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Miles Binney has extensive international experience in derivatives and financial markets products. He is also a key contributor to the firm's international FinTech capabilities. His expertise across a broad range of asset classes, transaction types and jurisdictions offers a unique and highly valued package. Miles regularly advises on global and local financial regulatory developments and financial market infrastructure. Miles also has extensive experience in FinTech, with a particular interest in blockchain and crypto products. He regularly advises leading DLT technology firms, crypto derivative exchanges and other innovative businesses on global regulatory, trading and product development related matters. He has worked in our London and Singapore offices. He has spent time in-house in leading financial institutions, including client secondments in London to Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Man Group, as well completing an international secondment to Zurich.

Matthew Buchanan

Matthew Buchanan specialises in the construction aspects of infrastructure projects including in the oil and gas, power and mining sectors. Matthew acts for lenders, sponsors and contractors in relation to the full suite of construction documentation, from complex EPC turnkey arrangements through to EPCM, CM, subcontracting structures, technical services agreements and relevant security documentation.

Ivan Chan's experience includes single and multi-jurisdictional mergers and acquisitions, domestic and cross-border joint ventures and advisory work on corporate and commercial law matters. He is admitted as an advocate and solicitor in Singapore.

Mel Chan regularly advises sponsors, multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, export credit agencies and commercial banks on the financing of energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis on Asia Pacific. Her experience spans across the oil & gas, refining and petrochemicals, power and infrastructure sectors. She has worked on numerous first-of-a-kind projects, and has handled multiple complex multi-source financings and blended finance transactions. She also has extensive experience on ECA-backed financings. Mel is a member of the Clifford Chance Global Energy Transition Initiative. Her focus is on renewables, carbon capture, green fuels and clean hydrogen/ammonia.

Luke Chen is a Counsel in the Singapore office and a member of the APAC Asset Management and Financial Regulatory Group. Luke assists clients with the formation and offering of investment funds and the regulation of investment managers. He advises fund managers and financial institutions on licensing and ongoing compliance requirements, and on the ongoing obligations for funds offered in Singapore. He is also involved in advising on the regulatory aspects of mergers and acquisitions.

Ying Chiang Chong

Ying Chiang Chong specialises in debt and equity capital markets transactions for companies and real estate investment trusts in Singapore and across South East Asia, and is a member of the Global Financial Markets group. Ying Chiang has extensive experience in international debt and equity capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings, high yield debt issues and tender offers and has executed transactions across a broad range of sectors throughout South East Asia. She is recognised by Chambers Asia as an Up and Coming lawyer and by the Legal 500 Asia Pacific as a Rising Star in the domestic and foreign firms categories, respectively. Ying Chiang is an active supporter of diversity and inclusion, and is a founding member of the Clifford Chance Singapore women's network.

Stella Cramer is the APAC Head of our Tech Group and a technology and data lawyer based in Singapore. Stella advises on technology matters across the Asia Pacific region. She specialises in complex digital and transformational technology projects, platform collaborations, and technology transactions, often involving disruptive technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence. She has deep experience advising clients on global data compliance programmes, the commercialisation of data and high-profile cyber incidents. She leads high profile cyberbreach response for clients, coordinating the management of an incident and leading the regulatory investigations across multiple jurisdictions, working closely with senior management. She also advises on significant Fintech projects and was involved in the establishment of industry sandboxes in Singapore.

Gareth Deiner is an English and New York qualified lawyer whose practice covers debt and equity capital markets transactions across the South and Southeast Asian region. Gareth advises sovereign and corporate issuers, private equity sponsors, financial investors, real estate investment trusts and investment banks on their most complex and strategic capital markets transactions and capital reorganisations. He is also a noted expert on ESG-related solutions and sustainable finance transactions, having advised on numerous award-winning and market-first transactions, particularly in the energy and infrastructure sector.

Thomas England has more than 15 years of experience advising financial investors, financial institutions and corporate clients on finance and restructuring transactions across Asia-Pacific. Thomas specialises in complex financing and restructuring transactions across a broad range of products including acquisition finance (including portfolio acquisitions and disposals); restructuring transactions; energy and resources financings (including reserve-based lending); asset-backed financings and other trade finance; direct lending, real estate financing, funds financing, margin lending and other structured finance, as well as syndicated lending. Tom has a broad exposure to a number of jurisdictions in the region, with a particular focus on India and Indonesia.

Fergus Evans is a partner in Clifford Chance's aviation finance and leasing practice and has extensive experience in various types of financings, including asset and structured finance (including tax leasing), syndicated lending, export credit agency backed financing, debt trading and restructuring. He also heads both the Thailand focus group for the firm, having been Office Managing Partner of our Bangkok office for 12 years, and our Vietnam focus group. Fergus is currently based in Singapore and has worked in several offices for Clifford Chance, including in London, Hanoi, Hong Kong and Bangkok.

*Clifford Chance Asia is a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore between Clifford Chance Pte Ltd and Cavenagh Law LLP Janice Goh specialises in commercial dispute resolution, regulatory compliance matters and white collar crime including market misconduct and anti-bribery. Janice has extensive experience in a wide range of contentious and advisory matters with a particular emphasis on financial regulatory and corporate investigations and enforcement matters, including regulatory compliance and corporate governance. Her expertise in white-collar crime includes market misconduct, anti-bribery and anti-money laundering. Janice also regularly advises on employment law, particularly in employment disputes in the context of wider internal or regulatory investigations. She has been recognised by the Singapore Business Review as one of "Singapore's most influential lawyers aged 40 and under". Janice practised in Hong Kong with Clifford Chance before moving to Singapore.

Ross Howard is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Global Financial Markets Team and a member of the firm's Worldwide Projects Group and our Energy and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure Sector Groups. Ross specialises in advising sponsors and lenders in connection with the development and financing of complex and large-scale projects in the renewable energy, power, oil and gas, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. He has extensive experience advising on the structuring, negotiation and financing of large-scale international projects across Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe. Ross is currently based in Singapore and has worked in several Clifford Chance offices, including Paris and Tokyo.

Andrew Hutchins

Andrew Hutchins covers a wide range of bank lending areas, including syndicated lending, cross border leveraged transactions, acquisition finance, funds financing, structured lending and financing the acquisition of non performing loan portfolios.

Valerie Kong is Clifford Chance's Office Managing Partner in Singapore and also sits on the firm’s Asia Pacific Leadership Group. She specialises in cross-border M&A and is qualified in both Singapore and England & Wales. Well regarded among market sources for complex acquisitions, divestments and joint ventures, she has over 20 years of experience advising financial investors and multinational corporates on transactions in the consumer goods & retail, energy and transport & logistics sectors across South East Asia and other emerging markets. Part of her practice includes advising underwriters on W&I insurance policies for M&A transactions.

Paul Landless is a financial markets lawyer specialising in structured finance, derivatives and financial markets products, including securitisations, repackagings, structured notes, securities lending and repo. He leads the financial markets team in Singapore and South East Asia. Paul has extensive experience in commodities trading and financing, structured trade finance, carbon markets products and exchanges. He regularly advises on global and local financial regulatory developments and financial market infrastructure. Also, Paul is one of the leaders of the firm's Fintech practice and a member of the Panel of Recognized International Market Experts in Finance Foundation (PRIME) based in the Hague.

Shaun Langhorne

Shaun Langhorne is a restructuring partner based in our Singapore office and has vast experience in complex, multi-stakeholder and cross-border restructuring matters covering contentious and non-contentious situations across the Asia Pacific region. Shaun focuses on out of court and court supervised restructurings, formal insolvencies, debt trading and portfolio transactions, special situations financings, enforcement and recovery litigation and contingency planning and strategic advice. He is an INSOL Fellow and is admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong and as a barrister and solicitor in Melbourne, Australia. Prior to joining Clifford Chance in May 2020, Shaun was a partner at a global law firm where he started the Singapore restructuring practice and has worked in Australia and Hong Kong.

Tom Lin specialises in M&A and corporate finance with a particular focus on private equity transactions. Tom advises private equity houses, other financial investors and corporates on a wide range of matters, including buyouts, secondaries, joint ventures, MBOs, minority and co-investments, public M&A, management incentives and restructurings. His experience covers healthcare, financial services, infrastructure, renewables, consumer, education, industrials, logistics and real estate. He has been based in Singapore since 2011 and previously served as in-house counsel at the private equity arm of an international financial institution.

Daryl Liu is a Partner in the Singapore office and a member of the APAC Private Funds Group. He is a Singapore-qualified lawyer with more than 15 years of specialist experience and advises clients on primary fundraisings, fund secondaries and restructurings, fund investments, co-investments and advisory mandates across private equity, real estate, infrastructure, private credit and other investment strategies. Daryl is a member of the Regulatory & Tax Committee of ANREV.

Jamie is a Partner in Clifford Chance's Asia Pacific Corporate Practice. He has a focus on private equity, private and public M&A, and joint venture transactions across India and Southeast Asia. He has advised on transactions across a range of sectors, including digital and other infrastructure, energy transition, TMT, life sciences, healthcare, financial services, real estate and consumer transactions. Jamie has been based in Singapore since 2018.

Lena Ng leads the financial regulatory practice in our Singapore office and advises on financial regulatory issues relating to financial services and market products, including banking services, securities, futures, derivatives, funds and payment services. Lena advises banks, financial institutions, corporates (including commodities houses), funds and payment service providers on licensing requirements, exemptions, conduct of business and other regulatory requirements. In addition, she advises on custody, collateral, netting and clearing issues, as well as cash and credit risk management. Lena's practice extends to advising on bank secrecy, confidentiality and data privacy. She also advises on fintech, cryptocurrency and blockchain related matters.

Melissa Ng advises on M&A, joint ventures and divestments for a range of clients, multinational companies, regional conglomerates and financial sponsors. She has particular expertise in the energy and infrastructure and technology sectors, and is regularly recognised for her work across South East Asia. She is ranked as a Band 1 lawyer for Corporate/M&A in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand by Chambers Asia Pacific 2025. Melissa heads the firm's Indonesia focus group and has an extensive knowledge of Indonesian law and practice. She is also a member of Clifford Chance's Audit and Risk Committee.

David Olds is a technology and telecommunications lawyer based in Hong Kong. David's practice focuses on technology and telecommunications-related matters in the Asia Pacific region, specialising in telecommunications regulation, IT contracting, outsourcing, cybersecurity and data privacy. He helps clients to enter important markets in the region and manage the risks that may arise as their businesses expand, and as legal and regulatory environments evolve.

Paul Sandosham is Managing Partner of Cavenagh Law LLP*, and heads the Energy, Infrastructure and Resources (Disputes) practice for Southeast Asia. He focuses on dispute resolution in the energy, power, oil & gas, infrastructure, construction, engineering, rail, utilities, natural resources and commodities sectors. Paul acts as counsel in court and international arbitration proceedings for various parties in disputes arising out of complex cross-border disputes and projects. Paul is a qualified Chartered Arbitrator and a fellow of CIArb and SIArb. * Clifford Chance Asia is a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore between Clifford Chance Pte Ltd and Cavenagh Law LLP

Kai-Niklas Schneider

Kai-Niklas Schneider is a member of the Private Funds Group. He maintains practices in both the Middle East and Singapore. Kai is a US qualified lawyer with over 20 years of specialist experience in the funds sector and advises clients on the formation of, and investment in a wide variety of private equity funds, real estate funds, infrastructure funds and credit funds. He also counsels clients on co-investments, secondaries and spin outs. Kai is the co-chair of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Funds Industry Group (SFIG).

Nish Shetty specialises in dispute resolution, with a particular focus on international arbitration, restructuring & insolvency and regulatory work. He regularly advises on complex cross-jurisdictional disputes including arbitrations and is widely recognised as a leader in the field of dispute resolution in the region.

Kabir Singh is a Partner in the International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution practice of Clifford Chance. He specialises in complex, cross border disputes with a focus on India, Indonesia, and South East Asia. His client roster includes large multinational corporations, international banks and financial institutions with presence across APAC. Kabir focuses on international arbitration, regulatory investigations and contentious employment disputes. He has acted as counsel on numerous international arbitrations under the rules of ICC, SIAC, LCIA, HKIAC and AAA. Kabir has been appointed as an alternate member of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC Court"), for a three-year term. He has also been involved in various teaching initiatives including with the ICC, SIAC, NUS Centre for International Law, Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (FIAA) and Chulalongkorn University (Thailand). *Clifford Chance Asia is a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore between Clifford Chance Pte Ltd and Cavenagh Law LLP

Mae Yen Teoh regularly advises banks, financial institutions and corporates on their derivatives transactions, structured note programmes and other structured market products. In addition, she advises on bank capital requirements, collateral and netting issues, and on the regulatory reform agenda, including on the European Market Infrastructure Regulation, and regional and Singapore OTC derivatives reforms. She is also involved in the FinTech sector, advising banks and financial institutions on their online banking terms of business and various online/technology initiatives.

Nattawat Vilasdechanon

Nattawat Vilasdechanon specialises in asset finance, structured finance (including tax driven structures) and aircraft leasing transactions. He advises global financial institutions and international aircraft lessors on commercial and private aircraft financings, leasing and trading. Nattawat has previously worked in Clifford Chance's London and Bangkok offices.