Our Financial Regulatory & Compliance Practice is one of the most established in Singapore and regarded as one of the best in the region. Comprising both advisory and disputes specialists, our team has the expertise to provide seamless advice on the gamut of financial services laws and regulations, having worked over the years with an extensive array of international and local institutions, funds, listed corporates and blue-chip companies.

Our advisory team is highly experienced in licensing and conduct of business requirements, the financial regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions and reorganisations in financial services, outsourcing arrangements, securities law and the structuring and distribution of new and innovative products for both wholesale and retail markets. In addition, our team prepares and reviews financial institutions’ customer and transaction documentation and provides advice, including capacity and netting opinions, on derivatives and other financial transactions.

Our disputes specialists act in a broad range of contentious regulatory and compliance matters.  We provide full service advice on financial regulatory-related raids and investigations, enforcement actions by authorities, anti-money laundering legislation, regulatory sanctions and banking secrecy. We also frequently advise on market misconduct such as market-rigging, insider trading and fraud which may involve cross-border issues and regulators from other markets and jurisdictions.

We often engage with regulators and Government authorities, distilling policy concerns underpinning legislation and combine them with an appreciation for the commercial concerns of our clients. We are at the forefront of proposed regulatory changes, and often work with industry stakeholders on the provision of incisive feedback on new legislation in public consultations, including those for new legislation to regulate equity crowdfunding platforms, P2P platforms and online payment systems.