Sivi Sivanesan

Practice Areas

S Sivanesan is a senior partner in Dentons Rodyk's Corporate practice group. Sivanesan's primary areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, venture capital, venture technology, investment funds and general corporate commercial matters. He has advised several fund managers, venture capital funds, founders, start-ups and companies on investment deals.

Sivanesan's international work includes cross-border and regional transactions, mergers and acquisitions, VC/PE investment deals in South East Asia, India, China, Japan, Europe, Australia and USA. He has worked with local and foreign clients in establishing businesses in Singapore and the region, transactional matters, foreign direct investment, liaising with regional counsel and establishing effective corporate structures for global operations. He is widely regarded as an authority on corporate governance and venture capital.

Sivanesan is a past chairman of the Pacific Rim Advisory Council, which is an association of 28 top tier independent law firms with more than 12,000 lawyers in more than 50 key business centres around the world.

Sivanesan has addressed regional and international business leaders at conferences and seminars, on topics relating to venture technology, international mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, venture capital and cross border investments. He is a past Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Singapore Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS). He is currently the independent Chairman of Liberty Insurance Pte Ltd and Liberty Specialty Markets Singapore Pte Limited, members of the Liberty Mutual Group.

Career

Senior Partner, Dentons Rodyk (1987 - present)

Professional Memberships

Directorship, NUS High School of Mathematics and Science (appointed on 17 April 2020)

Past Chairman, Pacific Rim Advisory Council

Past Chairman, Corporate Governance Committee, Singapore Investors Association of Singapore (SIAS)

Independent Director, Asian Corporate Advisors Pte Ltd

Independent Chairman and Director of Liberty Insurance Pte Ltd, member of the Liberty Mutual Group

Independent Chairman and Director of Liberty Specialty Markets Singapore Pte. Limited, member of the Liberty Mutual Group

Publications

Addressing forced labour in your supply chains: navigating murky legal regimes, differences in national laws and the complex nature of global supply chains

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Why it should matter to Asian exporters

India introduces amendments to biodiversity laws: What this means for business