Startups & Emerging Companies
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Singapore
Band 2
Email address
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+65 6671 6000Chambers Review
A&O Shearman's impressive full-service corporate law group in Singapore offers extensive experience acting for growth corporates on financings. The firm assists investors and startups with the full life cycle of investment work, from initial investments and fundraising rounds to exits and IPOs. Clients benefit from the firm's international network, and the group is particularly active across the ASEAN region, including in Indonesia.
Work Highlights
- A&O Shearman advised Thunes, a global payments infrastructure company, on its most recent USD72 million Series C financing.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The A&O Shearman team were responsive and quick to understand our needs."
"They are always knowledgeable and commercial. The firm has strong regional and local expertise."
"The A&O Shearman team were responsive and quick to understand our needs."
"They are always knowledgeable and commercial. The firm has strong regional and local expertise."
Notable Practitioners
Tom Jokelson is a partner in A&O Shearman's Singapore office with a focus on venture capital and M&A. His clients include startups and investors.
"Tom Jokelson understands the needs and constraints of startups and provides commercially relevant and efficient advice."
"Tom is a very commercial lawyer. He builds great relationships with key contacts and clients. He is very accessible and approachable, and we appreciate this."