Ms Catherine Neo > Allen & Gledhill LLP > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile
Allen & Gledhill LLP Offices
ONE MARINA BOULEVARD
#28-00
SINGAPORE 018989
Singapore
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Ms Catherine Neo
Work Department
Financial Regulatory & Compliance
Position
Partner
Career
Catherine specialises in advising financial institutions on a broad range of regulatory issues.
She has extensive experience advising financial institutions on issues such as licensing requirements in relation to the offer of financial services and products, ongoing conduct of business requirements, and approval and notification requirements in relation to the acquisition, sale and subsidiarisation of regulated entities and businesses.
Catherine has assisted numerous clients that wish to establish a presence, or expand their presence, in Singapore successfully obtain the requisite licences. Her experience includes drafting and reviewing terms and conditions and account opening documentation.
Catherine also has experience in advising financial institutions and corporates on derivatives transactions. These include drafting and reviewing of derivatives documentation and providing capacity, netting and collateral opinions.
She also regularly assists clients with the submission of industry comments on a collective basis to regulators on various proposed changes to regulatory requirements.
Education
Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
Singapore > Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
Described as the ‘pre-eminent firm in APAC for fintech and financial services regulatory matters’, Allen & Gledhill LLP‘s practice runs the gamut of contentious and non-contentious work, including licensing and conduct of business requirements for banking, corporate finance and reorganisations in the financial services sector. Licensing advisory work for fintechs and crypto disputes are further areas of expertise for a team that frequently plays an active role in the consultation process for new regulations. Leadership duties are divided between Francis Mok
, a practitioner who is described as standing ‘heads and shoulders above his competitors in the regulatory field’, Karen Tiah, who excels in banking and finance regulatory matters, the ‘incredibly helpful’ co-head of fintech Adrian Ang, and fellow fintech specialist Alexander Yap, who is a key contact for data breach matters. Catherine Neo is well equipped to advise on regulatory issues arising from the acquisition of regulated entities. Ensuring a smooth relationship exists between regulators and financial institutions is a staple of Zhi Feng Tan‘s far-reaching practice. Associate Alexander Fong Yi is a further name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Antitrust and competition: local firms
- Banking and finance: local firms
- Capital markets: equity and debt: local firms
- Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Local firms
- Construction: Local firms
- Corporate and M&A: local firms
- Data protection and cyber security
- Dispute resolution: local firms
- Fintech and financial services regulatory: local firms
- Intellectual property: Local firms
- Investment funds: local firms
- Labour and employment: local firms
- Projects and energy: local firms
- Real estate: local firms
- Restructuring and insolvency: local firms
- Shipping: local firms
- Start-up and venture capital – Local firms
- Tax: local firms
- TMT: local firms
- White-collar crime - Local firms