Profil
Aaron Chee Yong Qin advises sponsors and their investment funds on fund formation and structuring matters. He represents sponsors in the establishment of funds across multiple asset classes, including private equity, real estate, venture capital and fund of funds, utilizing various structures including limited partnerships and variable capital companies. He has also been involved in the setting up of separately managed accounts and co-investment vehicles.
Aaron counsels fund sponsors on all aspects of fund formation, from initial structuring through investor negotiations and closing. He assists sponsors with secondary transfers, carried interest restructuring, and ongoing fund operations. His practice includes helping sponsors navigate regulatory requirements for fund establishment in Singapore.
On the investor side, Aaron represents pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, insurance companies, family offices, corporate investors and fund of funds in their fund investments across various asset classes, including private equity buyout funds, venture capital funds, and real estate funds. He advises these investors on investment terms, side letter negotiations, and co-investment arrangements.
Concentrations
- Formation and structuring of funds
- Representation of investors for their fund investments
- Co-investments and separately managed accounts
Kluczowe Praktyki
Doświadczenie
- Advised a Malaysia-based real estate developer on the formation of a real estate fund focused on investments in Malaysia.°
- Advised a Singapore-based venture capital firm backed by Temasek on the formation of a separately managed account with a sovereign wealth fund investor.°
- Advised an Asia-focused private equity sponsor on the formation of a separately managed account with a Malaysia pension fund using a corporate structure.°
- Advised a France-based investment manager on the formation of a separately managed account with an insurance institutional investor using a VCC structure.°
- Advised a Singapore-based venture capital firm on the formation of a co-investment sidecar with an investor.°
- Advised multiple sponsors on secondary transfers by investors in their respective funds.°
- Advised an institutional investor on its investment into a U.S.-focused private equity buyout fund.°
- Advised a Malaysia pension fund on its investment into a private equity growth fund focused on technology investments in the Gulf Community Countries region.°
- Advised a family office on its investment into a developer-led U.S. real estate residential fund.°
- Advised the corporate venture capital arms of several Thai banks on their separate investments into venture capital funds.°
- Advised a fund of funds client on its investments into various funds.°
- Advised multiple funds managed by a venture capital firm on their investments into various portfolio companies.°
- Advised a private equity sponsor on the restructuring of its carried interest plan and sale of interest to third party financial investors.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Chee prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig Singapore LLP.
Wykształcenie i uprawnienia do wykonywania zawodu
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LL.B., magna cum laude, Singapore Management University
- Second Major in Finance
- Singapore
- angielski, ojczysty
- Chinese, ojczysty