Walkers' Singapore office opened in February 2009 in order to meet the demands of our existing clients and instructing law firms in the region. Our Singapore office is led by partner Ashley Gunning.
A successful, progressive, free market economy, Singapore is a key South East Asian hub for many international law firms and financial institutions. Walkers has been licensed by the Attorney General in Singapore to deliver a combination of British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands legal services from an office in Singapore.
Our Singapore office acts as a hub for servicing clients and financial institutions in South East Asia and India and is staffed by lawyers with regional and relevant experience. The office is our second in Asia and in tandem with our Hong Kong office is able to provide seamless, time zone friendly BVI and Cayman Islands offshore legal and corporate services to clients throughout the Asian region.
The Finance Group in our Singapore office is led by John Rogers. The Finance Group in our Singapore office provides specialist BVI and Cayman Islands legal advice in relation to a wide range of debt related transactions including general banking, debt capital markets, structured finance, asset and project finance, acquisition finance and securitisation.
The Funds, Private Equity and Corporate Group in our Singapore office is led by Ashley Gunning. The Funds, Private Equity and Corporate Group in our Singapore office provides specialist BVI and Cayman Islands legal advice in relation to a wide range of corporate and equity related transactions including mergers and acquisitions, mutual and hedge funds, unit trusts, private equity and joint ventures, public offerings of shares and securities of offshore companies and general commercial matters.