Ramiro Rodriguez

Director

  • Ramiro Rodriguez
  • Phone: +65 6311 0051

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  • Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
    16 Collyer Quay #17-00
    Singapore 049318

Ramiro Rodriguez is an international disputes resolution and transactional lawyer based in Singapore. He heads the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) department and the international arbitration practice in Duane Morris & Selvam. 

The areas of law covered by Ramiro are mainly cross-border M&As, international commercial arbitration and general corporate work. 

Industries within his expertise include fund management, receivables financing, financial technology and energy. 

Ramiro is a Latin American lawyer who has been based out of Asia for over a decade and is qualified to practice law in Colombia, the United Kingdom and Singapore.

He is recognised, among others, as a recommended lawyer by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in the practice areas of Corporate and M&A (2018-2022), Banking and Finance (2021-2022) and TMT (2018).

Ramiro is a graduate of the New York University (LL.M. in Global Business Law), the National University of Singapore (LL.M., Corporate and Financial Services Law), the Universidad del Rosario (Specialist in Banking Law) and Universidad Javeriana (LL.B.).

He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).

Representative Matters

    Funds/PE and Transactional Work

  • Represented the owners of Ecuadorian business Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila (IPSP), one of the world’s largest shrimp farming companies, in its corporate restructuring and 20% sale to Japanese corporate group Mitsui worth $360 million.

  • Advised a private equity fund on a US$400 million sale of a group of companies in the business of electronics manufacturing, to a company listed in Canada.

  • Advised a private equity fund on a US$200 million acquisition of a Singapore-listed company.

  • Acted as Singapore local counsel for an international firm advising a private equity fund seeking to make an acquisition of an Asian-based group with a substantial portfolio of clean energy assets.

  • Advised a financial conglomerate on a US$97 million debt restructuring exercise.

  • Advised an Asian government-run fund of funds on multiple investments totaling over US$50 million into various funds across Asia.

  • Advised on a US$20M investment into a local technology company by a top international venture capital fund and by a multilateral international body.

  • Advised a Singapore-listed company on a US$70 million debt restructuring exercise.

  • Acted as international counsel to an offshore oil and gas conglomerate in connection with the acquisition and chartering of multiple offshore supply vessels from Singapore and the Middle East.

  • Regularly advising fund managers on fund documentation and regulatory matters in Singapore.

  • Regularly advising on shareholders’ agreements, contractual joint ventures and regional investments.

    • Disputes

  • Acting for a telecommunications conglomerate on a SIAC arbitration against a multinational group.

  • Acted for a farmee on an ICC dispute relating to certain rights and obligations under a farmout agreement.

  • Acted as lead counsel for the claimant on a US $300M ICC arbitration in the pharmaceutical industry.

  • Acted for a Latin American conglomerate on three SCMA arbitrations in Singapore involving disputes over chartering contracts of offshore support vessels.

  • Acting as lead counsel on a shareholders’ dispute involving legal proceedings across Europe and Asia.

  • Advised on a US$80M dispute involving the charter of two offshore oil rigs bound from Asia to Latin America.

  • Advised a company on a US$50 million SIAC arbitration in Singapore involving the purchase of an oil rig.

  • Advised a private equity fund on a dispute with, and forced buyout of, a minority shareholder under an existing shareholders’ agreement.

  • Acted for an offshore subsea services company on an arbitration in India regarding the breach of a US$24 million contract.

  • Advised a Singapore listed company on an arbitration in Singapore involving the termination of a contract for the delivery of coal.

  • Acted for a private equity group on an international arbitration involving an investment in China.

  • Acted for a multinational offshore oil and gas services company on a potential arbitration in England involving the wrongful termination of a charter party.

  • Acted for a Singapore and Dubai-based commodity trading company on a SIAC arbitration against a Singapore conglomerate in the context of a shareholders’ dispute.

  • Advised a multinational company on an investigation and asset recovery on a US$10 million internal fraud.

  • Acted for a financial conglomerate on a shareholders’ dispute involving the rights of preference shareholders to recover cumulative dividends.

Professional Activities

  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) 
  • Associate Member, Law Society of Singapore

Admissions

  • England and Wales
  • Singapore
  • Colombia

Solicitor in England & Wales
Registered as a foreign lawyer authorised to practice permitted areas of Singaporean law including mergers and acquisitions, corporate and banking law
Abogado

Education

  • New York University, LL.M. in Global Business Law
  • National University of Singapore, LL.M. in Corporate & Financial Services Law
  • Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia, Postgraduate Degree in Banking Law
  • Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia, LL.B.

Experience

  • Duane Morris & Selvam LLP
    - Director, 2011-Present

  • Arfat Selvam Alliance LLC (now known as Selvam LLC)
    - Associate Director, 2008-2011
    - Associate, 2006-2008

  • Parliament of Colombia (Bogota, Colombia)
    - Lead Advisor to Member of Parliament, Ms. Gina Parody, 2004-2005
  • Banco Av Villas (Bogota, Colombia)
    - In-house Counsel, Legal and Compliance, 2003-2004
  • Vergara Ospina Abogados (Bogota, Colombia)
    - Legal Associate, 2001-2003

Honors and Awards

  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2022 – Recommended lawyer in Corporate and M&A – Local Firms and Banking and Finance – Local Firms
  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 - Recommended lawyer in Corporate and M&A - Foreign Firms and Banking and Finance - Local Firms
  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020 - Recommended lawyer in Corporate and M&A - Foreign Firms

  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2019 - Recommended lawyer in Corporate and M&A - Foreign Firms

  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 - Recommended lawyer in Corporate and M&A - Local Firms and TMT - Local Firms

  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2017 - Recommended Lawyer in Banking and Finance - Local Firms and Corporate and M&A - Foreign Firms

  • Listed in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2016 for Banking and Finance - Local Firms

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Panel Speaker, Navigating High-Value Deals: Key Strategies for Driving Seller Valuation and Deal Certainty, 27 November 2024
  • Panel Speaker, “Jus Mundi’s Arbitration Nexus: Bridging Perspectives on the Future of Arbitration with SIAC and CAM”, 19 September 2024
  • Panel Speaker, “Getting from Announcement to Close”, SPAC Version 3.0 Southeast Asia Summit, hosted by AUM Media Inc., 7 March 2023
  • Speaker, "Insights Into the Digital Ecosystems Ahead & the Structuring of Crypto-Funds," Duane Morris & Selvam Webinar, 12 May 2022
  • Panelist, "Singapore, Opening the Door to Asia for Pacific Alliance Nations: A Legal and Regulatory Overview," Duane Morris & Selvam Webinar, 11 November 2021

  • Panelist, “Cryptocurrency at the Crossroads”, International Bar Association’s 6th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference, Tokyo, February 28, 2019

  • Speaker, “GDPR: How It Affects Your Business in Singapore and How You Can Remain Compliant,” Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, Singapore, May 17, 2018

  • Speaker, "Equity Crowdfunding in Singapore," Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, Singapore, June 20, 2017