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Clifford Chance
MARINA BAY FINANCIAL CENTRE
25TH FLOOR, TOWER 3, 12 MARINA BOULEVARD
SINGAPORE 018982
Singapore

Position

Paul Landless is a financial markets lawyer specialising in structured finance, derivatives and financial markets products, including securitisations, repackagings, structured notes, securities lending and repo. He leads the financial markets team in Singapore and South East Asia.

Paul has extensive experience in commodities trading and financing, structured trade finance, carbon markets products and exchanges. He regularly advises on global and local financial regulatory developments and financial market infrastructure.

Also, Paul is one of the leaders of the firm’s Fintech practice and a member of the Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance Foundation (PRIME) based in the Hague.

Career

Slaughter and May 2002
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 2004
Joined Clifford Chance London 2004
Joined Clifford Chance Hong Kong 2006
Admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong 2010
Joined Clifford Chance Singapore 2012
Partner since 2014

Lawyer Rankings

Singapore > Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Foreign firms

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Singapore > TMT: foreign firms

Clifford Chance handles a broad range of matters concerning technology and digitalisation, including artificial intelligence, digital assets, green technologies, data protection, and cybersecurity, in addition to big-ticket technology-related transactions. The practice recently bolstered its capabilities with the arrival of practice leader Stella Cramer and ‘standout’ counsel David Olds from Norton Rose Fulbright in April 2023. Cramer boasts an impressive track record advising on digital and transformational technology transactions, as well as data protection, cybersecurity, and fintech matters, while Olds focuses on telecommunications regulation, IT contracting, and outsourcing mandates. Paul Landless is another key contact in the group.

Philippines > Foreign firms

Clifford Chance has extensive experience in advising national and multinational clients on various complex transactions in the Philippines and covers a wide array of matters from banking, finance, and corporate to restructuring and project financing. Other core areas of expertise span capital markets work and dispute resolution, while the firm also has a large arbitration practice. Paul Landless, who is based at the Singapore office, specialises in structured finance, derivatives and other financial markets products; he leads the team jointly with Hong-Kong-based Cameron Hassall, who has considerable expertise in Asia related to international arbitration and litigation. Melissa Ng is also recommended.