Profile
Pamela Chan is a corporate lawyer who advises on mergers and acquisitions, shareholder and joint venture arrangements, restructurings, and early-stage private equity fundraising for clients across various industries, including technology, media, and telecommunications.
Pamela represents public and private companies, financial institutions, and investment funds in domestic and cross-border transactions. Her practice encompasses negotiating and drafting transaction documents, conducting due diligence, and managing regulatory and completion matters. Pamela counsels clients on corporate governance, commercial contracts, and strategic business initiatives.
Pamela has experience advising financial technology companies on fundraising, strategic collaborations, and navigating cross-border regulatory landscapes. She has assisted with investments by banks and private equity firms into fintech platforms. Pamela also advises on distribution agreements and joint ventures in the financial services sector.
Capabilities
Experience
- Advised MUFG Bank on its US$200 million investment in and strategic collaboration with Fintech unicorn Akulaku.°
- Advised 01Fintech, a growth stage Fintech private equity firm, on its Series C investment (as part of a US$ 60 million round) into Thunes, a global B2B payment infrastructure platform.°
- Advised Axiata on the follow-on investment by Mitsui into Axiata Digital Services (the digital arm of Axiata group) and the re-negotiation of its shareholders’ agreement in respect of that company.°
- Advised a global private equity giant’s data exchange unit on its bid for data center assets of a leading telecommunications provider in the Southeast Asia region. Conducted due diligence and advised on key regulatory and legal aspects of bid process.°
- Assisted Briix, a new Southeast Asia FinTech company focusing on the Indonesian property market, on its early-stage fundraising matters, strategic collaborations, and cross-border regulatory matters.°
- Advised Lone Star Fund on its acquisition of Carlisle Fluid Technologies.
- Advised EBOS, an Australian distributor of health care, medical and pharmaceutical equipment listed on the ASX, on its acquisition of medical devices business Lifehealthcare from funds advised by Pacific Equity Partners, and on the further increase of Lifehealthcare’s stake in its Singapore business for A$136 million.°
- Advised Optty, a prominent payment services integrator on its founder strategy and the completion of its equity fundraising round, advised and negotiated day-to-day commercial contracts including referral agreements and technology integration agreement with key payment providers and partners in relation to Optty’s payment integration software platform.°
- Advised Shopback, an APAC e-commerce rewards and discovery platform on its extended US$75 million Series D and US$40 million Series E fundraising round led by Temasek.
- Acted for Go-Jek in its acquisition of Indonesian startup Moka, which specializes in cloud-based point of sale systems, for approximately US$130 million.
- Advised Bridge Resources on the acquisition of a coal mine based in Mongolia from the ASX listed corporation Terracom Limited.
- Acted for a UK listed global technology and payments processing company on the proposed acquisition of a majority stake in the holding company for a pan-Asian fintech (digital payments) business operating in Singapore and six other countries in Southeast Asia with a transaction value of approximately US$140 million.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Chan prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig Singapore LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
- Member, Law Society of Singapore, 2016-Present
- Pro Bono Volunteer, Transient Workers Count Too, 2016-2019
Credentials
- LL.B., First Class Honours, University of Manchester
- Singapore
- Chinese (Mandarin), Conversational
- English, Native