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. The firm 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 banking group covers all areas of banking and finance, including secured and syndicated loan transactions and guarantees, structured finance and project finance. The firm has acted for many international banks in drafting and advising on standard form documentation for general banking transactions. The disputes team has seen a rise in cases involving cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Managing director Beng Hong Ong and director Swee Gek Tan are key contacts for both banking and finance, and capital markets. Director Philip Ling helms the dispute resolution practice.
Work highlights
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.
Acted for Asia Vets Holdings on its $45 million acquisition of AlDigi Holdings.
Represented Advanced Holdings on the disposal of several companies in the US and UK.
Work highlights
Acted for Asia Vets Holdings on a reverse takeover.
Represented Sing Investments & Finance in connection with its bonus issue comprising over 78 million shares.
Represented PrimePartners Corporate Finance in relation with the proposed dual listing on the SGX-ST Main Board of TSH Resource, a Malaysian palm oil company also listed in the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia.
Acted for Shenzhen Sanland Technology on its proposed listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Work highlights
Representing Heart Media in a dispute against 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 jewellery 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 suppliers of high carbon ferrochrome in the world.
