Lee Kim Shin, SC

Lee Kim Shin, SC, is a Counsel at Allen & Gledhill and previously served as Joint Managing Partner of the firm, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, and private equity. He has been with the firm for more than 30 years and was appointed Senior Counsel in January 2015. His practice encompasses schemes of reconstruction, amalgamations, capital reductions, and restructurings, as well as M&A involving private equity, venture capital, trade sales, and competitive bids.

Kim Shin has acted for Singapore Telecommunications in the S$2.47 billion purchase of Temasek's stakes in Intouch Holdings and Bharti Telecom, and for the management of Innovalues on their reinvestment of part of the sale proceeds from a scheme of arrangement involving the S$331.4 million sale of shares in Innovalues to Northstar Advisors. He has been cited for his expertise in corporate and M&A in leading legal publications such as Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific.

Kim Shin holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and was called to the Singapore Bar in 1986. He sits on the Board of Directors of Singapore Airlines Ltd, Singapore Power Limited, and the Singapore Institute of Legal Education, and is a member of the Singapore Academy of Law Specialist Accreditation Board.