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Malaysia s CLO hires white collar crime, investigations practice co-head

Christopher & Lee Ong (CLO), Rajah & Tann Asia’s Malaysia member firm, has named Shanti Geoffrey as the co-head of its white-collar crime and investigations practice. Geoffrey was previously running her own firm, Shanti G and Co. Geoffrey is CLO’s second lateral hire this year, following the addition of Chua See Hua in March. At CLO, Geoffrey will advise and represent clients before the courts on different aspects of regulatory compliance and enforcement matters involving possible accounting and corporate fraud, criminal breach of trust, market manipulation, insider trading, and corruption. Previously, Geoffrey worked at Securities Commission Malaysia for more than 25 years in various roles. She was also a part of the core team involved in drafting the Capital Markets and Services Act 2007, and the Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Financing Act 2001.

Rajah & Tann Singapore hires Clifford Chance partner

Rajah & Tann Singapore hires Clifford Chance partner Published by: Sandy Bhadare at 09 Mar 2021 The Singapore-headquartered law firm, a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of law firms across So. The Singapore-headquartered law firm, a member of Rajah & Tann Asia, a network of law firms across Southeast Asia, has hired a public and private capital markets-focused partner. Raymond Tong, a partner at Clifford Chance for the last decade, has joined Rajah & Tann Singapore’s capital markets and mergers and acquisitions practice. Recognised as one of Singapore’s leading lawyers, Tong has vast experience advising clients on fundraisings, and has previously acted on some of the highest profile equity capital markets transactions across Southeast Asia.

Malaysia s CLO gets new restructuring and insolvency co-head

Rajah & Tann Asia’s Malaysia member firm, Christopher & Lee Ong (CLO), has hired Chua See Hua as a partner and co-head of its restructuring and insolvency team. Chua, who commenced practice in 1986, 1986, earlier worked with law firms Skrine, Raslan Loong and the Hong Kong office of Simmons & Simmons. She was also previously a general counsel of Ernst & Young in Hong Kong. In 2010, she founded boutique law firm Chua Associates, which has been merged into CLO. Chua joins CLO at a time when Southeast Asia, especially Malaysia, is seeing an increase in debt restructuring and insolvency affecting multiple industries due to the impact of the pandemic. She will co-head CLO’s restructuring and insolvency team alongside partner John Mathew.

US-Based Startup Lupl Wants To Digitise South Africa s Legal Sector

South Africa’s legal sector. The company recently secured $14 million (R210 million) in a recent funding round as it builds momentum for its launch this year. Lupl’s latest funding round is in addition to the more than $10 million (R150 million) raised before its beta launch, taking its overall financing to over $25 million (R375 million) and making it amongst the most well-backed legal technology startups at its stage of development. The platform is currently in beta testing and will have its public release in 2021. The company is being incubated by international law firms CMS, Cooley, and South Africa and In

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