Eunice Tan

Eunice regularly advises banks, investment managers, broker-dealers, payment companies, market operators, fintech companies and other financial institutions on a wide range of legal, regulatory and compliance matters, including: (i) setting up, structuring and securing of licenses and exemptions; (ii) offering of financial services and products; (iii) licensing and regulatory issues for cross border activities; (iv) conduct of business rules; (v) compliance manuals, AML/KYC policies and procedures and outsourcing policies; (vi) impact of regulatory changes on client's operations; (vii) funds registrations and approvals; and (viii) regulatory and internal investigations.

She also assists financial institutions on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and restructuring, with a focus on transaction structuring, regulatory issues and approvals.

• Advised Euronext FX on the setting up of its foreign exchange trading platform in Singapore, including securing a recognised market operator status from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
  

• Advised Julius Baer Group on its joint venture with Siam Commercial Bank for the set up and operation of private wealth management businesses in Singapore and Thailand.
  

• Advised LGT Group Foundation on its acquisition of ABN Amro's private banking business in Asia and Middle East worth USD 20 billion in assets under management. The transaction involved an unprecedented cross jurisdictional banking business transfer from Dubai to Singapore.
  

• Advised a multinational bank on the roll out of its blockchain-based payments solution to the bank's corporate customers, including advising on regulatory issues and preparing terms and conditions for the service offering.
  

• Assisted numerous fund managers, ranging from private equity to venture capital and hedge fund managers to set up and secure capital markets services licence for fund management in Singapore and cross border licensing exemptions.
  

• Advised a digital asset company on the set up of its tokenised real estate investment fund in Singapore.
  

• Advised several offshore ETF fund managers on the offering of their products in Singapore through different collaboration models with licensed entities in Singapore (including offering through brokerage platforms, robo-advisers and insurers).
  

• Assisted several securities brokers to set up and secure capital markets services licence for dealing in capital markets products, custodial services and product financing, exemptions to conduct financial advisory services, and cross border licensing exemptions.
  

• Advised several payments service providers on licensing and regulatory requirements under the Payment Services Act, including securing payments institutions licences.
  

• Advised several digital platforms (including e-commerce platforms, social media platforms and gaming platforms) on licensing issues under the Payment Services Act.
  

• Advised bank members of the Association of Global Custodian on client's money and asset rules in Singapore and recoverability of client's money and assets from custodians in Singapore in the event of insolvency.
  

• Advised several multinational banks and fund managers on regulatory and licensing requirements arising from cross-border offering of products and services in the private banking, investment banking, trust and wealth management, commercial banking and fund management sectors. Acted as lead and coordinating counsel for multijurisdictional regulatory surveys and cross border business conduct policies for up to 20 jurisdictions.
  

• Assisted various banks, wealth managers and other financial institutions with the preparation of their business terms and conditions and customer agreements, compliance manuals, anti-money laundering and know your customer policies and procedures, client onboarding forms, outsourcing policies and service agreements.
  

• Advised several global banks, fund managers and other financial institutions on market misconducts, AML irregularities and other employee misconducts, including conducting internal investigations and advising the institutions on the potential liabilities and regulatory reporting obligations.

• Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn, England) - Member 
• Law Society of Singapore - Member 
• Singapore Academy of Law - Member