Allen & Gledhill LLP

Corporate & Commercial; Corporate Regulatory & Compliance; Employment, Health & Safety; ESG & Public Policy

Partner, Co-Head of the Firm’s ESG & Public Policy Practice

Sophie is Co-Head of the Firm’s ESG & Public Policy Practice.

Sophie’s range of competencies encompass advising on corporate regulatory compliance and corporate governance for private companies and SGX-ST listed companies. She provides counsel on listing Singapore companies on NYSE and NASDAQ, fundraising, employee equity incentive schemes, corporate reorganisations and employment matters.

She has extensive experience advising NASDAQ-listed and NYSE-listed Singapore companies on post-listing complex dual-jurisdiction regulatory compliance issues and acquisitions.

Sophie’s portfolio of work also focuses on the corporate governance elements of ESG, helping clients incorporate best practices into their sustainability efforts.  She is active in advising companies on shareholders’ activism and in resolving boardroom conflict.

She also advises on the design of innovative equity and phantom incentive plans for founders, senior management and employees, for pre-IPO and listed companies.

Sophie regularly assists foreign corporations in setting up a presence in Singapore, in undertaking corporate restructurings, and also advising company directors on their duties, responsibilities and potential liabilities. She also advises on joint ventures and investments into Singapore companies.

Sophie joined the Firm in 1997 shortly after she was called to the Singapore Bar and has been a Partner since 2004.

English and Mandarin

Member, Singapore Academy of Law.

Graduated from the National University of Singapore with an LL.B. (Hons) degree.