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Eng How Cheow

Eng How is a member of the corporate practice based in Singapore. His areas of expertise span general corporate matters, banking and finance, as well as fintech, cryptocurrency and digital assets. For general corporate matters, he advises on a wide range of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder arrangements as well as regulatory and compliance matters. For banking and finance, he acts for both financial institutions (as lenders, agents and MLAs) and corporations (as borrowers) on acquisition financing, real estate financing, syndicated financing as well as secured and unsecured general corporate financing. Last, in relation to fintech and digital assets, he advices on the setting up digital assets related structures, token issuance, early stage fund raising, and assists with Virtual Assets Service Providers (VASP) applications.

Yan Chng

Yan Chng is a senior associate in our litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. She has experience advising and acting for listed corporations, individuals, directors, shareholders and liquidators in complex commercial litigation and arbitration proceedings, involving breach of fiduciary duties, misappropriation, conspiracy, trust disputes, minority oppression and unfair preference claims.

Tom Katsaros

Tom is principal - head of funds, Singapore specialising in the establishment, structuring and maintenance of offshore private equity funds and hedge funds. He is one of the only two partner-level offshore funds practitioners in Singapore to be admitted in the Cayman Islands. In addition to acting for large financial institutions and investment funds sponsors, boutique and start-up investment managers, Tom also advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and financing transactions. Tom is recognised as a Leading Individual in The Legal 500 Asia 2023 Guide and as a global leader in the 2022 and 2023 editions of Who's Who Legal: Private Funds.

Joni Khoo

Joni is a member of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. She has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation with a focus on complex, multi-jurisdictional shareholder/director litigation, corporate disputes, fraud and asset tracing, and cross-border and restructuring matters. She also regularly advises on interim measures in support of onshore litigation, tools to obtain information about assets/directors/shareholders, and the recognition/enforcement of orders and awards.

Kate Lan

Kate is counsel in the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. Her main area of practice includes commercial and shareholders’ disputes, trust and estate disputes, and insolvency and restructuring matters. She is qualified to practise in Singapore, England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands, and is a Registered Associate in Bermuda. Kate has extensive experience advising clients across a broad spectrum of cross-border litigation and international arbitration matters. She has been appointed as arbitrator by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and is a member of SIAC’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators. She is also the first offshore lawyer selected to serve as one of the three Regional Leads for APAC on the Young Singapore International Arbitration Centre (YSIAC) Council. She is the only Regional Lead based in Singapore. In addition to her work as a disputes practitioner, Kate is part of the core team who is involved in putting together a textbook on "Commercial Litigation and Enforcement" which is published by The Global Legal Post. She is also a contributing author to two editions of Arbitration in Singapore: A Practical Guide (edited by The Honourable the Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon), and the first reference guide to investment protection in the ASEAN region – Investment Protection in Southeast Asia: A Country-by-Country Guide on Arbitration Laws and Bilateral Investment Treaties. Kate is fluent in English and Mandarin Chinese and conversant in basic Bahasa Indonesia and Japanese. She is also an active member of INSOL, IWIRC and IPAS.

Anthony McKenzie

Anthony is the managing partner of our Singapore office and the head of our corporate practice in Asia. He is also a founding partner of Carey Olsen's Asia offices and a non-resident partner of the Hong Kong office. Anthony is a specialist in Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda law and is one of only two partners in Singapore admitted to practise these three key offshore laws. He is also the only Cayman Islands and BVI admitted and Bermuda registered transactional partner in Singapore. Anthony has a broad range of experience in offshore corporate, investment funds and finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, secured and unsecured financing arrangements, preference share issues, IPOs and capital markets transactions. He regularly advises financial institutions, sponsors and borrowers on leveraged and acquisition finance, syndicated lending, structured finance, fund finance and secured and unsecured general corporate lending. He also has significant experience in advising clients on the structuring, formation and maintenance of regulated and unregulated investment funds in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands. Other than being regarded a Leading Partner by The Legal 500, Anthony is ranked as a leading offshore lawyer by each of IFLR1000, Chambers Global and Chambers Asia-Pacific. He has been consistently identified by China Business Law Journal (CBLJ) in its prestigious A-List as an elite lawyer with a China practice since 2020. In 2023, 2024 and 2025, Anthony is recognised in the new category of the CBLJ A-List, "The Visionaries". He was the only offshore lawyer based in Singapore distinguished on the 2022 and 2023 CBLJ A-list (2 consecutive years). Other than CBLJ, Anthony is also recognised in the Top 50 Offshore Lawyers 2022 and 2024 by Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) as part of the publication's prestigious annual A-List series. In 2019, he was also recognised by Asian Legal Business in its Offshore Client Choice List for client service in Asia. Clients describe Anthony as "a clear market leader in the offshore space. Top notch service, deep commercial understanding, striking a great balance between legal precision and commercial wisdom." He is also noted for being "extremely approachable with a can-do attitude to providing the advice needed to get transactions over the line."

James Noble

Based in our Tier 1 ranked (Legal 500) Singapore office, James Noble TEP leads the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Asia and the largest offshore litigation team in Singapore. James advises on Cayman, British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda law, and is the only Cayman and BVI admitted (and Bermuda registered) litigator in Singapore. A specialist in complex and high profile multi-jurisdictional litigation, asset recovery, cross-border enforcement and insolvency, James has over 20 years' experience working in a wide variety of commercial disputes, many of which involve multi-billion dollar claims. James regularly acts in market leading cases, particularly in connection with listed companies and has specialist expertise in appellate matters in both the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. He is often instructed to give expert evidence on Cayman or BVI law in onshore proceedings before the Singapore and Hong Kong Courts. James is frequently recognised as one of the outstanding offshore litigators in Asia by market leading legal directories and publications. In particular, he is ranked consistently by Chambers Asia and is listed as a Leading Partner for the Offshore category in Singapore and the Caribbean by The Legal 500. He has also been named in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Offshore Client Choice List and as one of the Top Offshore Litigators in Asia in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. In addition, James was recognised in the Top 50 Offshore Lawyers 2022 and 2024 by Asia Business Law Journal (ABLJ) as part of the publication's prestigious annual A-List series. James was also named as an expert in asset recovery by Who's Who Legal in its 2023 Southeast Asia guide. He was most recently recognised amongst premier online business news platform Business Today's Top 10 Influential Offshore Dispute Resolution Lawyers of Asia-Pacific for 2023. James' expertise and insights are regularly sought after by the industry. He is frequently invited to speak at conferences and panel discussions and was part of the Main Organising Committee of INSOL San Diego. James is also the author of the 2023 textbook, "Commercial Litigation and Enforcement", published by The Global Legal Post. Clients describe James as "quite simply the best of the best. James possesses that rare combination in a team leader of great legal insight, great leadership skills and a frightening eye for detail." He is also noted as "an outstanding team leader, able to integrate a high level awareness of his clients’ commercial objectives with an uncanny oversight of what the most junior associate, or busiest London silk, is doing to deliver the results needed for a positive outcome. Always calm in a tough and highly competitive environment."

Amelia Tan

Amelia is counsel in Carey Olsen's litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. She has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, with a focus on complex, multi-jurisdictional shareholder / director litigation, corporate disputes, fraud and asset tracing and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters. Amelia also has significant experience in seeking urgent interlocutory relief for clients, including freezing orders and injunctions, and enforcement matters and has represented clients in the High Court, Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. She regularly advises listed companies and financial institutions, high net worth individuals and insolvency practitioners in the region. Amelia has been listed as a Leading Associate (previously known as Rising Star) consecutively by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. She has also been named in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Offshore Client Choice List in 2024 and 2025. She was also selected to participate in the inaugural Singapore Leaders Network fellowship programme (SGLN), an initiative led by the Singapore government, the Singapore Economic Development Board, and supported by the private sector. Amelia is one of the five global finalists (and only recipient in Asia) of the IWIRC Rising Star Award in 2022 and is also part of the International Insolvency Institute's (III) highly prestigious and successful NextGen Leadership Program Class XII (2023). Clients speak highly of Amelia, describing her as an "outstanding individual within Carey Olsen" and who is "technically solid, business savvy and always responsive".

Helen Wang

Helen TEP is a partner in our litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice in Singapore. She specialises in complex commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, estate and private clients related disputes, fraud and investigatory cases and insolvency and restructuring matters. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin and fluent in English. Helen has extensive experiences advising clients on cross-border litigation and handling high value disputes, covering a broad range of sectors, including financial services, energy and resources, insurance and high net-worth individuals. Helen has been listed as a Next Generation Partner in The Legal 500 Asia 2025 and 2024 Guides. She is also ranked in the Up and Coming category in the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2026 Guide. She has also been recognised as a Rising Star in China Business Law Journal's 2023-24 A-List of elite private practice lawyers in the Chinese market. She has also been named in the Asian Legal Business (ALB) Asia Super 50 Disputes Lawyers (2024), Offshore Client Choice List (2023 and 2024), Top 10 Offshore Litigators (2023 and 2024) and Asia 40 under 40 List (2023). Clients have praised Helen for being "extremely personable, super responsive and hard working" and for her "excellent legal knowledge and commercial sense." As an active supporter of advancing women's interest in the legal community, Helen is a committee member on the IWIRC Diversity Inclusion and Belonging Committee. She is also the Asia lead of Carey Olsen's Women's Network which aims to facilitate meaningful collaboration and support amongst women across the firm and provide a framework to help women at Carey Olsen build on their talents and achieve their potential. Helen is also the Vice President of Women in Law Singapore (WILSG), a community open to all female members of the legal industry. Helen is an officer to the International Bar Association (IBA) Litigation Committee, acting as Secretary to The Hague Conference on Private International Law Subcommittee. She is also appointed as a Expert Consultant by the Guangzhou Association of Bankruptcy Administrators. She is also a full TEP member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and an elected member of the STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates Special Interest Group Steering Committee. She is also an appointed member of the Singapore International Mediation Centre Specialist Mediator Panel in Singapore.

Maggie Yan

Maggie is based in Carey Olsen’s Singapore office. She specialises in corporate law and capital market regulations as well as IPO and financing projects. She advises PRC based clients with regards to investments, commercial contracts with BVI and/or Cayman entities and private equity investment transactions and IPO projects with offshore structures.

Rachel Yao

Rachel TEP is counsel based in Singapore and leads the firm's trusts and private wealth practice in Asia. She is the only native Chinese Mandarin speaking trusts and private wealth lawyer based in Singapore who specialises in offshore law. Rachel has particular experience advising high net worth individuals and ultra-high net worth individuals from the Asia-Pacific region, many of whom are ranked on the Forbes World's Billionaires List and the Hurun China Rich List (which ranks China's wealthiest people with a minimum net worth of 5 billion yuan (US$690m)). Rachel advises these clients on family wealth preservation, global asset allocation and the establishment and restructuring of a wide range of trust structures including private family trusts and employee benefit trusts and philanthropic, and charitable structures and foundations. On a day-to-day basis, Rachel plans and sets up new trust structures, drafts trust documents and related instruments, and offers guidance on the ongoing management and restructuring of complex trusts for her clients. Her clients range from wealthy individuals and families, professional trustees, single family offices and multi-family offices, wealth management companies to private banks. In addition to her specialisation in trusts and private wealth matters, Rachel also has a broad range of experience in corporate and commercial transactions, including cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investment-related general corporate law. She advises international companies from a wide range of industries on their legal matters and business transactions worldwide.