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For this webinar, we catch up with Philip Fong and Weiyi Tan from Eversheds Harry Elias LLP, located in Singapore.

Philip and Weiyi outline the current regulatory landscape as well as upcoming changes to the Anti-Bribery and Corruption regulatory landscape in Singapore. They also outline the key compliance areas that businesses need to focus on.

Philip is the Managing Partner of Eversheds Harry Elias and heads the Litigation and Dispute Management Practice Group in Singapore.

Philip’s extensive experience in civil litigation includes disputes in or over contracts, shares, companies, property, professional negligence, trusts and wills. He is consistently identified as a leading business crime lawyer in directories such as Who’s Who Legal, having represented many clients in securities and corruption cases.

Philip’s career started with the Commercial Affairs Department, the specialist enforcement agency which prosecutes white collar crimes. Philip was the first head of the agency’s Anti-Money Laundering unit. Philip’s advice is constantly sought on insider trading and market manipulation, regulatory compliance (directors’ duties and governance) and medical malpractice. Philip has acted as prosecuting counsel for professional bodies (such as the Singapore Medical Council) against doctors and accountants. His high-profile cases in the Supreme Court include judicial reviews and challenges to collective sale agreements of condominiums. Apart from court work, Philip handles arbitrations seated in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Philip speaks regularly at business forums and seminars on securities laws, corruption, enforcement actions of government agencies, issues relating to directors’ duties, white collar crimes and legal issues in medical practice.

Philip was called to the Singapore Bar in 1995. He is a Bachelor of Laws of the University of

London and an alumnus of the University of Adelaide where he obtained an Economics Degree (major in Accounting) under a Singapore Government scholarship.

Weiyi is a Partner in the Litigation and Dispute Management Practice Group and specialises in cross-border disputes and corporate investigations.

She represents clients in litigation, mediation and arbitration proceedings relating to a range of commercial disputes, including transactional, licensing, intellectual property, employment and tenancy disputes. Weiyi also advises and represents clients in investigations and enforcement actions, focused on corruption, financial fraud and other white-collar criminal offences. She has advised multinational companies and financial institutions on cross-border investigations and assisted them with their response to foreign and local enforcement authorities, such as the US Department of Justice, UK Serious Fraud Office, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Weiyi is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and the President of the ACFE Singapore Chapter. She is also a Certified Privacy Manager (CIPM) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and regularly advises on privacy issues in the context of internal investigations and regulatory disclosures.

Weiyi is an accredited arbitrator and mediator in Singapore and Malaysia and has presided over disputes in the capacity of sole arbitrator and mediator. She serves as a Council Member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Weiyi has been named by Singapore Business Review as one of Singapore’s most influential lawyers under 40, and nominated for the Rising Star Award (Litigation) at the Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards. Weiyi is qualified in Singapore and the United Kingdom. She has worked in London with Fountain Court Chambers and Essex Court Chambers, and in Washington DC with the International Monetary Fund.

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