Ron Cheng

Experience

Ron has dealt with a wide range of corporate transactions. Some of the matters in which Ron has handled include:

1. Acting as Singapore counsel for a Dutch pension fund asset manager as lead investor of a tax-exempted private fund investing into offshore real estate developments.

2. Acting for a major offshore snack company in its joint venture with an Indian company specialising in the production of cashew nuts, and the parties’ subsequent multi-million dollar investments into the joint venture company.

3. Acting for a US conglomerate in a private share acquisition for S$35 million. The transaction involved the transfer of government-leased properties.

4. Acting for a Singapore corporation in its sale of the ERA real estate group of companies.

5. Acting for receivers appointed to an insolvent Indonesian resort in the sale of the resort’s shares and receivables to a corporate fund investor.

Practice Areas

Ron is the Head of the Investment Funds practice. He has handled a wide range of corporate matters since 2003. He has acted as lead counsel in the establishment of alternative investment funds across various legal structures (such as Singapore variable capital companies (VCCs), limited partnerships, unit trusts, companies, business trusts, and Cayman segregated portfolio companies). He has advised on the establishment of licensed, registered or exempt fund managers, financial advisers and trust companies in Singapore.

He has also acted as lead counsel in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and employment law-related work. His clientele consists of local individuals and organisations as well as multinational and international clients, particularly in the funds industry.

Career

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore; Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore; Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales; Barrister & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

Professional Memberships

Member, Law Society of Singapore; Member, Singapore Academy of Law; Member, Law Society of England & Wales

Publications

Co-author of the Singapore chapters to “The International Comparative Legal Guide to Securitisation” in 2016, 2014, 2012 and 2011, published by the Global Legal Group; Co-author of “Timetable for Implementation of Amendments to the Companies Act”, April 2015, published by Lexology and Drew & Napier LLC; Author of “Impending Provisions in the Singapore Companies Act Relating to Duties of Chief Executive Officers”, February 2015, published by Lexology and Drew & Napier LLC; Co-author of the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network’s guide “Getting Started in Venture Philanthropy in Asia – Legal Framework Profile for Singapore”, published by the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network in 2014; Co-author of an article titled “Duties and Liabilities of Directors of Insolvent Companies” published by Asian Legal Business in June 2003.