The Principal of the Everstead group, Jem has been recognised by the Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s most influential lawyers aged 40 and under, The Legal 500 (Asia Pacific) as a Next-Generation Partner, Asian Legal Business as a Singapore Rising Star and one of Asia’s 40 Under 40, and the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) as a Notable Practitioner for M&A. He has also been shortlisted for Young Lawyer of the Year (Law Firm) (Southeast Asia) and he is a recipient of LegalOne’s Stellar Accolade (Southeast Asia). 

Career

Jem graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Laws from Monash University, Australia, at the tender age of 20. He subsequently returned home to Singapore for National Service (NS), during which he commissioned as an officer, received the National Service Full-time of the Year Award, and a commendation from the then Chief Armour Officer. Following NS, Jem trained at one of Singapore’s oldest law firms, and has since practised at leading domestic and international firms. Before founding Everstead, he co-founded the award-winning Singapore office of the ZICO Law Network, and was previously a Partner in the Corporate and Capital Markets Practice of one of Singapore’s largest firms.

Jem is a Chartered Secretary and Fellow of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore (FCS, CSIS), and a Chartered Governance Professional and Fellow of the Chartered Governance Institute (FCG, CGI). In addition to his corporate practice, he is an accredited mediator (Singapore Mediation Centre, Singapore International Mediation Institute, International Mediation Institute, and Law Society of Singapore Mediation Scheme Panel of Mediators), as well as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (Asia) (CIPP/A) and Manager (CIPM) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He also holds a Practitioner Certificate in Personal Data Protection (Singapore) issued by the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore.

Jem is also the legal advisor to Australian Alumni Singapore, which is the national umbrella organisation for the 200,000 Singaporean or Singapore-based graduates of Australian universities, and to the government-supported Kazakhstan-Singapore Business Council. He serves on the Law Society of Singapore’s Corporate Practice Committee, Equity Capital Markets Committee and International Relations Committee. He was also previously the legal advisor to Singapore’s Association of Listed Companies.

Jem is also an Accredited Director (by examination) of the Singapore Institute of Directors and sits on the Board of Singapore-listed building maintenance and estate upgrading specialist, ISOTeam Ltd, as an Independent Director (and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, and member of the Nominating and Audit Committees).

• July 2025 – present: Founder & Principal, Everstead Law LLC & Everstead Corporate Services Private Limited
• March 2021 – June 2025: Co-Founder, Icon Law LLC & Icon CorpServ Pte. Ltd., and Director of ZICO Insights Law LLC / Insights Law LLC
• July 2018 – February 2021: Partner, RHTLaw Asia LLP / RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP
• November 2014 – June 2018: Associate, Morgan Lewis Stamford LLC / Stamford Law Corp.
• August 2013 – November 2014: Associate, Loo & Partners LLP
• January 2012 – June 2013: Trainee, Shook Lin & Bok LLP (for admission to the Singapore Bar)

Notable Deals

Initial public offerings of, amongst others: (a) Grand Venture Technology Limited (Singapore Exchange, Catalist); (b) Kwan Yong Holdings Limited (Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, Main Board); (c) Singapore O&G Limited (Singapore Exchange, Catalist); (d) Procurri Corporation Limited (Singapore Exchange, Main Board); and (e) Aoxin Q&M Dental Group Limited (Singapore Exchange, Catalist).

Acquisitions and disposals of, amongst others: (a) the Brylchem Group to Euronext Amsterdam-listed giant, IMCD; (b) Kaibo.AI by Asian Unicorn, Ninja Van; (c) Sourceability Singapore by SIQIT GmbH; (d) Semperit Technische Produkte GmbH’s disposal of its medical business to HARPS Global Pte Ltd; (e) 28 units at Prudential Tower by various HNWIs and a conglomerate.

Joint ventures, investments and fundraising of, amongst others: (a) Asian Unicorn, Carsome, for its Series E2 round; (b) Singapore-listed Metro Holdings into DocMed Technology, the digital healthtech unit of Singapore-listed, Hyphens Pharma International; (c) Korean conglomerate, Queen Bee, into certain private exchanges in Singapore; (d) Web3 entertainment platform, Digital Entertainment Asset from LDA Capital; and (e) Singapore data centre builder, ACME Associates, into its Thai joint venture with Thailand’s Italthai Engineering.

Post-IPO actions, including: (a) Hyphens Pharma International Limited’s subsidiary DocMed Technology’s adoption of share plan; (b) Matex International Limited’s rights issue; (c) KS Energy Limited’s issue of convertible bonds (and repurchase of then-outstanding ones); (d) DeClout Limited’s issue of redeemable exchangeable bonds; and (e) CSC Holdings Limited’s rights cum warrants issue.

Advisory on Singapore employment matters, including: (a) retrenchment exercise of a global consulting group; (b) as part of a global readiness evaluation of a French logistics group; and (c) the proposed move of a North American country’s pension investment board to Singapore.

Special projects, including: (a) the establishment of an Asian country’s first stock exchange, and drafting of various trading and listing rules (under non-disclosure agreement); (b) former continuing sponsorship of Singapore Exchange Catalist issuers such as ecoWise Holdings Limited, GSS Energy Limited and Select Group Limited; and (c) advising the former co-deputy head of international arbitration at Allen & Gledhill and his team in their breakaway and establishment of a new firm.

Qualifications

• 2024: Chartered Secretary / FCS, CSIS (Fellow, Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore)
• 2024: Chartered Governance Professional / FCG, CGI (Fellow, Chartered Governance Institute)
• 2024: Accredited Director (Singapore Institute of Directors)
• 2024: Associate Mediator (Law Society of Singapore Mediation Scheme Panel of Mediators)
• 2022: Accredited Mediator (SMC (Singapore Mediation Centre), SIMI (Singapore International Mediation Institute) and IMI (International Mediation Institute))
• 2022: IAPP CIPP/A & CIPM (Certified Information Privacy Professional (Asia) and Certified Information Privacy Manager, International Association of Privacy Professionals), and Practitioner Certificate in Personal Data Protection (Singapore)
• 2019: International Business Mandarin (Comprehensive) (Advanced), Singapore Chinese Chamber Institute of Business
• 2013: Qualified Advocate and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore
• 2008: Bachelor of Laws, Monash University

Awards & Recognition

• 🏆 International Financial Law Review (IFLR): Notable Practitioner, M&A
• 🏆 ALB SE Asia Law Awards: Finalist, Young Lawyer of the Year (SE Asia)
• 🏆 Legal One: Legal One Stellar Accolade
• 🏆 Asian Legal Business: Asia’s 40 Under 40
• 🏆 Legal 500 (Asia-Pacific): Next Generation Partner (Capital Markets)
• 🏆 Asian Legal Business: Rising Star, Singapore
• 🏆 Singapore Business Review: SG’s Most Influential Lawyers Under 40

For even more / full curriculum vitae, visit Jem’s personal website: jeremiahhuang.net