About

Jonathan Wise originally joined Nomura in 2008 (when Nomura purchased the Asian and European businesses of Lehman Brothers) and operated in the company’s Tokyo and Hong Kong offices before assuming his current role in 2013, a move which he considers a personal career highlight along with his original move from New York to Japan back in 2003. ‘Each of these opportunities presented me with a chance to expand my substantive skill set, gain experience from diverse working environments and challenges, and develop a variety of new professional relationships’, he explains. When discussing his career since moving to Singapore, Wise goes into some detail into his leadership of the Nomura legal function: ‘I have made several changes to the Nomura Singapore legal team since relocating to Singapore in 2013, for instance leveraging the skillsets of team members by multi-hatting certain lawyers where necessary and through combining legal coverage teams where possible. Overall, the changes have led to a more responsive, proactive and well-coordinated Singapore legal team’.