Practice Areas
Hsu Li Chuan is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group and Co-Head of the Fintech/Blockchain practice group. He is also Co-Head of the Regional practice and the Singapore-China relationship partner.
Li Chuan's main areas of practice encompass corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and Blockchain & DLT. He is effectively bilingual in both English and Chinese, and has advised various Chinese clients and companies. Li Chuan has been actively advising on fund-raising projects from start-up to pre-IPO, IPO and post-IPO, across a range of jurisdictions and exchanges, whether via traditional debt or equity securities, to security and non-security tokens.
His extensive M&A experience also sees him representing multiple companies, ranging from property, PE funds, sovereign wealth funds, listed companies and fintech and Blockchain & DLT companies in investment and M&A transactions all across Asia-Pacific, Oceania and Europe.
Professional Memberships
Member, The Law Society of Singapore
Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Publications
"Amendment to Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers (Japanese)," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 05 (2024)
"Amendment to Guidelines on Licensing for Payment Service Providers," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 05 (2024)
"Crypto crypto, where art thou, decentralised crypto? A look at Cheong Jun Yoong v Three Arrows Capital Ltd and ors [2024] SGHC 21," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 03 (2024)
"The new significant investments review bill to safeguard strategic sectors," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 01 (2024)
"Crypto assets – Legally enforceable property right in Singapore! But for all types?," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 05 (2023)
Awards
National Leader (Southeast Asia) for Fintech & Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2023
National Leader (Southeast Asia) for Fintech & Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2024
National Leader (Southeast Asia) for Fintech & Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2025
Global Elite Thought Leader for Client Choice - Fintech & Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2024
Global Leader for Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2021
Global Leader for Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2022
Global Leader for Blockchain
Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal)
2023
Highly Regarded Lawyer for Capital markets: Debt, Capital Markets: Equity, M&A, and IPOs in the 35th Edition
IFLR1000
2025
Notable Practitioner for Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity and M&A in the 29th Edition
IFLR1000
2019
Notable Practitioner for Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity and M&A in the 30th Edition
IFLR1000
2020
Notable Practitioner for Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity and M&A in the 31st Edition
IFLR1000
2021
Notable Practitioner for Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity and M&A in the 32nd Edition
IFLR1000
2022
Notable Practitioner for Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity and M&A in the 33rd Edition
IFLR1000
2023
Notable Practitioner for Capital markets: Debt, Capital markets: Equity and M&A in the 34th Edition
IFLR1000
2024