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Overview
Avant Law is a specialist Singapore corporate firm distinguished by its cross-border capital-markets capability, dual-jurisdictional insight into Singapore and Malaysia, and direct senior involvement in complex transactions. The firm serves as a gateway for businesses seeking access to public markets across Southeast Asia and other international financial centres, with particular experience advising Singapore companies involved in listings on the Singapore Exchange, Bursa Malaysia, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Its focused structure combines the technical standards required for multijurisdictional offerings with the responsiveness and flexibility of a specialised practice.
Equity capital markets is at the centre of the firm’s offering. Avant Law has acted as Singapore counsel on more than 40 proposed initial public offerings across the Mainboard and Catalist boards of the Singapore Exchange, the Main and ACE markets of Bursa Malaysia, the Main Board and GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq. This experience gives the team practical familiarity with the regulatory, disclosure and structural requirements of different listing venues.
The firm is particularly active on offerings involving Singapore businesses within wider regional groups. As Singapore counsel, the team conducts legal and regulatory due diligence on local entities, verifies prospectus disclosures and works with lead counsel and other professional advisers across jurisdictions. Its role frequently extends beyond a conventional corporate review to detailed analysis of sector-specific licensing, operational compliance, employment arrangements and environmental or consumer-protection requirements.
This regulatory depth is a defining feature of the practice. Recent mandates have involved companies operating in speciality chemicals, lifestyle services, wellness, healthcare, retail, medical equipment, technology and industrial solutions. The firm has considered issues ranging from hazardous-substance licensing and import controls to advertising standards, workplace compliance and medical-device regulation. By addressing these matters within the listing process, Avant Law helps clients identify and remedy operational risks before they become obstacles to regulatory clearance or investor confidence.
The firm’s transactional capabilities extend beyond public offerings. Its lawyers advise throughout the corporate lifecycle, from early-stage venture-capital and private-equity fundraising to cross-border acquisitions, reorganisations and exits. The practice also assists with the formation, structuring and licensing of investment vehicles, including variable capital companies, and advises family offices and private-equity investors on regulatory compliance and downstream investments.
Technology is integrated into the firm’s approach to service delivery. Avant Law uses legal technology and automation to manage substantial due-diligence exercises and regulatory audits while retaining direct senior oversight of the structural and commercial issues arising from each transaction. This enables the firm to process extensive information efficiently without reducing its role to document production.
The practice is led by director Yap Siew Ling, who focuses on capital markets and corporate work and is dual-qualified in Singapore and Malaysia. Her experience in both jurisdictions supports the firm’s work on cross-border offerings involving Singapore businesses and Malaysian listing venues. The team was strengthened by the arrival of senior associate Lena Tan from Genesis Law Corporation in December 2025, adding further corporate capability to the practice.
Avant Law’s value lies in combining focused capital-markets expertise with close attention to the underlying businesses preparing to enter public markets. Its ability to address transaction structure, prospectus disclosure and sector-specific regulation within a single mandate makes it a useful adviser to regional companies pursuing growth through listings, investment and strategic transactions.
Equity capital markets is at the centre of the firm’s offering. Avant Law has acted as Singapore counsel on more than 40 proposed initial public offerings across the Mainboard and Catalist boards of the Singapore Exchange, the Main and ACE markets of Bursa Malaysia, the Main Board and GEM of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and Nasdaq. This experience gives the team practical familiarity with the regulatory, disclosure and structural requirements of different listing venues.
The firm is particularly active on offerings involving Singapore businesses within wider regional groups. As Singapore counsel, the team conducts legal and regulatory due diligence on local entities, verifies prospectus disclosures and works with lead counsel and other professional advisers across jurisdictions. Its role frequently extends beyond a conventional corporate review to detailed analysis of sector-specific licensing, operational compliance, employment arrangements and environmental or consumer-protection requirements.
This regulatory depth is a defining feature of the practice. Recent mandates have involved companies operating in speciality chemicals, lifestyle services, wellness, healthcare, retail, medical equipment, technology and industrial solutions. The firm has considered issues ranging from hazardous-substance licensing and import controls to advertising standards, workplace compliance and medical-device regulation. By addressing these matters within the listing process, Avant Law helps clients identify and remedy operational risks before they become obstacles to regulatory clearance or investor confidence.
The firm’s transactional capabilities extend beyond public offerings. Its lawyers advise throughout the corporate lifecycle, from early-stage venture-capital and private-equity fundraising to cross-border acquisitions, reorganisations and exits. The practice also assists with the formation, structuring and licensing of investment vehicles, including variable capital companies, and advises family offices and private-equity investors on regulatory compliance and downstream investments.
Technology is integrated into the firm’s approach to service delivery. Avant Law uses legal technology and automation to manage substantial due-diligence exercises and regulatory audits while retaining direct senior oversight of the structural and commercial issues arising from each transaction. This enables the firm to process extensive information efficiently without reducing its role to document production.
The practice is led by director Yap Siew Ling, who focuses on capital markets and corporate work and is dual-qualified in Singapore and Malaysia. Her experience in both jurisdictions supports the firm’s work on cross-border offerings involving Singapore businesses and Malaysian listing venues. The team was strengthened by the arrival of senior associate Lena Tan from Genesis Law Corporation in December 2025, adding further corporate capability to the practice.
Avant Law’s value lies in combining focused capital-markets expertise with close attention to the underlying businesses preparing to enter public markets. Its ability to address transaction structure, prospectus disclosure and sector-specific regulation within a single mandate makes it a useful adviser to regional companies pursuing growth through listings, investment and strategic transactions.
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Work highlights
Acted as Singapore counsel to Eckem on the proposed listing of a speciality-chemical distribution group on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia. The work includes due diligence on licensing and import and export requirements affecting the group’s Singapore operations.
Represented Rest N Go as Singapore counsel on the proposed ACE Market listing of a lifestyle business. The mandate includes reviewing tenancy and licensing arrangements supporting the group’s massage-chair vending and rental operations in Singapore.
Advised Slim Doc SG as Singapore counsel on the proposed Main Market listing of a slimming and wellness group. The firm is reviewing the group’s advertising practices and the regulatory treatment of specialised wellness and aesthetic equipment.
Key clients
Eckem, Rest N Go, Slim Doc SG
Acted as Singapore counsel to Eckem on the proposed listing of a speciality-chemical distribution group on the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia. The work includes due diligence on licensing and import and export requirements affecting the group’s Singapore operations.
Represented Rest N Go as Singapore counsel on the proposed ACE Market listing of a lifestyle business. The mandate includes reviewing tenancy and licensing arrangements supporting the group’s massage-chair vending and rental operations in Singapore.
Advised Slim Doc SG as Singapore counsel on the proposed Main Market listing of a slimming and wellness group. The firm is reviewing the group’s advertising practices and the regulatory treatment of specialised wellness and aesthetic equipment.
Key clients
Eckem, Rest N Go, Slim Doc SG