyon on the purchase of a property of a substantially large property worth over $25 million.
Assisted Big Field Global on purchasing commercial office space.
Work highlights
Advised an e-gaming platform service provider on the provision of various e-gaming platform services in Asia, including providing e-gaming solutions such as content for games and tournaments, and the development of an e-sports portal management platform.
Represented Azventure Investments in relation to a selective capital reduction exercise to facilitate the exit of more than 4,000 minority shareholders.
Acted for a group of sellers in their divestment of a controlling stake in Rebonics.
