Overview
Alfred Chia has more than 20 years’ experience advising on cross-border transactions throughout Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
He focuses his practice on projects, banking and finance, mergers and acquisitions, and blockchain advisory.
Results
- Represented private equity funds on Series Seed, Series A, etc., investments in start-ups and high growth companies throughout Asia*
- Advised tech and fintech start-ups in relation to equity and hybrid investments from private equity and venture capital investors*
- Advised numerous blockchain companies on their structuring, and contractual arrangements*
- Advised a Singapore listed company in relation to its joint venture arrangements in Saudi Arabia*
- Represented an Indonesian conglomerate in relation to its acquisition of pre-IPO tech shares in the US*
- Represented a Dutch company in relation to its joint venture to own and operate tank farms in South Korea*
- Advised a Korean bank in relation to its due diligence and financing of a waste to energy project in Sri Lanka*
- Advised a Singapore company on the development of a gas fired power plant in Myanmar*
- Advised on a more than RM1 billion dual currency project financing of an independent deepwater petroleum terminal at Pengerrang, Johor, Malaysia*
- Advised a major Indian company on the acquisition of coalmines in Indonesia*
- Advised a Chinese company on the due diligence of a precast yard project in Batam, Indonesia*
- Advised US multinational companies on the acquisition of companies across South East Asia, including Singapore*
- Advised a Dutch company on a proposed acquisition of an oil terminal in Ulsan, South Korea*
- Advised a Malaysian company on the acquisition of an oil and gas company in Indonesia*
- Advised a Dutch company on the disposal of its oil storage terminal business in Japan*
- Advised an Australia investment bank on a bid to acquire an oil distribution business in the Polynesian Islands*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Credentials
Education
University of Western Australia, LLB (Hons), 1999
University of Western Australia, Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting), 1999
Admissions
Hong Kong
Singapore (FPC)
Western Australia
Languages
Cantonese
English
