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About
Provided by Jerry Koh
Practice Areas
Banking & Finance; Capital Markets; Investment Funds; Mergers & Acquisitions; Real Estate Investment Trusts
Career
Jerry is Managing Partner of Allen & Gledhill.
Jerry has been practising as a corporate lawyer since 1993. His main areas of practice cover investment funds, capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions; and he has advised on numerous international and domestic transactions.
Jerry heads the Firm’s Investment Funds Practice and REITs Practice. He regularly advises on the structuring and establishment of investment funds, capital markets transactions, M&A, complex securitisation and structured finance transactions, and corporate governance.
Jerry is the leading authority on REITs and business trusts, and he has been involved in the listing of almost all the REITs and business trusts in the Singapore market. He was the lead counsel of Hutchinson Port Holdings Trust in the largest IPO in South-east Asia to-date. Jerry has also been involved in almost all the secondary offerings and convertible bond issues by Singapore REITs and business trusts. He has further advised on a number of REIT listings in Malaysia as international counsel.
Professional Memberships
Jerry was the former Co-Chair of the Securities Law Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA) and is now a member of its Advisory Board. He is the Founding Member and Secretary of the REIT Association of Singapore, a fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and an editorial board member of Business Law International.
Jerry currently serves as a director of the National Kidney Foundation and the Singapore Land Authority. He also serves as a member of the Nee Soon Town Council and Chairman of its Legal, Contracts and Human Resource Committee.
Languages Spoken
English; Mandarin
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Jerry Koh is Allen & Gledhill's managing partner and is regarded as a market leader in the handling of REITs in Singapore. He is continuously active on assisting REITs and business trusts across the region with IPOs and other issuances.
Jerry Koh has notable expertise in advising on the formation of REITs. He also offers a depth of experience in the private equity and venture capital fund spaces.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jerry Koh is a REITs expert."
"He has very strong vision and foresight in anticipating the challenges that our firm may face for a certain project. Hence, he will be able to come out with a proposed solution to this."
"Jerry is very responsive and offers sound commercial advice."
"Jerry Koh is a REITs expert."
"He has very strong vision and foresight in anticipating the challenges that our firm may face for a certain project. Hence, he will be able to come out with a proposed solution to this."
"Jerry is very responsive and offers sound commercial advice."
Articles, highlights and press releases
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SGX mandates climate and board diversity disclosures
On 15 December 2021, Singapore Exchange announced that it will proceed with plans to require issuers to provide climate-related reporting based on recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and disclosures on board diversity.
SGX mandates climate and board diversity disclosures
On 15 December 2021, Singapore Exchange announced that it will proceed with plans to require issuers to provide climate-related reporting based on recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and disclosures on board diversity.
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