Sin Wei Ong
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 3 : Startups & Emerging Companies
Band 3
About
Provided by Sin Wei Ong
Practice Areas
Ong Sin Wei is the Co-Head of the WPGrow: Start-Up / Venture Capital Practice and a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions, FinTech and India Practices.
Sin Wei has extensive experience in corporate and corporate finance matters including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate/investment funds restructuring and fund formation. In addition, he has particular experience in matters involving the venture capital/start-ups (including FinTech), asset management, investment funds and insurance sectors.
Publications
- WLG Venture Capital Guide – Singapore Chapter
- Getting The Deal Through - Private M&A, Singapore Chapter – 2019 - 2021 editions
- Singapore Institute of Directors – The Directors' Bulletin – Overview of Legal Considerations When Investing In Emerging Markets
- Singapore Institute of Directors – The Directors' Bulletin – Understanding Initial Coin Offerings
Work Highlights
Significant transactions that Sin Wei has been involved in include advising / acting for the following:
- Red Date Technology, in the establishment of the BSN Foundation in Singapore which is the platform for the international expansion of the blockchain infrastructure of China’s Blockchain-based Service Network (BSN) — a public-private nationwide infrastructure project to spur mass adoption of blockchain technology in China (including for China’s digital yuan).
- Coinhako, Singapore's largest provider of digital wallet solutions for holding cryptocurrencies and digital tokens, on its corporate restructuring and fundraising.
- Centrality, the blockchain-based marketplace platform, in its token generation event which raised US$100 million in CENNZ tokens in 6 minutes.
- Pacific International Lines, PSA International, YCH Holdings and Kerry Logistics in the formation of a Singapore consortium vehicle Connectivity Solutions Pte Ltd, for the purpose of a joint project between Singapore and China known as "Sino-Singapore Chongqing Connectivity Solutions".
- Teleperformance as Singapore counsel in the acquisition of Intelenet Global Services, from Blackstone for US$1 billion.
- Expedia Inc. in its US$350 million minority investment in Traveloka Holding Limited, a leading South East Asian online travel company.