Director, Flint & Battery LLC
Winston was featured personally in the Straits Times’s 2026 rankings of Singapore Law Firms as a “Top-Rated Lawyer”.
Board Member, Cicero League of International Lawyers
CICERO LEAGUE is an international alliance of owner-driven law firms providing seamless, partner-led, cross border legal advice and local transaction assistance to mid-market businesses and investors. CICERO LEAGUE provides its clients with “Big Law” international legal reach (in fact we cover more jurisdictions than some of the largest law firms), but at the same time providing our clients with access to niche, independent service providers, each of which know and regularly work with each other, and have all of the relevant local contacts and experience to assist your organization.
Bar Qualifications: New York (2003), Singapore (2001)
Appointments: Notary Public (Singapore), Commissioner of Oaths (Singapore)
National Sports Appointments: Selection Appeals (Singapore Ice Skating Association, Asian Winter Games 2025, South-East Asian Games 2025), Executive Ombudsman (Singapore Ice Skating Association, Singapore Cycling Federation)
Mobile: +65 90091081 . Email: winstonwong@flintbattery.com
EXPERIENCE
1. Telecommunications, Technology, etc.
- In-house Asia counsel in US global technology businesses.
- US/Nasdaq-driven compliance requirements.
- In-house counsel: Operations, tenders, procurement, corporate actions.
- Cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, and other blockchains.
- Exchanges and payment services.
- Compliance.
- Advised founders, and executed founder-side transactions: funding, exit transactions, etc.
- Formation, Subscription Documents, Information Memorandum.
- Compliance.
3. Private equity
- Investor-side and founder-side transactions: funding, asset acquisition, asset disposals, exit transactions, etc.
- Joint Ventures, Shareholders’ Agreements, Investment / Funding Agreements, Share/ Asset Purchase Agreements.
- Technology startups: Set-up, Seed, Series, Exits.
- Technology private equity funds: Investment, startup funding, etc.
4. Sports
- Singapore Ice Skating Association (SISA) (Accredited National Sports Association, Sport Singapore) – SISA is the National Sports Association for the sport of ice skating accredited and recognized by Sport Singapore. Sport Singapore is one of three members of the Sports Division of the Singapore Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) administering high performance, mass participation and sports volunteerism.
- Selection Appeals Committee (Asian Winter Games 2025, Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024, South-east Asian Games 2019, 2025).
- Selection Committee (Asian Winter Games 2016, South-east Asian Games 2017).
- Executive Ombudsman (2020 – present). The Executive Ombudsman administers all aspects of the Whistleblowing Policy of the Singapore Ice Skating Association.
- Singapore Cycling Federation (SCF) (Accredited National Sports Association, Sport Singapore) – SCF is the National Sports Association for the sport of cycling accredited and recognized by Sport Singapore.
- Executive Ombudsman (2019 – present). The Executive Ombudsman administers all aspects of the Whistleblowing Policy of the Singapore Cycling Federation.
- Netball Singapore (NS) (Accredited National Sports Association, Sport Singapore) – NS is the National Sports Association for the sport of Netball accredited and recognized by Sport Singapore.
- Member, Management Committee, NS (2005-2012).
- Chairman, Audit Committee, NS (2010-2012).
- Chairman, Legal and Disciplinary Sub-committee, NS (2005-2012).
- Chairman, Legal Sub-committee, Singapore Netball Super League tournament (2005-2012).
5. Corporate/Commercial
- Represented clients with transactions in Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Denmark, England, France, Netherlands, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, North Korea, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Scotland, Singapore, Seychelles, South Korea, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam, etc.
- Transactions include: acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements, leases, manufacturing contracts, distribution contracts, sale of goods and services, franchises, licensing contracts, technology transfer contracts, corporate restructurings, etc.
6. Industry
- Securities and Broking Houses: Compliance, Restructuring and reorganization.
- Tobacco: Asia-Pacific operations.
7. Capital markets
- Counsel for SGX listcos: Share placements, bonus and warrant issue transactions, loan restructure, rights issue and term loan facility, voluntary liquidation, public float compliance, capital reductions, initial listings, reverse takeovers of SGX listcos, major acquisitions.
- Counsel for Shareholders, and Underwriters.
8. Real Property
- Represented principal for leasing/purchasing of and construction for real property in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney.
- Conveyances: Singapore private commercial, residential, JTC industrial, HDB residential.
- Financing, refinancing, mortgages, discharges, etc. in Singapore.
- Landlord and tenant transactions.