Christian Chin
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Startups & Emerging Companies
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About
Provided by Christian Chin
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Venture Capital
Career
Christian is Co-Head of the Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions Department at Allen & Gledhill. His areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, employment law and general commercial contracts.
Christian represents investment and commercial banks, private equity and sovereign funds and strategic corporate clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity transactions. He also acts for venture capital investors and companies in Series A and subsequent funding rounds.
Professional Memberships
Member, Singapore Academy of Law, Law Society of England and Wales and Law Society of Singapore.
Publications
Practical Law’s Cross-Border Joint Ventures (2017-2020). Global Legal Group’s International Comparative Legal Guide to Private Equity (2017-2019, 2022 and 2023). Practical Law’s Venture Capital Global Guide (2016/17).
Personal
Member of the working group of the Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements initiative supported by the Singapore Academy of Law and the Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association.
Awarded the Babson Fellowship. Awarded the Ethics Award by the Singapore Medical Association, and the Tun Salleh Award by the American Universities Alumni of Malaysia.
Education
National University of Singapore
LL.B. (Hons) degree
F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College
Languages Spoken
English
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Christian Chin is co-head of the venture capital practice at Allen & Gledhill in Singapore, regularly acting for venture capital investors and corporates on funding rounds, including Series D investments. He is particularly well versed in fintech and technology-related mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chris is an impeccable lawyer who still gets very involved in deals. He can understand complex deal structures and the kinks and nuances of what we are trying to achieve, and come up with the best solutions for all parties."
"Chris is an impeccable lawyer who still gets very involved in deals. He can understand complex deal structures and the kinks and nuances of what we are trying to achieve, and come up with the best solutions for all parties."