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James Twigg

James Twigg

Asia-Pacific 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

James Twigg is a partner in the Corporate and Investment Funds Group in Walkers' Singapore office.

He has represented clients across the Asia-Pacific region on: high-value mergers and acquisitions, equity capital raisings, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, pre IPO investments, US IPOs (including SPACs and deSPACs) and general corporate and governance matters.

He also regularly advises investment managers and institutional investors on the establishment of: hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds, and co-investment and alternative investment structures.

Career

Prior to joining Walkers in 2012, James worked as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong, Skadden and Slaughter and May in London and at Chapman Tripp in New Zealand. At each of these firms, James advised a broad range of corporate, private equity and governmental clients on a variety of international and domestic transactions.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds - Asia-Pacific Region

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

James Twigg is noted for his expertise in corporate transactions in various industries including the new energy and life sciences. His experience spans the Asia-Pacific area with recent mandates advising Chinese, Vietnamese, and Singaporean clients.

Strengths

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  • James Twigg is a very good lawyer.

    Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment FundsChambers Asia & Pacific
  • James Twigg is my favourite Cayman lawyer. His legal advice is always commercial, user-friendly and timely and I can consistently count on him to find a practical solution to a complex issue.

    Offshore: Corporate & Finance including Investment FundsChambers Asia & Pacific

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