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Name:		Jeff Leong Pak Lim
Contact Details:		Office: 36 Robinson Road, #10-01 City House, Singapore 068877 Tel: (65) 62369229 Fax: (65) 62249918 Email: jeff_leong@ramdwong.com.sg
Qualifications:		LL.B. (Hons) (Singapore) (1985) Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (1986) Advocate & Solicitor, Malaysia (1991) Solicitor, England & Wales (1995)
Languages:		English, Mandarin, Chinese dialects, and Malay
Experience:		1986 to 1989 Legal Assistant , Messrs Koh & Yang , Singapore 1990 to 1993 Partner, Messrs Koh & Yang, Singapore 1993 to 1999 Partner, Messrs Khattar Wong & Partners, Singapore 1994 to 1999 Partner, Messrs KM Chye & Partners, Malaysia 1994 to 1995 Secondment, Messrs KW Poon & Partners, Hong Kong 1999 to present Senior Partner, Messrs Jeff Leong, Poon & Wong, Malaysia 1999 to 2005 Partner, Messrs Yeo Wee Kiong & Partners, Singapore; Messrs Jeff Leong & Partners, Singapore and Director, Justlaw LLC, Singapore Since July 2005 Consultant, Ramdas & Wong
Current Work:		Corporate, Securities & Investment Law Corporate Commercial Corporate Finance Mergers & Acquisition Insurance Law Islamic Banking
Experience:		Jeff has extensive experience in representing various IPO candidates and public listed companies in capital raisings and other corporate exercises on the Singapore Exchange and Bursa Securities Malaysia, including IPOs, Rights Issues and Bonds Issues. Jeff also has experience acting in domestic and cross-border merger and acquisition transactions, joint ventures, venture capital investment and foreign investment transactions in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Australia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Jeff was involved in establishing industry standards and best practices for due diligence in respect of Submissions to the Securities Commission under the Securities Commission Act in Malaysia. Jeff is regularly requested to undertake legal due diligence work in mergers and acquisitions, investment and securities offerings by both foreign investors and domestic companies. Notable transactions include:- Corporate Restructuring and IPO of a freight forwarding company on the SGX Rights Issue with Warrants of a freight forwarding company listed on the SGX Merger & Acquisition of a freight forwarding company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on behalf of a SGX listed company Secondary Listing on the SGX of a Hong Kong listed Bermuda company engaged in ceramics business Corporate restructuring of one of the largest shipping fleets in the world Acting for a bidder for the S$8 billion worth of shares listed on CLOB, Singapore Joint Venture between a Malaysian listed company and an Indonesian party for payment software systems for the Singapore and Indonesian market Acting for a Malaysian public listed company in the acquisition of a Singapore Oil and Gas related company with a Vietnamese subsidiary Acting as Malaysian Counsel and participating in prospectus drafting, due diligence and verification of numerous Malaysian companies listing on the SGX, including the Proposed S$1.65 billion IPO of a Malaysian Real Estate Developer and the Proposed S$1.5 billion IPO of a Malaysian owned Dry Bulk Shipping Group in 2004/2005
Service to the Profession:		Member, Cross Border Practice Committee, Law Society of Singapore (1995-1996) Chairman, Business Law Section of the Law Association for Asia and the Pacific, Australia (1994-1997) and (2003-currently) Chairman, Law Association For Asia and The Pacific Corporate, Securities and Investment Law Standing Committee (1998-currently)
Service to the Community:		External Lecturer, Nanyang Technological Institute (now Nanyang Technological University), Singapore on Company Law (1987) and Company Law/Contract Law (1988) Vice-President, Entrepreneurship Forum, Singapore (1994-1996) Chairman, ASEAN SCHOLARS DIVISION, ASEAN BUSINESS FORUM, Jakarta, Indonesia (1994-1996) Steering Committee Member, 1995 ASIA YOUNG LEADERS FORUM, Asia-Australia Institute, University of NSW, Australia (1995) Fulbright-Hays Visiting Scholar to the United States (1997) International Copyright Fellow, Japan Copyright Research & Information Centre 2001
Awards:		ASEAN Scholarship, Singapore (1979-1980) SK Lee Scholarship, National University of Singapore (1983-1984) European Commission Grant (1993) United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Scholarship (1995) Fulbright-Hays Visiting Scholar to the United States under the 1997 Fulbright Professional Exchange Program administered by the Malaysian-American Commission on Education Exchange and the J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

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