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Gerald is a corporate partner at CMS Singapore. He advises on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and investment platforms, growth capital transactions, commercial contracts and corporate governance.
Originally from Southeast Asia, Gerald has extensive experience advising on the full life cycle of cross-border inbound and outbound deals across Asia including in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Gerald is known for doing “difficult deals in difficult places” and helps a diverse range of financial and strategic investors navigate the growth markets of Asia.
His clients include family offices, private equity and venture capital firms and conglomerates.
He is focused on the energy and infrastructure sectors with particular experience in the regional energy transition, impact investment and ClimateTech.
Prior to joining CMS, Gerald was a Partner at a global law firm in Singapore and, before that, was Group General Counsel at a Singapore based private investment group.
Gerald’s work is recognised in leading legal directories, including in the Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 guides, where clients have commended him for being "a first rate lawyer" who has "a fantastic client base" who he "is very close to" and for his "great quality advice and hands-on, prompt and reliable service". Clients recommend him for his "eagerness", "open-mindedness" and for being "very personable" and "a pleasure to deal with".
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Gerald is a corporate partner at CMS Singapore. He advises on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and investment platforms, growth capital transactions, commercial contracts and corporate governance.
Originally from Southeast Asia, Gerald has extensive experience advising on the full life cycle of cross-border inbound and outbound deals across Asia including in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Gerald is known for doing “difficult deals in difficult places” and helps a diverse range of financial and strategic investors navigate the growth markets of Asia.
His clients include family offices, private equity and venture capital firms and conglomerates.
He is focused on the energy and infrastructure sectors with particular experience in the regional energy transition, impact investment and ClimateTech.
Prior to joining CMS, Gerald was a Partner at a global law firm in Singapore and, before that, was Group General Counsel at a Singapore based private investment group.
Gerald’s work is recognised in leading legal directories, including in the Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 guides, where clients have commended him for being "a first rate lawyer" who has "a fantastic client base" who he "is very close to" and for his "great quality advice and hands-on, prompt and reliable service". Clients recommend him for his "eagerness", "open-mindedness" and for being "very personable" and "a pleasure to deal with".
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Education
Gerald advises on a broad range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate finance transactions, business and investment structures, commercial contracts and corporate governance. Originally from Southeast Asia, Gerald has extensive experience advising on the full life cycle of cross-border inbound and outbound deals across Asia including in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
He advises a diverse range of financial and strategic investors including family offices, private equity and venture capital firms and conglomerates with a particular focus on the energy, natural resources, infrastructure and transportation sectors.
Gerald also handles regulatory and business conduct matters and he supports his clients with preparing and implementing their compliance and governance policies.
Prior to joining CMS, Gerald was a Partner at a global law firm in Singapore and, before that, was Group General Counsel at a Singapore based private investment group and single family office.
Gerald’s work is recognised in leading legal directories, including in the Chambers Asia Pacific and Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 guides, where clients have commended him for being "a first rate lawyer" who has "a fantastic client base" who he "is very close to" and for his "great quality advice and hands-on, prompt and reliable service". Clients recommend him for his "eagerness", "open-mindedness" and for being "very personable" and "a pleasure to deal with".
