LONG Chee Shan is a Partner in the Equity Capital Markets Practice.
He has advised corporates and financial institutions on a broad range of cross-border capital markets transactions including initial public offerings and secondary offerings.
Chee Shan has more than 20 years of experience in fund-raising work and has been involved in a number of landmark initial public offerings and real estate investment trust ("REIT") deals.
Chee Shan graduated from the National University of Singapore. He is admitted to the Singapore Bar.
Significant transactions that Chee Shan has advised on include the following:
- The underwriters of Digital Core REIT, the first pure-play data centre REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange.
- The underwriters of Elite Commercial REIT, the first initial public offering and listing of a REIT on the Singapore Exchange to be focused on the United Kingdom and denominated in pound sterling.
- CapitaMalls Asia Limited in its initial public offering. This is one of the largest initial public offerings in Singapore and was awarded "Best Singapore Deal" by FinanceAsia Awards for Achievement 2009.
- Tune Ins Holdings Berhad in its initial public offering and listing on Bursa Malaysia.
- Avago Technologies Limited in its initial public offering. This was the second largest initial public offering in the United States in 2009 at the time of the announcement.
- Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust in its initial public offering. This is the largest initial public offering for a REIT in Singapore's history.
Related Practices
- Equity Capital Markets
- Real Estate Investment Trusts
Chee Shan is recommended as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific's Leading Lawyers for Business, IFLR 1000 – A Guide to the World’s Leading Financial and Corporate Law Firms and Lawyers, and Who's Who Legal: The International Who's Who of Capital Markets Lawyers. He has been praised by Chambers Asia-Pacific – Asia-Pacific's Leading Lawyers for his "technical experience and expertise", and noted for being "an accomplished practitioner in equity work, including IPOs and secondary offerings" and "also has significant experience in REIT deals". In addition, Chambers Global – The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business also commended him for being "a very safe pair of hands" for capital markets work, and has described him as having "a deep knowledge of ECM, and regularly advises on IPOs and secondary offerings". Chee Shan is a recommended lawyer in The Legal 500: Asia Pacific – The Client's Guide to the Asia Pacific Legal Profession 2019 for the area of Capital Markets in Singapore.
Contact Details
- d+65 6416 8210
- f+65 6532 5711
- e cheeshan.long@wongpartnership.com
Career & Qualifications
National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.)