Nicole Lee
李慧铭
LL.B. (HONS) (Bristol)
Associate Director
“Live a life centred by humility, kindness and grace.”
Nicole is a rising leader in TSMP’s corporate practice whose measured judgement and practical creativity make her a valued adviser. Broad-based legal training has shaped her into a versatile practitioner who sees issues from multiple angles and translates them into clear, workable solutions. In 2025, she was recognised on Singapore Business Review’s list of Singapore’s 20 Most Notable Lawyers Under 40—a testament to her impact and promise.
Her practice spans private and public mergers and acquisitions and general corporate work. Her experience includes advising and acting on cross-border and domestic transactions relating to investments by venture capital and private equity firms, joint ventures, and share and business sales. Purpose-driven, quick witted and affable, Nicole has over time earned the trust of her clients and colleagues alike.
She may not look like the archetypal outdoorswoman, but don’t be fooled. Nicole is quietly plotting to conquer New Zealand’s great trails—one ridge line at a time. If she weren’t a lawyer, she’d probably be a lifestyle influencer; her meticulously curated skincare shelf and wardrobe offer ample proof.
Notable Briefs
Acted for one of Singapore’s pre-eminent real estate managers in its bid for ECO Industrial Environmental Engineering, a hazardous waste company operated in Singapore owned by Beijing Capital Eco-Environment Protection Group. Our clients were eventually not shortlisted as the successful bidders and Seche Environment’s S$605 million bid won the acquisition.
Acted as transaction counsel for utu Pte Ltd, a travel-tech firm, in its acquisition of 100% of the shares in CardsPal, a Singapore-based platform offering hyper-localised rewards, from SC Ventures (Standard Chartered’s fintech and ventures arm) and in its Series B funding round. The combined transaction value of the acquisition and the funding round was S$33 million.
Acted as Singapore counsel for global investment firm KKR & Co in its acquisition of 20% stake (valued at S$1.1 billion) in Singtel’s regional data centre business.
Acted as Singapore counsel to Apollo, one of the largest global asset managers, in its investment in PanAsia Health Limited, the holding company of Health Management International Pte Ltd (“HMI”), a private healthcare provider with regional presence in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. Among other medical facilities, HMI owns the largest private ophthalmology group in Singapore, Eagle Eye Centre.