Han Ming Ho

Han Ming has extensive experience counselling clients on the structuring and formation of a broad range of investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate funds. He regularly provides strategic advice to fund managers on the establishment of business operations in Singapore, together with the formation, structuring, and registration of investment funds in Singapore and various other Asia-Pacific jurisdictions.

Han Ming’s substantial regulatory experience includes advising on compliance and licensing issues relating to securities and financial advisory law, as well as liaising regularly with Singaporean regulators. He has experience advising clients within the virtual asset’s ecosystem in Singapore. This includes advising on the structuring and offering of tokenised funds and non-fund tokenised offerings as well as advising on the complex and rapidly evolving regulatory requirements for managing investments in and operating secondary exchanges for virtual assets.

Han Ming’s diverse practice across the full scope of investment funds means he regularly represents a wide range of leading fund sponsors and managers, as well as investment banks, financial institutions, family offices, venture capitalists, institutional investors, and other organisations across various sectors.

Han Ming has been recognised as a Band 1 leading individual in the investment funds practice in Chambers Asia-Pacific Singapore chapter, since 2008. In the 2021 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific, he is described by clients as "a star performer" who is "well connected with the regulator and government". Clients praised him as "the go-to guy for innovative ideas and insights, and he is a great sounding board for industry best practices and trends". Han Ming was described as "a premier name for real estate and private equity funds work and his wide range of experience makes him a top choice for establishing, structuring, and registering funds". He was also praised as one who "knows the market very well" and is a "terrific hedge funds lawyer".

Han Ming has been recognised as a leading lawyer in a number of other legal publications including Best Lawyers for investment funds and mutual funds practice in Singapore as well as Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal: Private Funds, which described him as a "world-class name" who is "widely regarded as the voice of alternative funds in Singapore". The Best Lawyers in Singapore named him as ‘Lawyer of the Year’ in the Mutual & Private Funds category of their 2022 edition. He was also recognised for his considerable experience by Who’s Who Legal Private Funds: Formation (2019–2022).