Chee Hian advises financial institutions on contentious and non-contentious matters across a range of legal, regulatory and compliance issues.
He advises financial institution clients across a broad range of issues, such as licensing applications, structuring of regulated business, business conduct rules, product offering rules and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing compliance.
He has also assisted financial institutions with internal investigations and regulatory enquiries of senior employee misconduct, breaches of anti-money laundering regulations, and failures to comply with ongoing business conduct requirements.
In particular, Chee Hian has extensive experience advising clients on Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licence applications, such as licences for capital markets services, financial advisers and major payment institutions (including applications to provide digital payment token services).
Chee Hian also works closely with industry bodies such as Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (ASIFMA) and Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) on financial services reform and developments. He has also spent some time on secondment with an international bank in Singapore, and assisted the bank with its regulatory requirement to locally incorporate its Singapore retail operations.
“Prolegis LLC has made a bold move in the market by hiring ‘top-notch commercial litigator’ Daniel Chia, who is ‘first choice for any high-value complex dispute‘. He is joined by Yanguang Ker, an ‘up-and-coming next generation commercial litigator‘ and ‘one to watch‘. The new team has an impressive record in high-value litigation and arbitration, including in the crypto, technology, energy and construction sectors.”
“They come up with sensible and practical solutions to tricky issues. The depth of their experience shows, and they lend a reassuring hand in client management“
“The team at Prolegis give me a lot of comfort and show great proficiency and knowledge. They are patient in getting my point of view and are also very holistic and forward-looking in their approach to consider the situation we have faced”
“Daniel has an excellent understanding of the subject matter but doesn’t get tangled in the details. He is excellent at cross-examination… He’s unflappable and can deal with anything. He’s one of the most promising advocates in Singapore.“
“Prolegis is “active on transactions across numerous sectors, including telecommunications and energy. The team is regularly involved in cross-border transactions through its alliance with Herbert Smith Freehills.“
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CheeHian.Kwah@hsf.com