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Azman JAAFAR

Managing Partner
Chairman, ASEAN Plus Group

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Azman Jaafar is the Managing Partner and one of the founding members of RHTLaw Asia LLP, a regional law firm with its ASEAN Plus Group network offices across Asia and beyond.  He is also the Chairman of ASEAN Plus Group and he also heads the firm’s Indonesia practice group and he is a strong advocate of change and transformation.

The mainstay of his law practice is in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance; although his chief preoccupation today is the management of the law firm, the deployment of technology within the firm, its transformation, and collaboration across the firm’s regional network, together with its multidisciplinary professional service offerings under ONERHT.

He is an ad hoc tutor and lecturer at the National University of Singapore Law Faculty’s Legal Case Studies programme and is also a regular speaker at seminars on mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and regulatory compliance in Singapore.

Azman was awarded a Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat, PBM) by the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2007 in recognition of his voluntary work as a councillor with Northeast Community Development Council since 1997. Having served under three different administrations, he has also worked in and chaired several standing committees within Council. He was also awarded the Long Service Award from Northeast Community Development Council.

Azman was the Chairman of the Executive Committee of SAFRA Jurong Clubhouse and member of the Management Committee of SAFRA. He remains a volunteer in SAFRA. He was also Chairman of the Tanjong Katong Girls School Advisory Committee and he was a member of the Board of Trustees of Industrial & Services Co-operative Society Ltd (“ISCOS”). He is also a serving member of the Management Committee for Home United Football Club (“HUFC”).

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Practice Areas

  • Company Law
  • Corporate & Capital Markets
  • Corporate & Commercial Law
  • Environment, Social & Governance
  • Foreign Investment
  • M&A
  • Takeovers & Mergers

Industry Groups

  • Technology, Media & Communications

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Laws (Honours) – National University of Singapore

Career Highlights

  • Ad hoc tutor and lecturer at the National University of Singapore Law Faculty’s Legal Case Studies programme

Awards & Accolades

  • Recognised as IFLR1000 Leading Lawyers 2015 and 2021 – M&A, Project Finance, Energy, Mining and Oil & Gas
  • AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers 2009 – Capital Markets/Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance
  • Awarded a Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat, PBM) by the President of the Republic of Singapore in 2007 in recognition of his voluntary work as a councillor with Northeast Community Development Council since 1997
  • With his vast experience of serving under three different administrations, Azman has worked and chaired several standing committees within Council
  • Awarded the Long Service Award from Northeast Community Development Council

Memberships

  • Chairman Executive Committee of SAFRA Jurong Clubhouse and member of the Management Committee of SAFRA and a continuing volunteer in SAFRA
  • Chairman, Tanjong Katong Girls School Advisory Committee
  • Member, Board of Trustees of Industrial & Services Co-operative Society Ltd (“ISCOS”)
  • Member, Management Committee for Home United Football Club (“HUFC”)
  • Regular keynote speaker on mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and regulatory compliance in Singapore

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