> Hong Kah Chon

Hong Kah Chon

Senior Associate
Singapore

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Kah Chon specialises in corporate and commercial transactions and mergers and acquisitions, advising clients on a broad range of matters including share and asset acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, private equity investments and general corporate matters.

Prior to joining Helmsman, Kah Chon practised at a Singapore-headquartered law firm with an established regional presence across Asia, where he was involved in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance matters and commercial collaborations involving private-sector and government-linked entities. Earlier in his career, he advised Singapore statutory boards on commercial arrangements and other operational legal matters.

Kah Chon has acted for multinational corporations, government institutions, established businesses and start-ups across sectors including construction and engineering, food and beverage, technology, healthcare, biotechnology, financial services and renewable energy.

Experience / Representative Matters

Commercial Transactions

Acted for the shareholders of a Singapore engineering and project management business on its sale to an international technical-services group in a transaction valued at up to approximately SGD 45 million.

Acted for an international energy and engineering group in its approximately SGD 50 million acquisition of a Singapore engineering company specialising in mechanical and electrical engineering, cleanroom construction and advanced manufacturing facilities. The transaction formed part of the group’s expansion of its engineering operations in Singapore.

Acted as Singapore counsel to an international healthcare group on the reorganisation of its Singapore corporate structure, involving a capital restructuring and statutory amalgamation of group entities. The work included assessing the entities’ financial position against the applicable statutory solvency requirements and advising on the corporate law and tax considerations affecting the restructuring.

Areas of Expertise

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

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