FinTech Legal - Singapore
What the team is known for
Linklaters' FinTech practice in Singapore focuses on banking, digital payments, lending and crypto-asset matters. The team has strong experience in corporate/M&A and capital markets work, and it regularly works with major banking clients, FinTech businesses and cryptocurrency projects on transactional and regulatory matters.
Strengths
"I know their team is very fluid and they have broad expertise; Linklaters is really good at being able to bring all these teams together so that you as a client are not burdened with having to go to everyone individually."
"Linklaters are especially adept at thinking two or three steps ahead on new products where there are intersecting questions about technology, operations, market practice, documentation and contractual precedent, and law across jurisdictions."
Work highlights
Linklaters advised DBS Bank on the establishment and development of the DBS FIX Marketplace, Asia's first digital and automated fixed income execution platform for debt capital.
Notable practitioners
Peiying Chua Heikes is a respected financial regulatory lawyer with a focus on FinTech. She leads Linklaters' financial regulation group in Singapore, and her FinTech practice is focused on cross-border licensing and regulatory issues concerning blockchain, cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. "Pei Ying is one of the top experts in financial regulations in Singapore, with special regards to digital payment tokens." "Pei Ying is a leader in the field of FinTech and cryptocurrency law in Singapore. She demonstrates a depth of knowledge in the surrounding law and offers very practical advice to her clients, which are often startups or emerging players in a nascent industry."
Jonathan Horan is Linklaters' Singapore national managing partner and a specialist in capital markets work for financial services clients, including major banks and FinTechs. Horan has particular experience in digital assets matters. "Jonathan Horan is one of the few lawyers who truly get it. We appreciate Jon's ability to explain complex issues in a way that anyone can understand, without unnecessary legal jargon. This is particularly important to FinTech companies." "Jon has been very innovative in his guidance. He has always been good to work with: very on the ball, able to talk about complex issues and digest new info that is complex for non-legal professionals to understand, and very prompt in his responses. He also has a great network."
