Joel is a private investment funds lawyer with 20 years of experience in top-tier investment funds practices in London and Singapore. He has extensive experience advising sponsors in Asia on the establishment of private investment funds across various asset classes and jurisdictions, with a particular focus on private equity, private credit, venture capital, real estate, infrastructure, hedge, and special situations funds.
Joel has worked on various non-traditional private investment fund setups such as platform structures, hybrid funds, club deals, and open-ended illiquid funds. He has also advised institutional and non-institutional LPs from Asia, Europe, and the US, including sovereign wealth funds, financial institutions, pension funds, corporations, family offices, and fund-of-funds, on their investments into private funds.
Aside from transactional work, Joel also advises clients on the licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements of operating a fund management business in Singapore, as well as assisting with the submission of fund management licence applications to the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
Joel is acknowledged by clients for his experience and expertise and has been listed in various legal ranking publications for several consecutive years, including Chambers Asia-Pacific, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and Who’s Who Legal.