HAN MING HO is a co-leader of the firm’s Asia Investment Funds practice. He has extensive experience counseling clients on the structuring and formation of a broad range of investment funds, including hedge funds, private equity funds, and real estate funds. He also regularly provides strategic advice to fund managers on the establishment of business operations in Singapore, together with the formation, structuring, and registration of investment funds in Singapore and various other Asia-Pacific jurisdictions.
Han Ming’s substantial regulatory experience includes advising on compliance and licensing issues relating to securities and financial advisory law, as well as liaising regularly with Singaporean regulators. He also has experience advising clients within the virtual assets ecosystem in Singapore. This includes advising on the structuring and offering of tokenized funds and non-fund tokenized offerings as well as advising on the complex and rapidly evolving regulatory requirements for managing investments in, and operating secondary exchanges for, virtual assets.
Han Ming’s diverse practice across the full scope of investment funds means he regularly represents a wide range of leading fund sponsors and managers, as well as investment banks, financial institutions, family offices, venture capitalists, institutional investors, and other organizations across various sectors.
Han Ming has been recognized as a Band 1 leading individual in the Investment Funds practice in Chambers Asia-Pacific, Singapore chapter, since 2008. In the 2021 edition of Chambers Asia-Pacific, he is described by clients as “a star performer” who is “well connected with the regulator and government.” Clients praised him as “the go-to guy for innovative ideas and insights, and he is a great sounding board for industry best practices and trends.” Han Ming was also described as “a premier name for real estate and private equity funds work and his wide range of experience makes him a top choice for establishing, structuring and registering funds.” He was also praised as one who “knows the market very well” and is a “terrific hedge funds lawyer.”
He has also been recognized as a leading lawyer in a number of other legal publications including “Best Lawyers” for Investment Funds and Mutual Funds practice in Singapore as well as Legal 500 Asia Pacific and Who’s Who Legal: Private Funds, which described Han Ming as a “world-class name” who is “widely regarded as the voice of alternative funds in Singapore.” The Best Lawyers in Singapore named him as “Lawyer of the Year” in the Mutual & Private Funds category of their 2022 edition. He was also recognized for his considerable experience by Who’s Who Legal Private Funds: Formation (2019–2022).
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Han Ming Ho
- Investment Funds
- M&A
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Memberships and Activities
Han Ming has a track record as a leading authority in the investment funds arena in Asia, having been involved in various significant landmark deals in the region for over a decade.
Open-ended strategies including hedge
- Dymon Capital Asia on the formation and ongoing matters across their entire suite of open-ended funds.
- ExodusPoint on the launch of their flagship hedge fund and the establishment of their offices in Asia, including Singapore and Hong Kong.
- Quantedge Capital Pte Ltd, a leading international alternative investment asset manager based in Singapore and New York City, in the fund documentation for its flagship Quantedge Global Fund, a US$3 billion hedge fund structured as a Cayman Islands double-feeder master fund.
- Kings Court Capital Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based hedge fund manager in relation to the establishment of a long-short equity fund with a focus on Asia.
- Loyal Valley Capital, a prominent Shanghai-based private equity firm, in respect of the formation of its maiden hedge fund, a Cayman Islands double-feeder master fund.
- FengHe Fund Management Pte Ltd, a leading Asian investment platform, advising on the fund documents for FengHe Asia Fund, a US$2.3 billion hedge fund structured as a Cayman Islands double-feeder master fund.
Close-ended strategies including private equity
- Acting as Singapore counsel to EQT AB (STO: EQT) on its S$7.5 billion agreement to acquire Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA), a leading private markets investment firm in Asia with US$19.5 billion of assets under management.
- Acting as Singapore counsel to EQT AB (STO: EQT) on the launch of O2 Power, a renewable energy platform in India, which was jointly established with Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek.
- Acting as Singapore counsel to DigitalBridge Investment Management, a leading global digital infrastructure investment firm, in launching Xenith Infrastructure Group, a fiber platform serving hyperscalers, data center operators, carriers, and enterprises in the Asia-Pacific region, which was jointly founded with Columbia Capital.
- Advising Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products founded in Bahrain, on its Asia-Pacific expansion plans.
- Proterra Investment Advisor in respect of the formation of Food Fund 3, a private equity fund focused on the food industry.
- A leading fund manager on the establishment of a private equity fund listed under the Singapore VCC regime.
- Wavemaker Pacific Partners Pte Ltd, a multifaceted cross border venture capital firm with dual headquarters in Los Angeles and Singapore, in relation to the establishment of Wavemaker Fund 4, a US$120 million private equity fund structured as a Cayman Islands limited partnership, with an investment focus in Southeast Asia.
- An Asian sovereign wealth fund on a number of fund formation and downstream and upstream investment matters.
- An Asian educational institution on a number of LP investment matters.
*Includes matters completed prior to joining Sidley.
- Senior Member of the Global-Asia Family Office Circle, the leading network platform for the family office community in Singapore and Asia
- Member of the Regulatory Committee of AIMA (Alternative Investment Management Association)
- Member of the Advocacy Committee of SVCA (Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association)
- Member of the Regulatory Committee of IMAS (Investment Management Association of Singapore)
- Member of the Fund Management Working Group, IBF (The Institute of Banking & Finance)
- Asia-Pacific Board (Council) Director of AIMA, September 2016 to September 2018
- Singapore National Group Chairman of AIMA, 2010 to 2018
Capabilities
SERVICES AND INDUSTRIES
- Investment Funds
- M&A
- Private Equity
- REITs
- Anti-Money Laundering
- Big Data, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain
- Commodity Pools
- Corporate Venture Capital
- Cybersecurity, Cybercrime and Data Breaches
- Derivatives
- Digital Media and Entertainment
- Distressed M&A
- Electronic and Mobile Commerce
- Exchanges and Clearing Organizations
- Exchange-Traded Funds
- Financial Industry and Payment Processing
- Fintech
- Fund of Funds
- Hedge Funds
- Hedge Funds and Other Investment Funds as Credit Providers
- Infrastructure
- Insider Trading
- Internal Investigations
- International and Cross-Border Restructurings
- Internet, Social Media and E-Commerce
- Investment Advisers
- Investment Advisers and Mutual Funds
- Payments
- Private Equity and Joint Ventures
- Private Equity Fund Formation
- Private Real Estate Funds
- Public Companies
- Registered Funds
- Renewable Energy
- Securities Regulatory Counseling and Compliance
- Securities, Mutual Fund and Commodities Activities
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
- Structural Optimization
- Tax - Investment Funds
- Technology, Media and Privacy Law
News & Insights
Credentials
Admissions & Certifications
- Singapore (Advocate & Solicitor)
Education
- National University of Singapore, LL.B., 1999
Languages
- English