Yuet Ming Tham
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms)
Band 1
About
Provided by Yuet Ming Tham
Practice Areas
YUET MING THAM is the global co-leader of the White Collar Defense and Investigations practice and leader of the Asia Pacific Compliance and Investigations practice. She speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Malay and is admitted in New York, England & Wales, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
Yuet focuses on FCPA, compliance, investigations, sanctions and money-laundering regulations, cybersecurity, privacy, and employment. She has led investigations and compliance projects across Europe, the Middle East, and all of Asia Pacific and has counselled clients on matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. SEC, FINRA, the HK SFC as well as investigations by enforcement agencies in Asia. Most recently, Yuet led investigations in Nigeria, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel, South Africa, Algeria, India, China, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, and Vietnam.
Personal
Queen Mary, University of London, LL.B., 1993
Chambers Review
Global
Tham Yuet Ming is recognised as a trusted counsel to a number of life sciences and healthcare clients, and is frequently mandated to advise on investigations and compliance matters. She splits her time between Sidley Austin's Hong Kong and Singapore offices.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Her knowledge of the broader Asia-Pacific legal environment, as well as specialised knowledge in healthcare, makes her an important resource in the region."
"Yuet has a very practical and very global view, and she is trusted for her intimate knowledge of risk and enforcement in the market."
"Her knowledge of the broader Asia-Pacific legal environment, as well as specialised knowledge in healthcare, makes her an important resource in the region."
"Yuet has a very practical and very global view, and she is trusted for her intimate knowledge of risk and enforcement in the market."