SMU Corporate & Commercial Law Club

01/08/2022

The second edition of the WongPartnership Transaction Competition has come to a close! In the preliminary round, 38 teams signed up, totalling to 76 participants. The final round conducted on 18 July, was judged by Ng Wai King (Managing Partner, WongPartnership), Khoo Ken Hui (Director, Legal & Regulatory, Temasek) and Karen Wee (Deputy General Counsel, Singtel).

After many gruelling rounds of negotiation, SMU Corporate and Commercial Law Club is proud to announce the results of the WongPartnership Transaction Competition 2022!

This year’s winner is Team 36, consisting of Vinessa Martin and Evangeline Koh! This team was also awarded Best Negotiators.

Congratulations to the other finalist team: Team 16, consisting of Seth Tay and Mervyn Lin!

We would like to thank WongPartnership for making this event possible and our distinguished judges for gracing the event, making it an exciting one for all participants and spectators. A big shout-out to SMU School of Law for their assistance in the organisation of this competition. Lastly, we would like to thank all the participants for their hard work in their preparation for the competition!

See you again next year!

17/08/2021

After an exciting Grand Final on Thursday, SMU Corporate and Commercial Law Club is proud to announce the results of the inaugural WongPartnership Transaction Competition 2021.

Out of 92 participants from 46 teams, Team 3, consisting of Alicia Seah and Melvinder Singh, has emerged as the Champions, with Melvinder winning the award for Best Negotiator!

SMU CoCo would like to take this opportunity to thank WongPartnership LLP for their support and sponsorship of this competition. Additionally, we would like to thank our distinguished judges for their presence and for playing their part in making this competition exciting for observers and participants alike. Finally, a big shout-out to SMU Yong Pung How School of Lawand the faculty for assisting the team in the organising of this competition.

Thank you, and see you again next year!

12/08/2021

Catch the Grand Finals of the WongPartnership Transaction Competition 2021 live on our FB page today at 7.10pm.

The esteemed panel of judges includes Mr Ng Wai King from WongPartnership LLP, Mr Mah Kah Loon from EY Pacific Deal Origination, Mr Chris Flosi from Northstar Group. Do tune in!

01/08/2021

After battling it out in the finals, SMU Corporate and Commercial Law Club is proud to announce the results of the Restructuring Negotiation Competition, organized by SMU and supported by BlackOak LLC!

This year’s winner is TEAM 29, consisting of Charmaine Chong, Izzat Rashad B Rosazizi, Caleb Cheng, and Heidi Chiu!

The award for Best Negotiator goes to Reinvs Loh, from Team 20!

Congratulations to all the other Finalist teams,
- Team 18: Jarrett Chen, Kanagavelu Navneeth, Hung Jing Yang, Aaron Tan
- Team 20: Alyssa Tang, Reinvs Loh, Loh Yu Tong, Yiu Xin Yin
- Team 30: Stanley Woo, Lorraine Lai, Olivia Lai

SMU CoCo would like to take this opportunity to thank BlackOak LLC for their relentless support in these unpredictable times. Additionally, we would like to thank our distinguished judges for their presence and for playing their part in making this competition exciting for observers and participants alike. A big shout-out to SMU Yong Pung How School of Law and the faculty for assisting the team in the organization of this competition. Finally, we would like to extend our thanks to our participants, for their rigorous efforts in preparing for the competition.

Thank you, and see you again next year!

30/07/2021

We hope you are just as excited as we are for the Final Round of the Restructuring Negotiation Competition 2021 happening later today at 7.30PM! The Finals will be streamed right here LIVE on our FB page so stay tuned!

Here is a short summary of the facts, which will help you understand the problem that the finalist teams are negotiating on later.

28/07/2021

SMU Corporate and Commercial Law Club is proud to reveal the esteemed panel of judges for the Final Round of the Restructuring Negotiation Competition 2021! They are the Honourable Justice Kannan Ramesh from the Supreme Court, Mr Ashok Kumar from BlackOak LLC, Mr Richard Woodworth from Allen & Overy, Prof David Llewelyn from SMU Yong Pung How School of Law, and Ms Angelina Bopp from MUFG Bank Limited, Singapore. To find out more about our judges, do refer to the poster attached!
We will be streaming the Finals live on our page this Friday, at 7.30pm. Do tune in for an exciting round!

03/09/2020

After an intense Grand-Final with 4 teams battling it out, we are proud to announce the results for the BlackOak Transactional Negotiation Competition 2020!

We would like to congratulate the following finalists and winners:

Team 3: William Edy Hartono, Phone Myat Thu, Cheng Si Yi Ian, Fu Journe Hahn
Team 7: Teo Jin Yang, Anthony, Leong Shuen-Yi, Shannen Yuan Bin Da, David Zee Keng Kok
Team 14: Tan Li Yan Nicole, Song Yihang, Ng Jun De Andrew
Team 21: Austen Lim Jia Le, Tan Yi Liang, Choo Jit Kim, Perl, Ngai Hei Yee

Team 21 eventually clinched Champion while the Best Individual Negotiator goes to Nicole Tan Li Yan!

Amidst unprecedented times, we would like to thank BlackOak LLC for making the event possible through the virtual format. We would also like to thank all of the distinguished judges for gracing the event and making it an exciting competition for both participants and spectators. A big shout-out to SMU School of Law and the faculty for assisting us in the organisation of this competition. Last but not least, we would like to thank all participants for the tremendous effort put in to preparing for the competition.

SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR!

02/09/2020

Dear all,

We hope you are just as excited as we are for the Grand Finals of BlackOak Transactional Negotiation Competition 2020 happening later at 7PM! The Finals will be streamed right here LIVE on our FB page so stay tuned!

In the meantime, here is a short introduction to give you some background context of the problem that our teams will be negotiating on later.

01/09/2020

The Grand-Finals for the BlackOak Transactional Negotiation Competition 2020 is happening TOMORROW at 7pm!

Do hop on to our livestream right here on our FB page to catch our finalists battle it out before a panel of judges comprising Mr Ashok Kumar, Mr Darius Tay, and Assistant Professor Zhang Wei!

08/08/2020

Dear Law Students,

We are pleased to announce that SMU Corporate and Commercial Law Club will once again host the BlackOak Transactional Negotiation Competition, but only this time, via Zoom! Stand a chance to win $2,000 and gain knowledge in deal-making and negotiations.

If you are interested to find out more about corporate restructuring and insolvency, this is the competition for you! This competition serves to spark your interest in this area of practice, while putting you through intense rounds of negotiations. You and your team will have to devise probable solutions and use sound negotiating strategies that will best convince a panel of creditors.

Do note that the competition is only open to first, second, and third-year SMU and NUS law undergraduates, as well as first-year and second-year SMU J.D. students and NUS approved graduate programme students. Students are required to form teams of 3 to 4 students, with a maximum of 1 third-year LLB or second-year JD student.

As the competition will be held virtually this year, do make sure that all team members are able to access Zoom for the round(s).

If you think you have what it takes, don't hesitate to sign up at the following link: https://forms.gle/vmFtFDZVahZZmkVcA by 17 August 2020, 11:59 PM.

Only one member is required to fill up the form on behalf of the team.

The Problem Statement and Rule Book has also just been released today via email/Telegram (SMU) and FB/Telegram (NUS)! Do join our telegram channel to receive further updates!

Lastly, do take note of the following dates:

Preliminaries: 20/ 21 August (Thurs/Fri)
Semi Finals: 28 August (Fri)
Finals: 2 September (Wed)
All rounds will begin at 7 PM.

For any queries regarding the competition, feel free to contact us via [email protected] or simply leave us a FB message!

16/03/2020