our Principal Partner

 

Chan Ju-Lian

Introduction

Ju-Lian was admitted as an Advocate and Solicitor of the Singapore Supreme Court in 1998. He began practice as a general litigator before specialising in financial services and corporate and commercial advisory work. After a long and exciting career in two of Singapore’s largest firms, he set-up his own practice in 2009, which subsequently evolved into Thomson Legal LLP.

Main Areas Of Practice

Corporate and Commercial

  1. Shareholding-related transactions including shareholders' agreements, investments and divestments
  2. Transfers of businesses and technology including licensing of rights, distributorships and franchises
  3. Cross-border trade transactions
  4. Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
  5. Syndicated loans
  6. Project financing
  7. Debt restructurings
  8. Landlord and Tenant matters

General Civil Litigation

  1. Shareholders' disputes
  2. Contractual disputes including debt recovery
  3. Family matters including Divorces and Adoptions
  4. Probate and Administration

Experience

Ju-Lian is proud and grateful to have worked in Allen & Gledhill and subsequently at Drew & Napier over the first 10 years of his career. He has advised extensively on banking and business transactions, acting for both financial institutions as well as local and international corporations. He spent several years in Indonesia working with the Sinar Mas Group on the restructuring of Asia Pulp & Paper Limited. Some other highlights of Ju-Lian’s areas of experience are:

  1. Advising Arrangers, Issuers and Lenders on:
    1. SGX-listings
    2. Syndicated project financing for major local telcos
    3. Fixed-income debts including medium-terms notes and bonds
    4. Aircraft financing including sale-and-leasebacks
    5. Ship financing
  2. Privatisation of Singapore Airlines Engineering division
  3. Cross-border and emerging markets trade and finance transactions within ASEAN and North Asian markets
  4. Technology transfer from major US software producer to regional procurers
  5. Sale of businesses in marine and childcare industries

Appointments / Memberships

  1. Member, Law Society of Singapore
  2. Member, Singapore Academy of Law
  3. Member, the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple