Capital Markets: Securitisation & Derivatives: International
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Singapore
Band 2
Contact number
+6566925700About
Provided by Linklaters
Linklaters has one of the leading derivatives, structured finance and securitisation practice teams in Asia. Our award-winning team works on the most innovative and market-leading transactions and continuously delivers solutions for structurally complex deals that help our clients navigate the ever changing nature of financial regulation in Singapore and South-east Asia.
We have a team of well-known lawyers who are experts in the field, and provide our clients with comprehensive advice on Singapore and Asia securitisation and derivatives related matters. Our lawyers are renown for their ability to embrace challenges and solve our clients’ most complex problems.
Our unique derivatives & structured products and securitisation practice is part of our wider Pan Asia team which advises our clients across all segments of the market. Together we are the largest team of this kind in the region with English, Mandarin and Japanese speaking team members located in the key international hubs: Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Chambers Review
Linklaters' team in Singapore offers substantial expertise in both transactions and the regulatory aspects of derivatives and structured products. The team's coverage stretches over a wide variety of matters including secured structured notes, covered bond programmes and commodities loans as well as OTC derivatives. Its clientele includes private equities and major banks.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The lawyers at Linklaters are experts in their respective fields and provide cogent advice in a timely manner."
"They have flexibility in terms of providing goodwill assistance beyond the agreed scope of work."
"The lawyers at Linklaters are experts in their respective fields and provide cogent advice in a timely manner."
"They have flexibility in terms of providing goodwill assistance beyond the agreed scope of work."
Notable Practitioners
Evan Lam heads Linklaters' structured finance and derivatives practice in Singapore. He boasts a broad practice which covers such areas as structured notes, OTC derivatives and structured repos.
"Technically excellent, Evan is able to help clients navigate through regulatory and documentation complexity with ease and offers advice with a practical touch."
"I find him to be responsive, open-minded, flexible, commercial and generous with his time."