Joshua Tan

Managing Director at JT Legal LLC

Singapore

About

Joshua is the Managing Director of JT Legal, a boutique corporate & corporate finance law practice which he founded after heading the Corporate Practice Group of an International Joint Law Venture in Singapore. With more than 25 years of corporate and corporate finance law experience under his belt, Joshua is a familiar face in the fund raising and investment circle. He works closely with some of the notable financial institutions and securities houses both locally and overseas. He is also active in the VC and PE circle, and is friendly with investors and companies in the various industries in Singapore. Joshua has acted as counsel to issuers, underwriters and issue manager in IPOs, given advice relating to restructuring matters, including pre-IPO restructuring exercise, M&A and a variety of fund raising exercise of both listed and private companies. He is also actively involved in the start-up scene in Singapore, giving talks and sometimes mentoring start-ups, and can often be seen attending events at start-up bootcamps, incubators and accelerators in Singapore. For his work and deals, he has been recognized by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific, particularly in the areas of Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, and Corporate and M&A.

Experience

  • Managing Director at JT Legal LLC
    Apr 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 4 mos

    Capital Markets, M&A, Corporate & Commercial, Start-up and Fintech, Banking & Finance, Trust, Asset & Wealth Management, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Regulatory

  • Partner at Kennedys Legal Solutions
    May 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos

    Corporate, Commercial and M&A, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Asset/fund & Wealth Management and Regulatory.

  • Director at Legal Solutions LLC
    May 2010 - Mar 2017 · 6 yrs 11 mos

    Capital Markets, Banking & Finance and Corporate and M&A.

  • Partner at Shook Lin & Bok LLP
    Jul 2006 - Mar 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Joshua was a corporate partner at Shook Lin & Bok LLP. His practice covers mainly corporate finance work.

  • Legal Counsel at StarHub Ltd
    May 2004 - Jun 2006 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    In-house legal counsel dealing with Networks, and regulatory work