Sidley Austin LLP

Investment Funds

Counsel

JOSEPHINE LAW focuses her practice in both financial services regulatory advice and registered fund transactions and. Josephine also regularly advises on global payment and fintech regulatory matters representing international corporations. She also has significant experience in establishing domestic funds, listing exchange traded funds on the Singapore Exchange, registering both domestic and offshore funds for retail distribution, and registering funds for restricted offers to accredited investors.

Josephine frequently advises on the establishment and licensing of fund management clients, as well as handling license applications with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Her experience includes advising both offshore and onshore financial institutions, including fund management companies, trustees, banks, broker-dealers, financial advisers, and payment service providers on Singapore licensing and regulatory compliance issues, such as advising on licensing requirements and exemptions, regulatory approvals for restructuring and change in control, cross-border marketing of regulated services and products and offering safe harbor exemptions, advertising rules, outsourcing requirements, derivatives reporting issues, anti-money laundering and disclosure of interests in listed securities. She also regularly advises on regulated capital market products and services under the Securities and Futures Act and Financial Advisers Act as well as financial services regulatory issues relating to digital payment token service providers, payment systems, e-wallet providers, money-transfer business, credit cards and merchant acquiring.