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Jean Nie Ho

Jean Nie Ho

Partner

Jean Nie Ho

Partner

Singapore

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Jean Nie Ho is a Partner in Dentons Rodyk’s Corporate practice group. Jean Nie’s primary areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, venture capital and private equity, employment matters, environmental, sustainability & governance, and general corporate commercial work.

Experience

StoneBridge Acquisition Corporation ("Stonebridge"): Acted for Stonebridge, an Asia-Pacific focussed publicly traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), on the Singapore law aspects for the SPAC transaction leading to the signing of a binding business combination agreement with DigiAsia Bios Pte Ltd (“DigiAsia”), Indonesia’s Embeddable Fintech-as-a-Service (FaaS) company. Upon completion of the transaction, the combined company will be named DigiAsia and listed on NASDAQ under the ticker FAAS. The transaction values the combined company at a pre-money equity valuation of US$500 million. The Dentons team in Indonesia worked with the Singapore team and was also involved in advising Stonebridge on the Indonesia law aspects of the transaction.
Think & Learn Private Limited (Byju’s): Leading and advising on the Singapore law aspects of this transaction where India’s digital learning pioneer Byju’s acquired professional training and higher education platform Great Learning for $600 million, accelerating an acquisition spree to expand globally.
Tolaram Group (“TG”) and Tolaram Africa (“TA”), a subsidiary of TG: Assisting on a long-term joint venture between TA and NYSE-listed Kellogg Company (“KC”) to 1) create a partnership between TA and KC to develop snacks and breakfast foods for the West African market and 2) acquire 50% in the Multipro Group, a subsidiary of TG providing sales and distribution services in Nigeria and Ghana, for US$450 million (S$634 million). The partnership also provides KC the right to acquire a stake in TA at a later stage for an amount to be determined at the time of exercise of the right.
Trax Technology Solutions Pte. Ltd. (“Trax”): Assisting in a US$19.5m investment led by Investec Bank plc, part of the international specialist banking and asset management group listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: INVP) and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE:INL). With this latest round of funding, Trax has raised nearly US$100 million since being founded in 2010.
Jani Antero Rautianen and Stephen Nicholas Melhuish (Founders) and the minority shareholders: Assisting on the sale of certain existing shares and investment in PropertyGuru Pte. Ltd. for an aggregate consideration of S$175 million from private equity firm TPG, Australian-based venture capital firm Square Peg Capital and Indonesian-based PT Emtek. Previously assisted PropertyGuru in the S$60 million investment by ImmobilienScout24, a unit of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom in 2012, one of the largest investments in an Asian start-up at that time.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Management Services Company (“KMSC”): Assisting on the US$1 million Series A investment by KMSC in Nomadd Desert Solar Solutions Pte. Ltd., a technology start-up developing the NO-water Mechanical Automated Dusting Device, which is a smart and ecological desert solar panel cleaning system.
Vertex Asia Fund (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (”VAF”): Assisting on the US$4.76 million Series A2 investment led by VAF in Instarem Pte. Ltd., a fintech start-up involved in the development of an online cross border money remittance service.
Vertex Asia Fund (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (”VAF”): Assisting on the US$3 million Series A investment led by VAF in Paktor Pte. Ltd., a technology start-up involved in the development of an online dating platform.
Vertex Asia Fund (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (”VAF”): Assisting on the US$3.6 million (S$4.5 million) Series A2 investment led by VAF in Patsnap Pte. Ltd., a technology start-up involved in the development of a patents visualization and analytics platform.
Redmart Pte. Ltd.: Assisting on the S$5.4m fund-raising mezzanine round from various investors including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, PropertyGuru founders Steve Melhuish and Jani Rautianen, JFDI co-founder Meng Weng Wong, restaurateur Wee Teng Wen, and Lion Rock Capital.
HSE Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“HSE”): Assisting on the corporate aspects of the acquisition of the entire interest of Emerald Land Pte. Ltd. (Emerald), developer of the condominium development 111 Emerald Hill, a high-end residence located near Orchard Road shopping belt, from Mauritius fund Pallas 28 Investments Limited.
Yew Seng Heng Development Pte. Ltd.: Assisting on the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of QF10 Pte. Ltd., owner of certain industrial units, from QF Properties Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of EH Property & Investments Pte. Ltd., which is in turn a 51%-owned subsidiary of Enviro-Hub Holdings Ltd.
Blakes Hotel Pte. Ltd.: Assisting on the acquisition of shares in an investment-holding company that owns Murray Terrace for a consideration price of approximately S$75 million.

Insights

"COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Update: Practical Guide for Employers in Singapore," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 03 (2020), February 2020
"Singapore MOM to raise EP qualifying salary from 1 May 2020 and other key takeaways from the MOM Committee of Supply 2020 Speech," Dentons Rodyk Reporter Issue 03 (2020), March 2020
"Employment Law: Practical Implications Of The Fair Consideration Framework," Rodyk Reporter - Business Bulletin, December 2013

Activities and Affiliations

Memberships

Member, Law Society of Singapore
Member, Singapore Academy of Law

Prior and Present Employment

Partner, Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP (formerly Rodyk & Davidson LLP) (2011 – present)

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