Project Friendship – Transaction Update

Transaction update on the recent initial public offering of YKGI Limited, in which Lee & Lee acted as the solicitors to the Issue Manager and Full Sponsor (RHT Capital Pte. Ltd.) and Joint Placement Agents (Evolve Capital Advisory Private Limited and KGI Securities (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.) on Singapore law.


Singapore – Trademark Protection for NFTs and Goods in the Metaverse

This client note highlights: (a) the key takeaways of the MetaBirkins case, Hermes Int’l v. Rothschild, (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 2, 2023); and (b) a recent circular published by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore that provided timely guidance on the topic of registering trademarks for NFTs and metaverse-related goods and services.

Singapore – Trademark Protection for NFTs and Goods in the Metaverse


“Facts or Interpretations?” by Julian Tay, April Cheah and Theodora Kee

Lee & Lee’s update covers the recent Court of Appeal decision in Lucky Realty Company Pte Ltd v HSBC Trustee (Singapore) Limited[2015] SGCA 68, in which our Senior Partner Julian Tay, and Associates April Cheah and Theodora Kee acted for the successful Appellant.

Case Note – Facts or Interpretations