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We advise clients on a broad spectrum of issues relating to investigations by the CCCS. Upon a dawn-raid or investigation notice issued by the CCCS, we will assist our clients on every step of the way until the CCCS closes the investigation or makes a decision. These include a multitude of matters such as conducting internal investigations on business activities and agreements, interview preparations, drafting responses to CCCS’ notices and queries as well as engaging with the CCCS regarding the investigation. Our approach in such matters is to allow our clients to put their best case forward to the CCCS in an efficient, truthful and complete manner.
We are also equipped to attend to actual dawn raids conducted by the CCCS against our clients within short notice to ensure our client’s interest are protected.
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Partner
Low Wee Siong
Wee Siong’s practice spans a wide spectrum of corporate work, including mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, capital markets, restructuring, corporate governance and special situations.
He has advised purchasers, vendors, target companies and investors on acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures and investments; offerors and target companies on public takeovers, reverse takeovers, scheme of arrangements and privatisations; issuers, underwriters, sponsors and investors on capital market transactions including initial public offerings, secondary offerings and rights issues of shares, bonds (straight, convertible and exchangeable), warrants and perpetual securities; lenders and borrowers on financing transactions; and listed companies, directors and shareholders on board and shareholder disputes, special situations and corporate governance related matters.
He is also a chartered accountant; has acted as financial adviser for initial public offerings, rights issues, privatisations, adjustments to securities (share options, warrants and convertible bonds) and debt restructurings; and practised as an auditor.
He is also a senior accredited director and has been appointed to the Board of Directors of companies listed on the Singapore Exchange and Hong Kong Exchange. He holds various board appointments such as Lead Independent Director, Audit Committee Chairman and Nominating Committee Chairman.
Wee Siong has been regularly recognised as a recommended lawyer by The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client’s Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession for Capital Markets and Banking and Finance (first in 2018). He is described as an “experienced figure in the capital markets space”, with expertise in “capital markets and takeovers” and “Hong Kong-listed companies” and having assisted “financial institutions, investment funds and corporate borrowers” “in a variety of lending transactions”. AsiaLaw 2022/23 commends him as “responsive and able to communicate effectively on issues” and “very knowledgeable in the capital markets, providing effective solutions.” In 2016, Singapore Business Review named him among the most influential lawyers under 40.
Wee Siong graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, a Bachelor of Laws from National University of Singapore and a Master of Laws from King’s College London. He is admitted to the Singapore Bar, to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales and as a Chartered Accountant of Singapore. He is also accredited as a Senior Accredited Director by the Singapore Institute of Directors.
Partner
John Mark Chen
John Mark is a corporate mergers and acquisitions lawyer who specialises in competition law.
With almost 20 years PQE from Singapore and the United Kingdom, John Mark’s expertise encompasses a wide variety of corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity funds, commercial agreements, employment, and regulatory matters. His clients comprise from a diverse range of industries such as F&B, telecommunications, card payments, electronics, aviation, financial services, hospitality, raw materials, maritime, pharmaceuticals, freight forwarding, etc.
John Mark also regularly handles matters such as cartel investigations, abuse of dominance investigations, dawn-raid management, leniency applications, antitrust and merger control notifications. He has previously acted in landmark cases in Singapore such as SISTIC, Ferry Operators, Chicken Distributors, Freight Forwarders and Heineken/Asia Pacific Breweries.
John Mark is recognized as a “Leading Competition and Anti-Trust Lawyer”, and “Expert in Competition Law” by various journals including Asialaw. He has been featured as one of Singapore’s influential young lawyers in the third edition of Singapore Business Review’s “Top Singapore lawyers aged 40 and Under” in 2016 and one of “Singapore’s most influential young individuals who “exhibited job excellence and strong dedication” in Singapore Business Review’s inaugural “Class of 40 and under” in 2014. He has been described by clients as “intelligent”, “focused”, “technically excellent”, “a safe pair of hands” and “able to get it (the issue) very quickly”.