Ms Eunice Tan > Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow > Singapore, Singapore > Lawyer Profile

Ms Eunice Tan

+ 65 6434 2552 [email protected] View profile

Work Department

Finance & Projects

Position

Principal

Career

Eunice is a principal in the Financial Services Regulatory practice group of Baker McKenzie’s Singapore office and a member of the Firm’s Global Financial Services Regulatory Steering Committee. Eunice has extensive experience in regulatory, legal and compliance matters in the financial services and fintech sectors. Her clients include banks, investment managers, broker-dealers, payments companies and other financial institutions.

Eunice is consistently recognised as the Next Generation Partner for Financial Services Regulatory in Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Clients have described her as: “an exceptional lawyer with deep knowledge of financial services; “commercial and solutions-oriented and has an excellent relationship with the regulator which is of benefit to her clients”; “singled out for being smart and having the ability to navigate the Singapore regulatory landscape”; “is responsive, pleasant and willing to explore different parameters” and “is outstanding in that she always carefully and clearly explains the situation and background of the issue so that we can fully understand it, she always has a quick response and she has a deep understanding of the financial industry and our company.”

Eunice is a frequent speaker at legal and financial industry seminars and forums. She also regularly assists clients in coordinating industry responses and participate in consultation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore on policy and legislative changes.

Eunice regularly advises banks, investment managers, broker-dealers, payment companies, market operators, fintech companies and other financial institutions on a wide range of legal, regulatory and compliance matters, including: (i) setting up, structuring and securing of licenses and exemptions; (ii) offering of financial services and products; (iii) licensing and regulatory issues for cross border activities; (iv) conduct of business rules; (v) compliance manuals, AML/KYC policies and procedures and outsourcing policies; (vi) impact of regulatory changes on client’s operations; (vii) funds registrations and approvals; and (viii) regulatory and internal investigations.

She also assists financial institutions on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and restructuring, with a focus on transaction structuring, regulatory issues and approvals.

Languages

English, Mandarin