Julian Ho
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025
Band 5 : Startups & Emerging Companies
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About
Provided by Julian Ho
Practice Areas
Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity; Venture Capital
Career
Julian’s areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and general commercial contracts.
Julian represents corporate clients on domestic and cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital transactions. He regularly acts for venture capital investors, startups and high-growth companies in financings (from early-stage to late-stage) and other corporate transactional matters.
Julian has been a member of the core working group for the development of the Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements (VIMA) – an initiative of the Singapore Academy of Law and the Singapore Venture and Private Capital Association – since its establishment in 2018.
Julian has spent time on secondment with Fenwick & West LLP in Silicon Valley, where he worked with technology and emerging companies on a broad range of corporate transactional matters and venture capital financings.
Publications
The Singapore chapter of The Venture Capital Law Review (2nd Edition, 2022), Law Business Research.
The Singapore chapter of The Venture Capital Law Review (3rd Edition, 2023), Law Business Research.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Julian Ho is particularly highly rated for his venture capital practice in Singapore, regularly assisting investors with early and late-stage financings. He previously worked at a top-tier VC-focused firm in Silicon Valley and is capable of handling both domestic and international transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Julian Ho has forged a great practice as a very agile and commercial negotiator. He is really efficient."
"Julian is very keen and responsive. He always tries to strike a balance between legal and commercial matters."
"Julian Ho has forged a great practice as a very agile and commercial negotiator. He is really efficient."
"Julian is very keen and responsive. He always tries to strike a balance between legal and commercial matters."