Jia Yu’s practice encompasses investment funds and capital markets with a focus on private funds, REITs and business trusts. Jia Yu has advised fund managers, financial institutions, property developers and professional trustees on the establishment and subsequent closings of private funds, and on fund regulatory matters (including licensing and offering requirements) in Singapore. She has also advised financial institutions on their investments into private funds. In addition, Jia Yu has advised REITs and business trusts in their mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fund-raisings by way of secondary offerings, and various other regulatory and compliance matters. She has also worked on local and cross-border acquisitions and divestments by listed and non-listed companies and funds. Jia Yu graduated from the University of Manchester with an LL.B. (Hons) degree in 2015 and was called to the Singapore Bar in 2017.