Victor Chiew is a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills currently on secondment to Prolegis LLC, the firm's Formal Law Alliance partner firm in Singapore. He has over 12 years of experience as a corporate M&A, investments and transactional lawyer, specialising in private capital and in the technology, media and telecoms sector, including digital infrastructure. He advises on a wide range of corporate transactions, including domestic and international M&A, joint ventures, minority investments and series fund raisings. He has acted for some of the most prominent global and regional names, including Apple, GIC, Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital, Grab and SoftBank.

In particular, Victor focuses on venture and growth capital, and in acting for investors into, as well as emerging and growth companies in the start-up ecosystem in Singapore, Southeast Asia, and India. His practice also includes significant involvement in artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies.

Qualified in Singapore as well as in England and Wales, Victor has spent several years practising in London and he has extensive experience executing transactions in both developed and developing jurisdictions, across both APAC and EMEA.