M Rajaram Bio

M Rajaram leads transactional teams in advising in a full spectrum of loan and other debt-related and corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; banking, loan, and other debt-related and corporate transactions including but not limited to syndicated loans, asset and trade financing, and cross border financing; advising fund formations and compliance; advising on setting up and operations of single and multi-family offices; private client practice including employment and immigration advice; corporate secretarial services; international trade; mediation; and general corporate advice. He also advises on family business continuity and estate planning for high net worth individuals. He is a past chairman of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and currently an emeritus chairman. He was the vice-chairman of the Singapore Business Federation, and council member of ASEAN Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is the honorary consul of the Republic of Mali in Singapore, an office he assumed in 2000. He is actively involved in social work at the grassroots level and is a patron of the Taman Jurong Citizenship Consultative Committee, having served as a member of the Taman Jurong CCC for many years. He also assists in running the legal clinic at Jurong MPS on a weekly basis. He was also the vice president of the Dyslexia Association of Singapore, deputy chairman of the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of the Institute of South East Asian Studies (ISEAS) and was the chairman of its Audit Committee. He was a term trustee in Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) for a period of 12 years. He also serves as a member of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony. He is also a notary public and justice of the peace. For his contributions to society and to the business community, he was bestowed the PBM (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat – The Public Service Medal) in 2009, and BBM (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat – Public Service Star) in 2024 by the President of the Republic of Singapore. He has been recognized for his extensive work with Indian companies venturing abroad. He is particularly active in acting for lenders for infrastructure power and mining companies and international trading companies for their trade finance requirements, mergers and acquisitions and international trade disputes. Most of these transactions are cross border in nature. He has been cited by Asia Law Profile, International Financial Law Review, and The Legal 500 for his analytical ability and for the quick turnaround time for corporate and banking matters.