Rajah & Tann Singapore Contributes to Chambers and Partners Technology M&A 2025 Global Practice Guide – Singapore Chapter
Rajah & Tann Singapore has contributed to the Singapore chapter of Technology M&A 2025 Global Practice Guide published by Chambers and Partners. The guide provides valuable insights into the key trends, legal developments, and challenges shaping the world of technology mergers and acquisitions (“M&A“) this year.
Exclusively authored by M&A Partners Terence Quek (Deputy Head, Mergers & Acquisition) and Favian Tan, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) lead Benjamin Cheong 张汶权 (Deputy Head, Technology, Media & Telecommunications), with Rajesh Sreenivasan (Head, Technology, Media & Telecommunications) and Hoon Chi Tern (Deputy Head, Capital Markets) as fellow Contributors, the chapter highlights the significant shifts that have taken place in Singapore in 2024, as well as what to expect in the year ahead. The topics discussed in this chapter include:
Law and Practice
- Market Trends
- Establishing a New Company, Early-Stage Financing and Venture Capital Financing of a New Technology Company
- Initial Public Offering (IPO) as a Liquidity Event
- Sale as a Liquidity Event (Sale of a Privately Held Venture Capital-Financed Company)
- Spin-Offs
- Acquisitions of Public (Exchange-Listed) Technology Companies
- Overview of Regulatory Requirements
- Recent Legal Developments
- Due Diligence/Data Privacy
- Disclosure
- Duties of Directors
Trends and Development
- Singapore’s Investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Chinese Companies Setting up Regional Headquarters in Singapore or Listing on the Singapore Exchange
- The Rise of Climate Technology and Electric Vehicles
The full Singapore chapter can be read here.
Find out more about our Mergers & Acquisitions Practice here and our Technology, Media & Telecommunications Practice here.
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