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Drew & Napier’s Investment Funds Business Group has an active practice advising on the structuring, establishment, promotion and operation of different kinds of funds, including authorised, recognised and restricted collective investment schemes, hedge funds, private equity deals and various forms of asset management arrangements.

We also have extensive experience working on fund raising transactions and trade sale transactions across a wide range of market sectors and provide advice on all aspects of private equity, including real estate funds, distressed assets and restructurings and taking such companies through initial public offerings and listings on the SGX Mainboard, SGX Catalist.

Our major clients in the investment funds industry include the following:

  • ABN Amro Bank
  • AIG Group
  • Ascendas Pte Ltd
  • Blackrock Global Agricultural Fund
  • BNP Paribas
  • Citi Global Asset Management
  • Credit Suisse
  • DBS Bank
  • Deutsche Asset Management (Asia) Limited
  • Fortis Private Banking Singapore Ltd
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Government of Singapore Investment Corporation
  • HSBC Trustees
  • ICICI Bank Limited
  • ING Asia Private Bank Ltd
  • Jurong Town Corporation
  • Merrill Lynch
  • Morgan Stanley Capital Partners Limited Partnership
  • Nomura Jafco Investment Asia Pte Ltd
  • OCBC Bank
  • Prudential Fund Management Services Pte Ltd
  • Rothschild
  • Schroder Investment Management (S) Ltd
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • Temasek Holdings
  • UOB Asset Management Ltd
  • UBS Warburg

Our Group consists of a strong team of corporate lawyers experienced in handling all aspects of fund-related legal advisory matters and is bolstered by a top-tier team of tax lawyers. Our extensive experience and understanding of fund management work, fund operations and private equity investments, has allowed us to accumulate strong knowledge of the regulatory treatment of funds and their managers and the issues and trends in structuring private equity transactions.

Our Group also has significant experience in regulatory matters, as many have previously worked at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Singapore Stock Exchange, Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, Commercial Affairs Department, Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Supreme Court and the Subordinate Courts.

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