RHTLaw Asia is a full-service firm that has a well-respected technology practice. Boasting partners that are qualified in multiple jurisdictions such as China, US, Hong Kong, Australia and Malaysia, the firm routinely handles complex cross-border transactions. The firm is organised around eight industry groups: consumer brands, healthcare and life sciences, private wealth, technology and media, construction and projects, financial institutions and technology, transportation and logistics, and education. The technology group specialises in tech infrastructure, blockchain, data processing and telecommunications. The key contacts include corporate partners Erwan Barre and Eu Jin Yang, IP specialist Rizwi Wun and disputes leader Nandakumar Renganathan. The corporate and capital markets groups last winter welcomed partners Parikhit Sarma and Esther Wee from Virtus Law and Harry Elias Partnership, respectively.
Client feedback
“They have amazing customer service, are passionate about their job and their knowledge is unparalleled. Total empathy for clients.” – Dispute resolution
“Organised, efficient, understands the interaction of business and law, cost-conscious and smart.” – Intellectual property
“Responsive and excellent professional advice provided by the lawyers.” – Intellectual property
Sharon Chong
“Had empathy and total understanding of the subject-matter. Amazing advice and foresight.”
“Sharon was always genuine and sincere in offering help. At every interaction she was always positive yet realistic. I am not exaggerating when I say Sharon was a god-sent angel into my life. In my darkest days, she was doing all the work at the back, so I can stand on my feet again. She was empathetic, passionate and appropriately aggressive when she needs to protect and exert her client's rights. Sharon never fails to provide me with different options and solutions when I seek her professional opinion. It's truly comforting to know someone like her exists in her line of work.”
“Sharon was always prompt to deliver, but more than that, always provided different options and perspectives for me. This is invaluable from a business standpoint because sometimes there are really better ways to do things, ways that are more amicable, professional and pocket-friendly.”
Esther Wee
“Effective, responsive and resourceful.”
Rizwi Wun
“Smart, knowledgeable, creative, business-savvy and organised. He gets that almost every legal decision is at its core a business decision and understands how to navigate that potential conflict.”
Work highlights
Acting for a Japanese-owned global hedge fund against a former employee for claims of breach of confidence and breach of contractual duty of confidentiality under an employment agreement
Representing BRF Global, one of the largest food companies in the world, in claiming for a breach of distribution agreement.
Work highlights
Acted for Falcon Investment Advisors on the formation of a VCC investing into public equities of India and other emerging markets.
Represented InCorp Global on the formation of a private equity VCC with each sub-fund having its own investment metrics.
Key clients
Lima Capital Asia, NH Hedge Asset Management, RHT DigiCapital
Work highlights
Advised Volare Group on rules of the Singapore code on takeovers and mergers in relation to a partial offer.
Acted for Sysma Holdings on its voluntary cash offer to privatise a listed company.
Represented BW Epic Kosan on its offer for all the issued and paid-up outstanding shares in the capital of the company, a company listed on the Oslo Euronext Growth.
