Julian Foo

Regional General Manager, Financial Services - Building the next generation of rewards and loyalty

Singapore

About

ShopBack - APAC’s Largest Shopping and Rewards Platform Helping you make the smarter choice when shopping online and in-stores!

Experience

  • ShopBack (8 yrs 1 mo)
    • Regional General Manager, Financial Services
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • General Manager, Financial Services
      Jul 2021 - May 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      - P&L owner and founding member of payments at ShopBack (Online and In-Store), spanning across Vouchers, Card Linked Offers, Buy Now Pay Later, and Pay Now

    • Strategy & Partnerships Lead
      Nov 2019 - Jun 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

      - Led a team of talented individuals to solve problems, acquire strategic partners and grow the business as a whole - Planned, secured and implemented various ventures with Banks, Payment Schemes, Malls and Telcos involving: DBS, OCBC, UOB, Citi, SCB, HSBC, Visa, Mastercard, Singtel etc - Strategised various gamification mechanics to help with partners' agenda and goals of driving incremental spend and loyalty for their user base - Led, initiated, and executed the DBS PayLah! wallet integration with ShopBack GO

  • Associate at Dentons Rodyk
    Jan 2016 - Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity / Debt Capital Markets Areas of work: M&A, DCM, joint ventures, corporate amalgamation and restructuring documentation • Acted for and advised Global Premium Hotels Limited (“GPHL”), a major hotel conglomerate and SGX-listed company in Singapore, in JK Global Capital Pte. Ltd.’s public acquisition of GPHL for approximately S$383.98 million. • Acted for and advised Jun Jie Development, on the private acquisition of shares pertaining to Cityvibe, a four-storey commercial building, in a deal that values the property at S$71 million. • Acted for Fragrance Group Limited in drafting the supplemental information memorandum in connection with the S$1 billion multicurrency debt issuance programme, and the subsequent note issuance of the GBP45 million 3.25% fixed rates notes. • Advising a leading fintech-focused venture capital fund which focuses on fintech-ecosystems across the world, in connection with its fund management licence, and the drafting and amending of their investment management agreements. • Acted for a multinational corporation with a chain of fast food restaurants, with an estimated market cap. of S$6.9 billion, in a joint venture with a Singaporean-based company, to establish its presence in Europe. General Corporate / Commercial / Employment / Restructuring Areas of work: (i) distributorship, supply and services arrangements, (ii) consultancy agreements, (iii) non-disclosure agreements, (iv) joint venture agreements, (v) corporate governance issues, (vi) charities, (vii) private educational institutes and (viii) corporate secretarial work. • Advising a registered charity and private educational institute, in the provision of on-going general advisory work in connection with the Charities Act, Private Education Act and employment law etc. • Acted for a registered charity and private educational institute, in its group restructuring.

  • Legal Intern at Dentons Rodyk
    Jul 2013 - Jul 2013 · 1 mo

    Internship with the Corporate team - Assisted in drafting non-compete contracts and other corporate agreements. Researched on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), IP law, contract law and corporate governance issues.

  • Legal Intern at WongPartnership LLP
    Jun 2013 - Jun 2013 · 1 mo

    Banking and Finance

  • Legal Intern at RHTLaw Taylor Wessing
    Jun 2013 - Jun 2013 · 1 mo

    General Corporate