sarah yen
specialties
capital raising, m&a, governance
about sarah
Sarah has previously worked at a top tier national law firm in NZ, during which time she was seconded to an in-house legal team of a major bank. Prior to that, she was an intern at major international law firms in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Sarah works primarily on corporate transactions, including capital raising and m&a. She also advises on corporate governance. Her previous experience in banking and financial services law has given her a strong commercial background and understanding of company law.
Her recent work includes:
- acting on series A and B capital raising transactions for various Singapore companies, including assisting with drafting of deal documents
- carrying out due diligence for investments by global VC funds into Singapore e-commerce entities
- acting as virtual company secretary for a NZ tech company, including advising on governance matters, attending the company’s board meetings, and preparing board documentation
latest from the blogs
Betterdata seed round
We’re happy to have advised Singapore-based synthetic data company Betterdata on an oversubscribed seed round of $1.65 million, led by Investible. The company was founded in 2021 by Dr. Uzair Javaid and Kevin Yee and allows clients to share data faster and more securely in compliance with stricter data privacy regulations being introduced around the world. Betterdata uses generative AI to convert real data into synthetic data that looks, feels, and behaves like real datasets. These synthetic datasets retain the structure and correlations of the original data while eliminating the privacy and security concerns that come with holding and sharing…
kindrik partners advises Green Li-ion on USD20.5m funding round
Kindrik Partners advised Singapore-based startup Green Li-ion on its recent USD20.5 million pre-B funding round. The round was led by TRIREC, followed by investors including Banpu NEXT and Equinor Ventures. Green Li-ion was founded in 2020 by Leon Farrant and Reza Katal to develop technology capable of recycling lithium-ion batteries and is now a leading developer of battery recycling technology. The company has developed modular units capable of recycling spent batteries into cathode material that can be used in the production of new batteries. Each unit is able to process 4-6 metric tons of spent batteries per day, the equivalent…
