Overview
Dawn Tan is a corporate transactional lawyer focusing on venture capital and startup matters, private equity, private mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and commercial transactions. She has extensive experience in cross-border deals involving domestic as well as international clients across a broad range of industries including the health, life sciences and energy sectors.
Dawn is currently leading the Firm’s Singapore Venture Capital Practice.
Results
Venture Capital
- Acted for AMILI, a precision gut microbiome startup, in raising US$10.5 million in its over-subscribed Series A funding led by Vulcan Capital.
- Acted for the Clermont Group as lead investor in the Series A financing of PostEra Inc., a Boston-based biotechnology company specializing in machine learning for preclinical drug discovery.
- Acted for a start-up company with operations in Thailand with its Series B fund raising activities and implementation of an employee stock option scheme*
Mergers and Acquisitions
- Acted for shareholders of Athena Energy Holdings, a company that develops, finances, constructs, owns and operates renewable energy assets in Asia and Australia, in the sale of Athena Energy Holdings to Manhattan Resources Limited
- Acted for Prenetics Limited, a Hong Kong-based life sciences company backed by Beyond Ventures, 500 Startups, Venturra Capital, Ping An and Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund, on its acquisition of UK-based DNAFit Life Sciences Limited and assisting Prenetics Limited with setting up its operations in Asia*
- Acted for the Veolia Group, a global leader in optimized resource management, providing innovative waste, water and energy management solutions, in its divestment of its public waste collection an public cleansing business to Sembcorp Industries for approximately S$28 million*
- Acted for UK based Scott Dunn on its acquisition of a bespoke travel company, Country Holidays, with operations in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Dubai, to form Asia’s largest bespoke tour agency*
*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott
Community
- Law Society of Singapore
- Singapore Academy of Law
- Wealth Management Institute of Singapore – Global-Asia Family Office Circle
Credentials
Education
National University of Singapore, LL.B. (Hons), 2009
Admissions
Singapore
Languages
English
Mandarin
