Gah Yarn's main areas of practice are in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, general corporate advisory, and securities regulatory and compliance matters. She regularly advises clients on legal issues and documentation for transactions, some involving cross-border elements and sector-specific regulatory considerations. Her practice spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, and consumer goods.
She has considerable experience in both equity and debt capital markets transactions, including those involving private equity firms and public listed companies. Her work includes advising on fundraising, including via rights and warrant issues, placements, notes and bonds. She has also assisted clients with major corporate exercises such as initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, general offers and privatisations, as well as mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and disposals. In addition to transactional work, she routinely advises listed issuers on continuing listing obligations and corporate governance requirements. She also supports clients in their ongoing corporate and commercial operations, advising on shareholder arrangements, employment and incentive matters, and general company law issues.
Beyond capital markets, she advises on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues. She has worked on matters involving the Variable Capital Companies (VCC) framework, including advising on licensing and regulatory requirements under the VCC Act, Securities and Futures Act and related Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) guidelines. She also acts as company secretary to entities listed on both the SGX Mainboard and Catalist Board, and is familiar with the procedural, disclosure, and governance requirements. Her advisory work ensures that clients are well-positioned to meet compliance expectations while achieving their intended business objectives and structure.
Biography
Gah Yarn's main areas of practice are in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, general corporate advisory, and securities regulatory and compliance matters. She regularly advises clients on legal issues and documentation for transactions, some involving cross-border elements and sector-specific regulatory considerations. Her practice spans a wide range of industries, including financial services, technology, and consumer goods.
She has considerable experience in both equity and debt capital markets transactions, including those involving private equity firms and public listed companies. Her work includes advising on fundraising, including via rights and warrant issues, placements, notes and bonds. She has also assisted clients with major corporate exercises such as initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, general offers and privatisations, as well as mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and disposals. In addition to transactional work, she routinely advises listed issuers on continuing listing obligations and corporate governance requirements. She also supports clients in their ongoing corporate and commercial operations, advising on shareholder arrangements, employment and incentive matters, and general company law issues.
Beyond capital markets, she advises on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues. She has worked on matters involving the Variable Capital Companies (VCC) framework, including advising on licensing and regulatory requirements under the VCC Act, Securities and Futures Act and related Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) guidelines. She also acts as company secretary to entities listed on both the SGX Mainboard and Catalist Board, and is familiar with the procedural, disclosure, and governance requirements. Her advisory work ensures that clients are well-positioned to meet compliance expectations while achieving their intended business objectives and structure.
Experience
- Acted for a Catalist Board listed company in the gold mining industry for an S$8.8m acquisition constituting a Major Transaction under the SGX-ST Listing Manual
- Acted for an offeror in a mandatory conditional cash offer for a Mainboard listed company in the water treatment solutions industry
- Acted for a local private construction company in its S$25.5m sale to an overseas purchaser
- Acted for an investment manager in the preparation of documents for the redomiciliation of a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company to Singapore to be registered as a variable capital company
Professional Memberships | Directorships
- Member, Law Society of Singapore
- Member, Singapore Academy of Law
Practice Areas
Qualifications
- LLB (Hons), National University of Singapore