Jeremiah Huang

Jeremiah is the Principal of everstead law, a Singapore law practice that does one thing, and one thing only: corporate and transactional law. His work has earned recognition from across the legal industry. Singapore Business Review named him one of Singapore’s most influential lawyers aged 40 and under, while Asian Legal Business and LexisNexis included him in their respective 40 Under 40 lists. He has also been recognised by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Next Generation Partner, Asian Legal Business as a Singapore Rising Star, IFLR as a Notable Practitioner for M&A, and Doyle’s Guide as a Leading Practitioner for Corporate and M&A. Jeremiah advises on capital markets, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and funds, alongside employment matters and post-IPO corporate governance and compliance. His work has seen him get shortlisted for Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) (Southeast Asia) and received LegalOne’s Stellar Accolade (Southeast Asia). Jeremiah graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, Australia, at the tender age of 20. He subsequently returned to Singapore for National Service during which he commissioned as an Armoured Infantry officer and received the prestigious National Service Full-time of the Year Award, along with a letter of commendation from the then Chief Armour Officer. Following NS, Jeremiah trained at one of Singapore’s oldest law firms, and has since practised at leading domestic and international firms. Before founding everstead law, he co-founded the award-winning Singapore office of the ZICO Law Network, and was previously a Partner in the Corporate and Capital Markets Practice of one of Singapore’s largest firms. In addition to his corporate practice, Jeremiah is: (a) a Fellow of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore (FCS, CSIS), and the Chartered Governance Institute (FCG, CGI); (b) a Certified Information Privacy Professional (Asia) and Manager (CIPP/A and CIPM) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He also holds a Practitioner Certificate in Personal Data Protection (Singapore) issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore; and (c) an accredited and qualified mediator (Singapore Mediation Centre, Singapore International Mediation Institute and International Mediation Institute), and on the Law Society of Singapore’s Mediation Scheme Panel of Mediators. Jeremiah is also the legal advisor to Australian Alumni Singapore, which is the national umbrella organisation for the 200,000 Singaporean or Singapore-based graduates of Australian universities, and to the government-supported Kazakhstan-Singapore Business Council. He also serves on the Law Society of Singapore's Corporate Practice Committee and Equity Capital Markets Committee. He was also previously the legal advisor to Singapore's Association of Listed Companies. Jeremiah is also an Accredited Director (by examination) of the Singapore Institute of Directors and sits on the Board of Singapore-listed building maintenance and estate upgrading specialist, ISOTeam Ltd, as an Independent Director (and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and member of the Nominating and Audit Committees).