About

Chan Hoe moved in-house in 2006 with Razer after a period with Rodyk & Davidsons (now renamed Dentons Rodyk) and Rajah & Tann Asia, and describes his first in-house legal role as ‘a great place to cut my teeth on the in-house experience, and involved me learning – very quickly – the entire gamut of legal issues a small company could face’. He joined Toyota Motor Asia Pacific in 2008, and recalls that ‘moving from a small computer gaming company to one of the largest automotive companies in the world gives me a very broad-based and essential understanding of the legal problems all companies would face’. Hoe mentions one of his main highlights with Toyota was his work in litigious and regulatory investigations in other jurisdictions – notably India where he ‘met with local authorities, instructed local lawyers and had to adapt to the way cases were conducted locally’, all of which gave him ‘a very well-rounded exposure to different jurisdictions and how differently each jurisdiction functions’. In addition, his work on ‘new business structures and joint ventures in developing markets (Thailand and Myanmar) with different FDI and foreign business restrictions’ has been a major source of enjoyment which has ‘emphasised the diverse legal systems and legal expertise in the region’. His work on the development of the legal function has also been notable, with the successful implementation of a personnel exchange programme from different Asian countries being a key example of this.