Bijou Ang

Bijou is an Associate in the Asia Corporate team, based in Singapore. Bijou’s practice focuses on the structuring, establishment and operation of open-ended and close-ended funds including but not limited to private credit/debt funds, real estate funds, fund of funds and other asset classes across Singapore vehicles (such as variable capital companies (“VCCs”), private limited companies and Singapore unit funds).

Experience

Representative matters

Acted for a Singapore wealth manager in an acquisition of another Singapore wealth manager by way of an amalgamation.

Acted for a Singapore asset manager in the establishment of a Cayman segregated portfolio company with an initial sub-fund structured as a hedge fund employing a long-short equity strategy with a target fund size of up to US$1 billion.

Acted for an Australian sustainable real estate asset manager in the restructuring of group assets into a Singapore umbrella VCC.

Acted for a Singapore wealth manager in an acquisition of another Singapore wealth manager by way of an amalgamation.

Acted for an Australian sustainable real estate asset manager in the restructuring of group assets into a Singapore umbrella VCC.

Acted for an Australian alternative real estate investment manager and Singapore asset manager on the establishment of an umbrella Singapore VCC with an initial sub-fund having a fund size of up to S$100 million with a strategy of investing indirectly into private credit investments in the commercial real estate sector in Australia.

Acted for a Singapore alternative assets manager in the establishment of a US$100 million fund investing directly and indirectly in private market opportunities in the artificial intelligence industry.

Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a US$50 million Singapore umbrella VCC with six sub-funds structured in hedge funds primarily investing in the global futures market.

Acted for a subsidiary of a Singapore statutory board in its capacity as lead investor in a venture capital fund investing in deep technology startups in Southeast Asia.

Advised a Singapore real estate asset manager in a joint venture to acquire data centre assets with a view to raise funds to establish a data centre real estate fund platform.

Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a CHF120 million real estate fund established to invest through private debt instruments in a mixed-use building in Switzerland.

Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a US$50 million quant fund investing in underlying hedge funds, listed equities and cryptocurrencies.

Advised a global wealth management firm in the acquisition of a Singapore fund manager and exempt financial advisor.

Advised a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a S$50 million Singapore umbrella VCC with an initial sub-fund structured as a private real estate fund investing in the commercial real estate segment in Asia. Advised the Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a warehousing vehicle for the acquisition of certain strata-titled office properties in Singapore prior to the establishment of the real estate fund.

Advised a sponsor in the establishment of a US$30 million Singapore umbrella VCC with three sub-funds structured as fund-of-funds investing into underlying Chinese contractual hedge funds.

Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of an umbrella VCC fund with two sub-funds structured as hedge funds investing in listed assets globally using self-developed quantitative modelling to trade and monitor positions and risks in real time with a total fund size of US$20 million.

Acted for a sponsor in the establishment of a S$70 million Singapore umbrella VCC with two sub-funds for the purposes of investing into real estate and private equity opportunities in the education sector in Asia.

Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of a Singapore private VCC fund with an initial sub-fund having a fund size of up to US$150 million, investing in a diversified portfolio of loans and private debt instruments using a FinTech-driven credit scoring process. Advised the client in the migration of the investors and investment portfolio from the client’s predecessor fund into the initial sub-fund.

Acted for a Singapore fund manager in the establishment of an IDR 1 trillion private Singapore unit trust fund investing as a feeder vehicle into an Indonesia-based money market mutual fund.

Acted for a Singapore multi-family office in the establishment of a US$90 million Singapore umbrella VCC fund with nine sub-funds for the purposes of investing into multiple underlying funds across diverse strategies, asset classes and sectors (including TMT, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and real estate).