Clarence Tan is the Founder and Principal of Clarence & Co LLC. He is a Singapore-qualified lawyer advising on corporate and commercial matters across a broad range of industries, working closely with founders, SMEs, investors, and management teams.

Clarence’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, shareholder arrangements, fundraising transactions, and corporate restructurings. He is regularly engaged on complex, commercially sensitive matters where clarity, judgment, and execution are critical.

Before establishing Clarence & Co, Clarence advised clients in private practice and in-house roles, giving him a well-rounded perspective on legal risk, commercial objectives, and decision-making under real business constraints. He is accustomed to working directly with principals and senior decision-makers, and to delivering advice that is practical, focused, and aligned with how businesses actually operate.

With an accounting background in addition to his legal training, Clarence brings a commercially informed approach to legal advisory work, particularly in matters involving valuation, financial structuring, and risk assessment.

Clarence also advises on select white-collar and regulatory matters, particularly where such issues arise in a corporate, shareholder, or director-related context.

Clients value his ability to identify material issues quickly, cut through unnecessary complexity, and provide clear, actionable advice.

Selected Experience

Clarence’s selected experience includes advising on:

a) Mergers and acquisitions involving private companies and group restructurings, including share and business transfers, joint ventures, and post-acquisition integrations.

b) Private equity and venture capital investments across multiple funding stages, including seed, Series growth rounds, acting for founders, companies, and investors.

c) Shareholder arrangements and corporate governance matters, including shareholders’ agreements, reserved matters, exit mechanics, and minority protection structures.

d) Fundraising and equity-linked instruments, including preference shares, convertible notes, valuation-linked conversion mechanics, and investor rights structuring.

e) Corporate restructurings and advisory matters involving financial distress, director duties, stakeholder negotiations, and risk assessment in insolvency-adjacent situations.

Qualifications & Admissions

a) Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
b) Chartered Certified Accountant, UK (ACCA)