Ramiro Rodriguez

Representative Matters

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.

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.

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

• Co-author, 8th Edition of The Legal 500: Mergers & Acquisitions Comparative Guide, Legal 500 Asia Pacific, April 2024
• Co-author, “Significant Investments Review Bill: What It Means for Business and Investments in Singapore,” Duane Morris and Selvam Blog, 4 December 2023
• Co-author, “Singapore Private Equity and Venture Capital Landscape Series – Limited Partnerships,” Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, July 6, 2022
• Co-author, “Virtual Power Purchase Agreements in Singapore,” Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, June 7, 2022
• Co-author, “Rise of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in Singapore,” Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, May 13, 2022
• Co-author, “Singapore Private Equity and Venture Capital Landscape Series – A Brief Introduction,” Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, April 25, 2022
• Author, "Monetary Authority of Singapore Relaxes Regulatory Requirements for Venture Capital Managers," Duane Morris Alert, October 25, 2017
• Co-author, "MAS Regulatory Sandbox Guidelines for FinTech ," Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, December 2016
• Quoted in "Singapore Exchange Hives Off Regulatory Functions," Wall Street Journal, July 2016
• Co-author, "SGX Updates Transaction Disclosure Requirements," Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, December 2015
• Co-author, "Crowdfunding in Singapore - Should the Floodgates Be Opened?" Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, November 2015
• Author, "New SGX Notification Measures to Enhance Regulatory Framework," Duane Morris & Selvam LLP, May 2014

Selected Speaking Engagements

• 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 6^th Asia Pacific Regional Forum Biennial Conference, Tokyo, February 28, 2019

• Speaker, “EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),” Shilla Travel Retail Pte Ltd, Singapore, June 8, 2018

• 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
• Speaker, Asia Desk Forum - Special Session on Myanmar, University of Victoria, April 2015