Singapore (asialaw)

Wong Tan & Molly Lim is an established Singapore corporate firm with particular strength in public-company transactions, cross-border listings and financings that connect Singapore businesses with international markets. Its focused structure allows senior lawyers to remain closely involved throughout each mandate, while the breadth of its corporate finance experience enables the team to move comfortably between acquisitions, takeovers, equity offerings, debt transactions and continuing listed-company advice. The firm’s recent work reflects an active practice across Singapore, India and Southeast Asia, including transactions involving established issuers as well as businesses seeking access to new pools of capital.

Capital markets is central to the firm’s identity. The team advises issuers, offerors, underwriters and other transaction participants on listings, rights issues, placements, takeovers, schemes of arrangement and transfers between the Catalist and Mainboard markets of the Singapore Exchange. Its recent mandates demonstrate particular experience in transactions that combine securities regulation with wider strategic change, including privatisations, business diversification and the disposal of overseas assets.

The firm is also active on outbound listings involving Singapore-incorporated businesses. Its lawyers act as Singapore counsel on offerings in overseas markets, coordinating local corporate and regulatory requirements with the work of lead counsel and other advisers across multiple jurisdictions. This capability has supported clients pursuing listings in India and the United States, as well as companies moving between the Catalist and Mainboard markets in Singapore.

Wong Tan & Molly Lim’s corporate and M&A practice is closely integrated with its capital-markets capability. The team acts on public takeovers, schemes of arrangement and strategic disposals, with recent work spanning steel, waste management, property development and e-commerce. Its experience on both acquisitions and listed-company corporate exercises allows it to anticipate how transaction structure, shareholder approvals and disclosure requirements will interact.

Banking and finance provides an important complementary strength. The firm advises borrowers and lenders on domestic and cross-border financing structures, including corporate lending, syndicated facilities, secured finance and transactions involving commodities, energy, maritime assets and construction businesses. The team is regularly engaged as Singapore counsel within broader international financing arrangements, working alongside overseas firms on documentation governed by more than one legal system. As the submitted banking and finance matters were designated confidential, no individual mandates or client names have been included for publication.

The firm’s compact model supports continuity across transactions. Clients benefit from direct access to senior practitioners who can advise on financing, corporate structure and securities regulation without dividing a mandate among disconnected teams. This is particularly valuable for listed companies undertaking related or sequential exercises, where the treatment of one transaction may affect shareholder approvals, disclosure obligations or the implementation of another.

Managing director Ong Beng Hong leads the firm’s capital-markets, corporate-finance and banking work. Her practice encompasses securities and debt offerings, mergers and acquisitions, syndicated lending, corporate restructuring and continuing advisory work for listed businesses. Director Tan Swee Gek advises on M&A, joint ventures, banking and commercial matters, while director Lee Yuan focuses on capital markets, corporate finance, M&A and governance support for private and public companies. Together, the leadership team provides an integrated platform for clients undertaking transactions that engage several areas of Singapore corporate and financing law.

Through its combination of listed-company expertise, cross-border execution and sustained senior involvement, Wong Tan & Molly Lim offers a focused corporate practice for businesses navigating strategic transactions, public markets and financing arrangements in Singapore and internationally.