Singapore, Singapore
Partnering with business, understanding their needs and pain points, leveraging on extensive experience and legal expertise in life sciences, hospitality and manufacturing industries to help navigate risks, make balanced business decisions and create viable legal solutions. More than providing legal advice, but part of a team that enables business vision and growth. Focused on leading and collaborating with compassion, respect and integrity.
Led a team in providing legal advice and support to leadership and business partners in Asia Pacific. Led corporate restructuring projects and managed acquisitions and integrations. Identifying and providing viable legal solutions relating to business operations and strategies. Reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts and related documents to enable business while protecting the company from unnecessary risks. Ensuring proper corporate governance and legal compliance. Guiding, developing and training team members to provide efficient and professional legal support to business partners. Conducting training for business partners to ensure awareness and compliance with legal requirements. Conducting internal investigations relating to policy breaches and decision making regarding necessary actions.
Providing legal services to clients on a project basis. Projects worked on included a senior counsel role with SilverNeedle Hospitality and with the regulatory policy team in the Singapore Stock Exchange.
Led a team in providing legal advice and support for hospitality management business and operations in Asia Pacific, including an acquisition of another hospitality company. Reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts such as hotel management, franchise, design and construction, branding, sales and marketing, loyalty programs. Handling various legal issues relating to hotel operations such as employee matters, guest claims, property related claims.
Supporting General Counsel, Asia Pacific in legal matters relating to hospitality management in Asia Pacific, including a joint venture for a Maldives resort.
Part of the Mergers & Acquisitions practice group. Handling all corporate and commercial work including joint ventures, sale and purchase agreements, supply and distribution agreements, licensing agreements, transfer agreements, employment agreements, stock agreements.