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Gunderson Dettmer Ranked Tier 1 by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024

January 18, 2024Firm News

Gunderson Dettmer continues to be ranked Tier 1 in Start-up and Venture Capital (Foreign Firms in Singapore) by The Legal 500 in its newly published 2024 Asia-Pacific guide. Singapore managing partner Jonathan Pentzien was named a Leading Individual, and partner David He a Next Generation Partner. In the 2024 Asia-Pacific guide, client feedback stated that Gunderson’s Singapore team has “very strong experience in venture capital.”

Work Highlights:

  • Represented Aspire, a Singapore-based business-to-business Fintech startup, in its oversubscribed US$100 million Series C financing led by Lightspeed and Peak XV (fka Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia).
  • Represented FreshToHome, a Bengaluru-based fish and meat delivery e-commerce platform, in its US$104 million Series D financing led by Amazon’s India-focused Smbhav Venture Fund.
  • Represented Tiger Global in Zomato’s US$568 million acquisition of Blinkit, a hyperlocal delivery company.

Gunderson Dettmer – with over 400 lawyers across 11 offices in key venture markets throughout the world – is the preeminent international law firm with an exclusive focus on the innovation economy. Our Singapore office, which serves as the hub for our India and Southeast Asia practice, is consistently recognized as the "most active venture capital law firm" in India and Southeast Asia by Pitchbook's Global League Tables, and top-ranked in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Chambers Asia-Pacific and the India Business Law Journal.