Experienced
Professionals.
Our team has, on average, over 15 years of investing experience and has been through numerous economic cycles. The team's extensive experience in financial markets gives GAO a deep understanding and specialization across asset classes. Over the years, GAO has achieved a resilient, consistent, and successful track record on an absolute basis, providing clients with investment choices that are usually available only to much larger institutions.
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Selected matters in Singapore courts, prior industry experience, and professional qualifications.
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Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA).
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Court-appointed expert to value three privately-owned car workshop companies in CVC v. CVB [2023] SGHC(A) 28 — Judge agreed that additional DLOM should not be used.
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Member of Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).
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Appointed Independent Expert to a leading Asian satellite operator to value the quantum of damages in an arbitration with the subsidiary of one of India's largest integrated media companies.
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Acted as expert in Meow Moy Lan and others v Exklusiv Resorts Pte Ltd and another [2021] SGHC 155 for the owner of a country club against 170 members in their class action for breach of contract in relocating the club. Assessed no losses for the members; judge awarded $1,500 nominal damages per member.
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Produced valuation report and defended work in court for a family-owned manufacturing and trading business seeking to claw back over $10 million in fraudulent withdrawals by the next-generation family members, leading to a successful judgment in the Singapore High Court.
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Appointed by the Singapore High Court in UTJ v UTK [2019] SGHCF 6 as a joint independent expert in the valuation of a family-owned group of companies across multiple countries in a dispute worth $20 million — integral to ending a dispute running for more than 7 years.
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Investigation for an investor of a $5 million convertible loan into a F&B company with operations in Singapore, Indonesia, and Japan — resulted in successful recovery of principal, interest payments, and full indemnity of costs for the investor.
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Director of Research for Ortelius Capital — family office of Prince Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece, and Robert Miller, founder of the DFS duty-free empire.
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$3 billion asset swap between JPMorgan and Bank of New York.
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$7 billion merger between SunTrust Banks and National Commerce Financial Corporation.
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Chartered Valuer and Appraiser (CVA).
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Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).
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Member of Singapore Institute of Directors (SID).
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Graduate Certificate in Digital Finance: Digital Forensics, SMU–CPA Australia.
Global pedigree.
Singapore home.
GAO's team combines decades of investment experience from global financial institutions and top schools from the US, UK, and Singapore.