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KEH KEE GUAN LLB (HONS) SINGAPORE

 

Keh Kee Guan obtained his law degree (LL.B Hons, 2nd Class) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 1973. He was admitted to the Singapore Bar in January 1974 and has been in active practice since.

 

Kee Guan has extensive experience in corporate work, banking and financial services, real estate, trust, intellectual property (IP), and commercial crime.  He appears regularly in the Singapore High Court, Family Court and State Courts and occasionally in the Court of Appeal. In 2018, he has appeared in a substantive resulting trust case in the Singapore High Court.  He has acted for clients in APAC, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Australia.

 

Areas of practice

Corporate – Advised Singapore listco in acquisitions (and due diligence) of assets in the PRC, Malaysia and Indonesia; share swaps, reverse takeovers, derivatives; advised and restructuring companies in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong; IPO in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and England (AIM); negotiation and drafting pre-IPO funding and exit agreements; served as a legal advisor for over 10 years for major Thai department store group; major property developer and securities which are listed on Thai Stock Exchange; Scheme of Arrangement (SOA), insolvency and winding-up; tracing and recovery of assets fraudulent preference.  Shareholders’ actions, meetings resolutions, oppression, director’s fiduciary duties, Mareva injunctions.

 

Banking and Financial Services – Negotiations loan syndication, acting for lead managers, drafting and managing loans, securities, advice on setting aside guarantees, mortgages; conducted due diligence in Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, PRC; advice and implementation; anti-money laundering (AML); advice and litigation on derivatives (accumulators) and money lenders legislation.

 

Property – Advised property developers in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia; sale of major hotel in Singapore, represented Indonesian clients in purchase of hotel in Thailand; acted for minority owners objecting to collective sale appeared in hearings before the Strata Title Board; URA and JTC purchases and sales and landlord and tenants litigation.

 

Trusts and Wills – Advice on trust, fiduciary and duties of executors and disputes; disputes and litigation involving administrators, beneficiaries action; appeared in landmark 2018 Singapore High Court trial relating to a resulting trust.

 

Intellectual Property – Licensing of software, media and film rights; litigation, injunctions for breach or violation of IP rights; registration of trademarks, injunction and rectification.

 

Crime and commercial crime– Acted for co-accused in Singapore’s first stock market rigging case, corruption and AML offences, harassment, outraging modesty, assault.

 

APAC and Regional exposure – Acted and advised companies in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Brunei and Philippines; Served as chairman of a main board SGX listco for over 10 years.

 

Work experience

Senior Consultant, Pacific Law Corporation (current)

Consultant, Ang & Partners

Consultant, Abraham Low and Partners

Partner, PK Wong and Advani

Senior Partner, Keh Kee Guan & Co

Partner, Kian Hin and Partners

Legal Assistant, Shook Lin & Bok

Legal Assistant, Braddell Brothers