FinTech Legal - Singapore
What the team is known for
WongPartnership has expertise in financial regulatory compliance and solid capital markets and technology practices. The team also provides advice on digital payments, capital raising and e-commerce matters.
Strengths
"The depth and breadth of the team is truly remarkable. The diversity of expertise and the seamless collaboration among team members have consistently impressed me. The firm's ability to assemble a comprehensive and skilled team for our diverse legal needs has been instrumental in achieving good outcomes."
"They provided first-class service and were very quick to understand the issue at hand. They had superb coverage across the team and they were willing and able to work across multiple time zones with aggressive deadlines. Their commercial awareness was very good."
Work highlights
WongPartnership acted for Northstar Group on its USD30 million investment in the pre-Series C funding round of Una-Brands.
Notable practitioners
Kyle Lee is co-head of WongPartnership's startup and venture capital practice. He assists with fundraising rounds and M&A mandates for international FinTechs, InsurTechs and venture capital funds. "His strengths are legal skills and personal skills. I have been working with Kyle Lee a lot and we can present work to the client that is coordinated and of high quality. Kyle and team are very pleasant, respectful and reasonable to me as local counsel."
Sion Yoong Tian advises startup tech companies, banks and venture capital funds on regulatory compliance and on transactional matters. He has particular expertise in tokenisation and fundraising projects. "I am thoroughly impressed with the commercial awareness and vision demonstrated by Sion Yoong. His deep understanding of the business landscape and ability to provide legally sound yet commercially viable advice have been instrumental in guiding our business decisions."
