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Tuesday, 25 May 2021 14:16 Private equity / VC
Pine Labs, the digital payments and commerce solutions provider to merchants, said it has raised $285 million in new funding from public market crossover investors, including Marshall Wace, Baron Capital Group, Duro Capital, Moore Strategic Ventures and Ward Ferry Management. Its existing investors Temasek, Lone Pine Capital and Sunley House Capital have also participated in this funding round.
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Singapore has added three names to its roster of senior counsel: Goh Yihan, dean of Singapore Management University s (SMU) School of Law; Abraham Vergis, founder and managing director of law firm Providence Law Asia; and a senior director of the Attorney-General s Chambers.
Goh has served as a senior legal officer’s law clerk at the subordinate courts of Singapore, as well as an assistant registrar at Supreme Court of Singapore. He also worked at law firms like Rajah & Tann and Baker McKenzie. Goh joined SMU in 2014, and was appointed dean in 2017.
Vergis, an international arbitration expert, established Providence Law Asia as a disputes-focused practice in 2012. He was named Singapore Managing Partner of the Year, and shortlisted for Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year, at the ALB SE Asia Awards 2019.
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow, the member firm of Baker McKenzie International in Singapore, has hired disputes specialist Emmanuel Chua as a local principal. Chua joins from energy corporation Chevron, where he held an in-house role.
Chua, who worked at both Allen & Gledhill and Drew & Napier earlier in his career, joined Chevron last year from Herbert Smith Freehills, where he spent five years. He advises on risk avoidance and mitigation strategies, including cross-jurisdictional contingency planning and strategic advice.
Chua is also is a reserved panel arbitrator for the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the Turnaround Management Association and an instructor of trial advocacy for the Singapore Institute of Legal Education.