Wilson Ang
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024
Band 1 : Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption: International
Band 1
About
Provided by Wilson Ang
Practice Areas
Wilson Ang is a dispute resolution lawyer based in Singapore. He heads the Asia regulatory compliance and investigations practice, as well as the cybersecurity and data privacy practice.
Wilson focuses on strategic governance issues, including conducting internal investigations on business ethics and anti-corruption matters, often involving the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, and the Singapore Prevention of Corruption Act. He advises on risk and crisis management, remediation measures and follow-on disputes. Wilson has extensive experience designing and implementing compliance programs, conducting integrity due diligence reviews and handling complex and sensitive issues involving bribery, fraud, sanctions, money-laundering/terrorist-financing, cyber-security attacks, data breach incidents, competition law and financial services regulatory violations in Asia and beyond. Wilson's practice also involves ESG issues like modern slavery and business human rights due diligence, health and safety matters, environmental regulatory disclosures and corporate governance. He is a certified auditor for ISO37001: Anti-Bribery Management Systems.
Wilson has significant experience advising leading energy, transport and life sciences companies, major financial/banking institutions, as well as multinational corporations and Asian conglomerates. He counsels directors and senior management on corporate ethics and personal liability.
He is a frequent speaker and author of various publications on business ethics and anti-corruption and other compliance and investigations-related matters.
Wilson qualified as an Advocate and Solicitor in Singapore, was admitted to the Solicitors' Roll of England and Wales and qualified as a Solicitor in Hong Kong. He became a Solicitor-Advocate and was awarded higher rights of audience in England and Wales.
Chambers Review
Asia-Pacific
Wilson Ang is a leading name in this space in Singapore. He is well versed in conducting internal investigations and assisting with multi-jurisdictional anti-corruption mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Wilson is technically proficient and provides excellent professional advice, thanks to his deep understanding of the business and the key people in our organisation."
"Wilson is the go-to person in the Asia-Pacific region for all matters compliance."
"Wilson is technically proficient and provides excellent professional advice, thanks to his deep understanding of the business and the key people in our organisation."
"Wilson is the go-to person in the Asia-Pacific region for all matters compliance."