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Investment Funds
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We offer a wide range of services to asset managers and investment funds, including:
Fund structuring and formation: We help asset managers structure and form the fund, including drafting fund documents, and registering the fund with the regulator.
Regulatory compliance: We advise asset managers on licensing and regulatory issues, and generally regarding setting up business, including advising on marketing and distribution of foreign funds in Singapore.
Family offices: We help investors on establishment of family offices and asset managers operating multi-family offices.
Fund due diligence: We help investors on due diligence on investment funds and asset managers.
Transactions: We advise on mergers, acquisitions, winding up and other strategic transactions by asset managers, as well as on private equity and venture capital investments by funds.
Dispute resolution: We represent investment funds and asset managers in arbitration and litigation proceedings, including disputes with investors and other counterparties.
Our diverse client base includes private equity, venture capital, real estate and hedge fund managers, fund administrators, fund platforms and institutional investors. With a deep understanding of their specific needs, we deliver tailored solutions that align with their individual business objectives. We are also active in innovative markets, such as digital payments and securities tokenisation.
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Equity Partner
Bill Jamieson
Bill is an English lawyer who is also registered to practise Singapore law in the areas of corporate law, banking and finance and securities laws. His experience includes 10 years in the City of London and over 30 years in Asia, based in Singapore. Before joining CNP, Bill was a partner in a well-known international law firm. He has worked for clients from all over the world on M&A, capital markets, investment fund, private equity, project finance, leveraged buy-out and restructuring transactions. His focus is on assisting clients access Asian markets and investment flows through Singapore. He also advises on financial services regulatory and employment issues.
He is a leading individual for Corporate and M&A as well as recommended lawyer for Banking and Finance and Labor and Employment in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2023. He is also a highly regarded lawyer for Investment Funds in IFLR1000 33rd Edition, Chambers Asia Pacific 2023, and Asialaw Distinguished Practitioner 2023.
Bill is one of the firm’s contacts for Interlaw, a network of independent full-service corporate law firms ranked by Chambers & Partners in its highest category, “Elite” amongst all global law firm networks.
Associate
Daniel Ng
Daniel is an associate in the Funds Practice Group. He graduated from the Singapore Management University in 2022 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2023. His main areas of practice include funds, banking and finance, and general corporate advisory work. His broad areas of practice allow him to assist you in multiple aspects of your transactions.
Prior to joining the firm, Daniel trained at a leading law firm in Singapore.
Associate
Tan Wee Liang
Wee Liang is an Associate in the Funds and Financial Services Practice Group. His main areas of practice include investment funds as well as banking and finance matters. He has advised fund managers on establishing multi-jurisdictional funds, financial institutions on licensing issues and continuing compliance obligations, and clients on general corporate matters, such as acquisitions and incorporations. Wee Liang also regularly assists clients with matters involving blockchain, cryptocurrency and initial coin offerings, and charity and philanthropy.
Wee Liang graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 2022 with a Bachelor of Laws and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2023. He is also a member of the Law Society Equity Capital Markets Law Committee, and Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Technology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence & the Law at the Faculty of Law, NUS.
As part of his broader interest beyond the law, he interned at a food tech venture capital firm in Shanghai, and completed technopreneurship modules at Fudan University and NUS, as part of the NUS Overseas Colleges programme.