Drew & Napier LLC

Corporate & Finance

Director, Corporate & Finance;
Head, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Tju Liang is head of Drew & Napier’s blockchain and digital assets practice, and concurrently serves as global general counsel for the Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit organisation that promotes the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem.

With almost 20 years of experience across China and Southeast Asia, Tju Liang is an accomplished lawyer with a deep understanding of the commercial drivers and legal structuring of cross-border relationships in this region. He is a versatile lawyer who represents corporates, private equity houses and venture capital funds on a multitude of complex cross-border transactions, and seamlessly combines industry experience and legal acumen to “get the deal done”.

He is an active contributor to domestic and international policy-making in the industry, and has an extensive knowledge of the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape of fintech, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and cryptocurrencies.

Tju Liang returned to Drew & Napier in 2019, after over a decade practicing internationally, including most recently as a partner of a top “white shoe” U.S. law firm. He speaks fluent business Mandarin, and was previously based in London, Jakarta and Shanghai.

English, Chinese

General Counsel, Ethereum Foundation; Member, Law Society of Singapore; Member, Singapore Academy of Law

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2000) Attorney-at-Law, New York (2004) Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (2001)