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Sidley Austin advised Lightspeed and Sequoia in Aspire's Series C funding round for Southeast Asia-based Neobank
Sidley Austin advised Lightspeed and Sequoia in Aspire's Series C funding round for Southeast Asia-based Neobank
Sidley Austin, a multinational law firm based in the United States, acted as legal counsel for Lightspeed and Sequoia, the lead investors in Aspire's Series C funding round. Aspire is a neobank operating in Southeast Asia, offering a full-stack finance operating system for businesses. Alongside Lightspeed and Sequoia, other investors, including PayPal Ventures, Tencent, MassMutual Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, and existing investors, also participated in the Series C funding round.
The cross-border Sidley team was led by Andrew Harper (Palo Alto) and Parthiv Rishi (Singapore) and supported by Eldon Chan (Singapore), Shaika Ahmed (Palo Alto), Ryan Lim (Singapore), Josephine Law (Singapore), Reina Chua (Singapore).
Sidley Austin LLP operates through its 20 offices worldwide and specialises in a variety of areas in both litigation and corporate.