Drew & Napier LLC

Corporate & Finance

Director, Corporate & Finance;
Head, Blockchain & Digital Assets

Tju Liang is head of Drew & Napier’s blockchain and digital assets practice, and concurrently serves as global general counsel for the Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit organisation that promotes the Ethereum blockchain ecosystem.

With almost 20 years of experience across China and Southeast Asia, Tju Liang is an accomplished lawyer with a deep understanding of the commercial drivers and legal structuring of cross-border relationships in this region. He is a versatile lawyer who represents corporates, private equity houses and venture capital funds on a multitude of complex cross-border transactions, and seamlessly combines industry experience and legal acumen to “get the deal done”.

He is an active contributor to domestic and international policy-making in the industry, and has an extensive knowledge of the ever-evolving legal and regulatory landscape of fintech, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, and cryptocurrencies.

Tju Liang returned to Drew & Napier in 2019, after over a decade practicing internationally, including most recently as a partner of a top “white shoe” U.S. law firm. He speaks fluent business Mandarin, and was previously based in London, Jakarta and Shanghai.

English, Chinese

General Counsel, Ethereum Foundation Member, Law Society of Singapore Member, Singapore Academy of Law

LL.B. (Hons), National University of Singapore (2000) Attorney-at-Law, New York (2004) Advocate & Solicitor, Singapore (2001)