Joel Teo

Joel Teo is a Partner at Lee & Lee in Singapore, where he specialises in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, and private wealth planning. His practice focuses on Mergers and Acquisitions.

Joel's practice spans a wide range of corporate and commercial matters, including advising on share and asset sales, cross-border joint ventures and corporate restructurings. He frequently acts for founders, family businesses (both listed and private), SMEs and multinational corporations, delivering practical, strategic legal solutions.

He also has a strong focus on private wealth matters, advising high-net-worth individuals and families on estate planning, trusts and structuring for family offices. His expertise includes advising on the use of Singapore Variable Capital Companies (VCCs), trust structures and life insurance as a wealth management tool. He works closely with accountants, fund managers and tax advisers to deliver bespoke legal solutions tailored to clients' commercial and personal objectives, and is adept at dealing with both private and listed companies.

In addition to legal practice, he frequently speaks on topics related to wealth structuring, trust law and innovation in investment vehicles, and has taught at NUS EMBA, SIM, NTU and other educational institutions in Singapore.

He holds an LLB (Hons) from NUS Law School, an LLM from the University of London and an MBA in Finance from NUS, and is admitted to the Singapore Bar. He completed the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioner issued Diploma in 2024 and qualified as a Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP) in 2024, and previously qualified as a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is fluent in English, Chinese and the Chinese dialect Min-nan (Hokkien).

His case highlights include acting for a Registered Fund Management Company to set up a VCC Sub-Fund for a family office for a resident Indian family with the intention that the assets under management will exceed USD 1 billion; acting as Underwriter's Counsel for the listing of OUE C-REIT on the SGX with a portfolio value of S$1.6 billion; acting as Issue Manager's and Placement Agents' Counsel for the listing of YKGI Limited on the Catalist board of the SGX; acting as Issuer's Counsel to Pteris Global Limited for a proposed S$126 million reverse takeover transaction; advising Goldman Sachs Real Estate Private Equity on the acquisition and divestment of its Singapore real estate investment portfolio building assets; advising GE Energy Financial Services on its investment into Renewable Energy Trust Asia, the first Asia-Pacific renewable energy trust, with a target AUM of S$380 million; advising Vertex Ventures South Asia on their Series A investments into Grabtaxi; and advising RWDC Industries on its targeted US$150 million Series B stapled funding round.

He is a member of the Law Society of Singapore, the Singapore Academy of Law, the Singapore Institute of Directors and the Singapore China Business Association, and serves as Honorary Secretary and founding member of The London Club (Singapore), a member of the Board of Directors of Singapore Chinese High School, and Head of the Finance and Entrepreneurship Sub-Committee of the Hwa Chong Alumni Association.