Banking & Finance: Regulatory
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Singapore
Band 2
Contact number
+65 6410 2200Chambers Review
Clifford Chance's team in Singapore offers extensive experience advising on contentious and non-contentious regulatory mandates. The team handles the full spectrum of regulatory work from licensing applications, payment services and transfer of business issues to insider trading and anti-money laundering investigations. It also works closely with the firm's Asia-Pacific financial services group to provide holistic regulatory advice to multinational banks, private equity funds and other financial institutions.
Work Highlights
- After facilitating the first live cross-currency transaction on tokenised deposits between JP Morgan and SBI Digital Asset, Clifford Chance advised other financial institutions on subsequent industry pilots to test the application of asset tokenisation and DeFi.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are connected to and understand how the financial industry is approaching certain regulations and where there are ambiguities."
"Clifford Chance is our preferred counsel in a number of jurisdictions, not least because they are able to offer integrated solutions and have a deep understanding of our business across geographies."
"They are connected to and understand how the financial industry is approaching certain regulations and where there are ambiguities."
"Clifford Chance is our preferred counsel in a number of jurisdictions, not least because they are able to offer integrated solutions and have a deep understanding of our business across geographies."
Notable Practitioners
Lena Ng has an established reputation for regulatory work in the Singapore market. She advises on a host of issues, including in relation to payment services, LIBOR matters, and structured finance and derivatives work.
"Lena Ng is an expert in her field and is always helpful."
"Lena is a very experienced and professional advisor."
"Lena Ng is an excellent all-round lawyer with deep knowledge and experience."