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Thomas is the Managing Partner of Clyde & Co’s Singapore office. He leads the Corporate and Employment Practices in Singapore with a focus on regional M&A (including VC and PE), insurance and TMT regulatory matters, corporate finance and employment matters. He also leads the Corporate Secretarial practices in Asia. Thomas is also a Notary Public and a Commissioner for Oaths and is admitted as a solicitor in both Singapore and England & Wales.
Corporate Transactional (M&A, VC and PE)
Thomas is active on cross border corporate and private equity / venture capital transactions across South East Asia and China and works for a wide range of clients with a particular focus on the Technology, Education, Private Equity / Venture Capital, Marine, Insurance and Healthcare sectors.
Often working across multiple jurisdictions, Thomas advises on a full range of corporate transactions with a particular focus on complex mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, private equity, trade sales and competitive bids, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and financing. He has advised clients on significant high-profile asset and business acquisitions and disposals, and innovative operating and financing arrangements. He also has significant experience in representing owners and operators of vessels and other maritime and offshore interests. He has acted for regional governments and governmental bodies, state-owned enterprises and multinationals on significant M&A transactions, privatisations and regulatory matters.
Thomas is described in Legal 500 APAC as “a leading individual”, who is "extremely prompt and responsive" with "astounding legal knowledge" and is "genuinely interested in developing long term relationships with clients".
Regulatory (Insurance and TMT)
Thomas has extensive experience advising insurance and (re)insurers intermediaries and technology companies, such as e-payment providers, cryptocurrency and digital asset exchanges, token issues and FinTech companies, on business establishment and licensing, acquisitions and disposals, portfolio transfers, outsourcing arrangements, cross-border business structures and regulatory compliance, in Asia Pacific.
Thomas is recommended by Legal 500 APAC 2022 (Singapore – Firms to Watch: TMT: Foreign Firms) and is described as one of the key practitioners, who is “increasingly handling complex mandates relating to data protection and cybersecurity, fintech, and technology procurement and regulation”.
Employment, Immigration & Pensions / Data Protection and GDPR
Thomas leads the Employment, Immigration & Pensions practice in Singapore. As a key member of the global employment practice group, Thomas regularly advises on a wide range of non-contentious employment and immigration matters, including the reviewing and drafting of employment and service agreements and severance packages, establishment of complex incentivisation schemes for senior executives, team moves, enforceability of restrictive covenants and advising on Singapore laws and regulations in the area of employment, immigration and industrial relations.
He additionally leads the Corporate Secretarial practice in Singapore and Hong Kong, which encompasses company administration and general corporate compliance issues, including corporate secretarial, data protection and anti-bribery & corruption.
Thomas is consistently ranked as a “Leading Individual” for “Labour And Employment” by Legal 500 APAC and is praised for providing “very high quality of written work, [who is] very responsive and practical”. One of his clients remarked “[Thomas is] hands-down the best employment lawyer I have come across in Singapore. Not only is he responsive and proactive, he goes beyond what is typical of a lawyer and I would recommend him to anyone seeking employment advice in South East Asia.” He is also described by peers and clients as “a versatile practitioner and goes beyond what can be expected of a lawyer”, “an outstanding strategic adviser” and “a very knowledgeable practitioner who is client-orientated and goes the extra mile both in service, quality and results” (Source: Who’s Who Legal – Labour Employment & Benefits).
Corporate Transactional
Venture Capital (VC)
Employment and Immigration
Corporate Compliance, Secretarial and Administration
Education
Marine
Corporate
Employment, Pensions & Immigration
Technology, Outsourcing & Data
Corporate
Employment, Pensions & Immigration
Technology, Outsourcing & Data
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