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Mike Chiam

Mike has championed technology firms and engage start-ups that require expert assistance and advice in relation to regulatory, fundraising activities and business expansion to emerging Asia Pacific markets viz. Indonesia, Vietnam, Australia and Hong Kong.

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He is an experienced counsel to professional service firms, compliance providers and key executives of fund management companies and family offices.

+65 6390 4939

Key Practice Areas

  • Commercial and Corporate Advisory
  • Mergers & Acquisitions, Fundraising,
  • VCCs Financial Services Regulatory
  • Venture Capital Funds,
  • Private Equity and Fintech Technology and
  • Digital Business Services
  • “Rising Star” and “Recommended” practitioner for major legal publications including Legal 500 (2020), IFLR (2020), Asialaw (2021 – Banking and Finance, Regulatory), and Chambers and Partners (2021 – Banking and Finance).

  • Advised and issued a Singapore law legal opinion in relation to "asset backedctokens" under the Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Anti Money Laundering andcCounter Terrorism Financing) Act 2019 and the Payment Services Act 2019;

  • Advised a crowdfunding fintech company based in Singapore and Jakarta on its Series A investment round from an Indonesian bank; 

  • Advised a fintech company and drafted documentation including a merchant agreement for the distribution of bitcoin and cryptocurrency point-of-sale system in Singapore;

  • Advised and reviewed sale and purchase agreement, shareholders' agreement an employment agreement(s) and preparing legal due diligence report for thepurchase and acquisition of a blockchain technology company headquartered in Singapore;

  • Advised a blockchain global trade and trade financing platform on the launch of e-wallet and e-commerce marketplace for compliance with MAS regulations and the Payment Services Bill (which has been passed into law and now known as the Payment Services Act 2019);

  • Advised and drafted documentation including non-disclosure agreement(s) and token purchase agreement for an advisor to an ICO to be launched in Singapore;

  • Advised, drafted documentation including token purchase agreement and issued a legal opinion in relation to a token offering to be launched in Singapore;

  • Advised a blockchain technology solutions provider in its pre-Series A investment round from a venture capital firm involving redeemable convertible preference shares;

  • Advised and managed contractual claim(s) and dispute resolution arising from purchase of digital tokens;

  • Advised and issued a Singapore law legal opinion to an issuer of digital tokens on whether the digital tokens issued pursuant to a token offering constitute “capital markets products” and/or “securities” under Singapore law;

  • Advised on and reviewed teaming agreement for government tender for website development, migration and web-hosting solutions;

  • Advised on software licence agreement(s), website terms of service, privacy policy and know your customer policy;

  • Advised on share swap agreement(s) in relation to corporate restructuring of subsidiaries of a multinational company headquartered in USA

QUALIFICATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS

  • LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore 

  • Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore 

  • Member of the Law Society of Singapore

  • Member of the Singapore Academy of Law

  • Board Member of the Digital Chamber of Commerce

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