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Dayne Ho practises in the areas of corporate and corporate finance, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, private equity and regulatory advisory work. He has extensive experience in advising international and local companies (both listed and unlisted) on a wide range of cross-border corporate transactions in Asia.
Originally a corporate restructuring lawyer, Dayne broadened his practice with varied professional experience from his previous stints in-house with a multinational company and in private practice with an international law firm and a local law firm where he co-headed its corporate finance practice.
His strengths lie in his commercial acumen and strong connectivity with clients. He has advised on a number of mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, disposals, initial public offerings, debt financing and listing compliance and governance matters.
- Acted for Global Car Groups in its US$300 million Series G fundraise, led by Alpha Wave, bringing its valuation to US$3.3 billion;
- Acted for Digital Collectibles through its operating entity Rario in relation to its US$120 million Series A round, led by Dream Sports, a leading fantasy sports platform;
- Acted for Insignia Ventures Partners, one of the lead investors, in the first institutional funding round by Tonik Financial Pte Ltd, which will operate one of the first digital banks in the Philippines and Southeast Asia;
- Acted for Insignia Ventures Partners in its investment in Eezee, a Singapore-based online B2B marketplace for industrial hardware and supplies;
- Acted for Insignia Ventures in its investment in the Series A funding round of Ritase, a mobile and desktop-based truck logistics service provider, which raised an aggregate of US$8.5 million;
- Acted for Dragon Group International Limited (Dragon) in relation to (i) Zhuhai Yinlong Energy Co., Ltd (YLE)’s US$20 million share subscription in Dragon’s unit EoCell Limited (EoCell), representing approximately 40% of the enlarged EoCell share capital and (ii) KSMC Limited’s subscription of close to half a billion of shares, representing approximately up to 20% of the enlarged EoCell share capital. Following the completion of the subscriptions, EoCell ceased to be a subsidiary of Dragon;
- Acted for Insignia Ventures Partners, one of the investors in Series A funding round of Janio, an end-to-end cross border logistics provider for eCommerce marketplaces and online merchants;
- Acted for Insignia Ventures Partners in its investment in Jakarta-based Asani, which operates a tech equipment leasing business;
- Acted for Insignia Ventures Partners, the lead investor, in the seed funding round by Credibook, an Indonesian digital debt management start up;
- Acted for the lead investors in the seed funding round of WIZ, which deploys cutting edge conversational voice AI technology to large corporations throughout Southeast Asia;
- Acted for Attention Holding Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based esports startup, in raising approximately US$12 million in a Series B investment round led by South Korean venture fund, Korea Investment Partners Co. Ltd;
- Acted for a venture capital firm as the lead investor in the seed funding round by a Singapore-based healthtech startup, which has launched a digital therapy app;
- Acted for Insignia Venture Partners in the Series A funding round by Singapore-based esports startup, EVOS Esports;
- Acted for Insignia Venture Partners as the lead investor in the seed funding round by Vietnam-based edtech startup Edmicro Education.,JSC;
- Acted for Insignia Venture Partners as the lead investor in the seed funding round by Vietnam-based fintech firm, Finhay Pty Ltd;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to Nidec Corporation’s subsidiary, Nidec-Read Corporation in its acquisition of 29.3 million shares in Ellipsiz Ltd, representing 100% of the entire issued and paid-up capital of its wholly owned subsidiary, of SV Probe Pte Ltd, a probe card manufacturer;
- Acted as Singapore counsel to NTT Data, Inc. in respect of the acquisition of the business known as “Perot Systems” from Dell, Inc. The deal involved restructuring of Dell’s assets and business prior to the completion of the acquisition;
- Advised Columbia Capital Partners in a complex leveraged scheme takeover of euNetworks Group, which values euNetworks at over US$400 million, and the subsequent acquisition debt push-down and restructuring of the group. The scheme consideration comprised either cash or interests in a US limited partnership;
- Acted for KPMG Corporate Finance Pte Ltd, the independent financial adviser, in relation to the scheme takeover and privatisation of SGX-listed HTL International Holdings Limited by Ideal Homes International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of PRC-incorporated and Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co. Ltd, for approximately S$400 million;
- Advised Morgan Stanley and DBS, the joint financial advisers to a consortium led by CITIC, in relation to the proposed take-private of Biosensors International Group Ltd by way of an amalgamation scheme, for approximately US$1.05 billion;
- Acted for ASTI in its disposal of Semiconductor Technologies and Instruments Pte Ltd (STI) and its various subsidiaries to a China acquiror, Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Investment Co. Ltd, for a purchase consideration in the region of S$128 million. The transaction also involved the restructuring of the STI group’s entities for the purpose of the disposal;
- Acted for the management of PRASAC Microfinance Institution Limited (PRASAC), in the strategic investment by Hong-Kong based The Bank of East Asia (along with an existing shareholder LOLC, owned by Lanka ORIX Leasing Company) in PRASAC. The management will continue to retain their roles in PRASAC and will hold a significant equity stake;
- Acted for Pacific Radiance Ltd (the Company) in the proposed equity injection of up to US$85 million by way of a subscription by the potential anchor investors of new shares in the Company through a private placement to be undertaken by the Company in connection with the restructuring of the Company and its subsidiaries borrowings and debt obligations;
- Acted for 4xLabs Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based fintech startup that develops solutions for money services businesses and travellers in the cash exchange market, in securing a US$1.5 million (S$2.1 million) in a pre-Series A round of funding from Dymon Asia Ventures and Malaysia-based OSK Ventures International;
- Acted for Pacific Radiance Limited in its successful listing on the Mainboard of the SGX-ST with a market capitalization of approximately S$650 million;
- Acted for Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited in its successful listing on the Catalist board of the SGX-ST;
- Acted for Pacific Radiance Limited in the establishment of its S$1 billion medium term note programme and the issuance of the first series of notes;
- Acted for Halcyon Agri Corporation Limited in the establishment of its S$300 million medium term note programme and the issuance of its first series of notes;
- Acted for the issue manager (OCBC) in the initial public offering of Sheng Siong Group Ltd on the SGX-ST (voted Best Small-Cap Equity Deal by Finance Asia in 2013);
- Assisted the Singapore Tourism Board with its award of tender for the $500 million international cruise terminal in Singapore;
- Assisted Halcyon Agri Corporation Ltd with its S$450 million acquisition of rubber assets in Indonesia; and
- Assisted a listed client with its acquisition of three retail malls in Japan for US$217 million.
Legal 500 Asia Pacific
- Recommended Individual in Corporate and M&A: Local Firms (2017, 2021 – 2026)
- Recommended Individual in Capital Markets: Equity and Debt: Local Firms (2026)
- Recommended Individual in Start-Up and Venture Capital: Local Firms (2025 – 2026)
- Recommended Individual in TMT (2020 – 2023, 2026)
IFLR1000
- Notable Practitioner in Capital Markets: Equity, Private Equity (2018, 2022 – 2025)
- Notable Practitioner in M&A (2018, 2022 – 2025)