Stephenson Harwood’s Singapore associate firm Virtus Law has hired three corporate partners – Elaine Beh, Allan Tan and Kong Seh Ping – from Colin Ng & Partners.

Beh has experience advising on IPOs, joint ventures and M&A transactions. She also advises on Singapore Exchange compliance and corporate governance issues.

Tan advises companies listed on the Singapore stock exchange on their corporate regulatory and compliance matters, additional capital raising and M&A transactions.

Kong is experienced in cross-border M&A and joint ventures, and has advised on a number of transactions in the Asia-Pacific. She also advises start-ups and service providers in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sectors.

"The hire of these three partners is very significant for Virtus law,” said Arthur Loke, senior partner of Virtus Law, in a statement. “They are experts in the field of IPOs and M&A within the Singapore market and this considerably boosts our client offering."

Virtus Law has also hired Vivi Tan as a registered foreign lawyer in its corporate practice. She focuses on equity capital markets, corporate finance and general corporate work.

With the new hires, the corporate team at Virtus Law now has eight fee-earners.

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