Wong Tan & Molly Lim offers legal services to clients with international business interests and is focused on capital markets, M&A, banking and finance, and general commercial and corporate law. It entered into a formal alliance with Watson Farley & Williams in 2017, lending it a unique strength in contentious and advisory work related to the maritime and international trade sectors. The disputes team has seen a rise in cases involving cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Beng Hong Ong and Swee Gek Tan are key contacts for both banking and finance, and capital markets. Partner Philip Ling helms the dispute resolution practice.
Work highlights
Representing Heart Media in a dispute with the owner of an NFT ecosystem platform involving the minting and sale of NFTs of an international luxury brand on the Binance NFT platform.
Advising the controllers of JG Jewelry and JDM Import in a long-standing JV dispute against one of the largest diamond and jewelry suppliers in India.
Represented Foreland Singapore, a commodities trading firm, against IG Asia in relation to the London Metal Exchange’s unprecedented decision to suspend and reverse nickel trades that were closed.
Successfully acted for Sino-Trust Global as the claimant in an arbitration in the SIAC against one of the largest manufacturers and supplier of high carbon ferrochrome in the world.
Work highlights
Acting for Asia Vets Holding on its $45 million acquisition of fintech company AlDigi Holdings.
Advised Advanced Holdings, a company listed on the Catalist Board of the SGX-ST, in connection with the disposal of several companies in the US and UK.
Work highlights
Acted for TJJ Holdings on a voluntary conditional cash offer by THC Venture of all the issued and paid up share capital in the client.
Advised China Hainan Rubber Industry Group on its mandatory conditional cash offer of all the issued and paid up share capital of Halcyon Agri Corporation.
