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Singapore, Singapore

• Providing commercially-focused legal support and advice, and assisting management and business units in making sound business decisions.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements related particularly to logistics and supply chain transactions, projects, inter-company matters, leasing, employment, compliance, intellectual property, and other.
• Managing the company’s legal risk through anticipating, identifying, and solving legal issues
• Providing… Show more Providing commercially-focused legal support and advice, and assisting management and business units in making sound business decisions.
• Providing legal advice to stakeholders and operation teams on a wide range of corporate commercial matters
• Developing and implementing legal policies and procedures related to corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and operations

Advising clients and assisting tech companies to solve legal problems, providing options and guidance on regulatory issue; including and not limited to contracts, risk assessment, compliance and governance.

Singapore

• Led the operations of the legal division by streamlining operations and improving legacy systems; thus increasing efficiencies relating to prosecution workflow and eliminating 80% backlogs.
• Managed the prosecution-related processes; including litigation matters and appeals from the public
• PIC of MPA's criminal case management system
• Analysed data and provided sound advice on maritime enforcement
• Implementation and key-controller of KM system
• … Show more Led the operations of the legal division by streamlining operations and improving legacy systems; thus increasing efficiencies relating to prosecution workflow and eliminating 80% backlogs.

Singapore

• Led the operations of the global legal function; optimized outdated processes, streamlined operations, and increase efficiencies within the legal function and across functions by 60%.
• Designed strategic roadmaps that addressed process changes and technology adoption
• Managed and supported a full range of projects, and fulfilled the legal’s staffing needs
• Instituted policies and SOPs to ensure legal efficiencies across functions
• Prepared budgets, provided… Show more Led the operations of the global legal function; optimized outdated processes, streamlined operations, and increase efficiencies within the legal function and across functions by.
• Prepared budgets, provided accrual data & ensured compliance with financial requirements Show less

• Worked closely with key business stakeholders and the Company Secretary.
• Supported Board of Directors and various Committees
• Prepared board, board committee and shareholders’ meeting papers, and took minutes
• Drafted and reviewed announcements for release to SGX
• Advised Management on various legal & corporate policy issues to ensure compliance

• Oversaw the legal aspects and safeguard the company's reputation by ensuring compliance and gave legal advice to management on relevant issues.
• Gave accurate and timely counsel to executives on a variety of legal topics
• Collaborated with management to devise efficient defence strategies
• Specified internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Evaluated risk factors on business decisions & operations
• Offered proactive advice on… Show more Oversaw the legal aspects and safeguard the company's reputation by ensuring compliance and gave legal advice to management on relevant issues.

Hong Wen School

• Corporate Services & Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions____________________________________________
• Provided the full range of services in corporate governance, administration and compliance to assist clients in setting up their offices in Singapore.
• Played leading roles in the development of innovative new capital markets and acted in many significant first-of-its-kind transactions in Singapore. Expertise covered the entire range of debt, equity and… Show more.
• Played leading roles in the development of innovative new capital markets and acted in many significant first-of-its-kind transactions in Singapore. Expertise covered the entire range of debt, equity and equity-linked.

Bar Vocational Course, Outstanding

Activities and Societies: Member of Middle Temple

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb) With Honours

Diploma In Legal Studies, Law

Activities and Societies: Current Affairs & Debating Club

Post Graduate Diploma In Education, Elementary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Trainee Teachers' Club, NTU Student's Union, NTU Council