Hoon Chi Tern Bio

Hoon Chi Tern is the Deputy Head of Rajah & Tann Singapore’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice, and a Partner in the Capital Markets Practice. He has substantial experience in a wide range of notable corporate transactions, including public and private mergers & acquisitions, private equity investments and buyouts, local and international initial public offerings, secondary listings and fund-raising, as well as privatisations. He also regularly advises SGX-ST listed issuers on continuing obligations and compliance matters. In addition to being recognised as a leading capital markets lawyer, Chi Tern has been recommended for Capital Markets by Who’s Who Legal (2024) and is the sole recipient in Singapore for the Capital Markets category in Lexology’s Client Choice Awards (2024). Lauded for being “experienced, sharp, efficient“, he is also endorsed by IFLR1000 (2024) as a Notable Practitioner for his work in Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions. Described as a “standout lawyer”, clients have also commended him for his “innovative approach, clear articulation of legal options and permutations and the ability to put these options into a commercial perspective”. Prior to obtaining his BCL from the University of Oxford in 2009, Chi Tern graduated with his LLB. from the University of Nottingham in 2008 where he won the Lovell’s prize for Commercial Law.