A&G CPD/MEC Seminar: Allen & Gledhill

A&G is one of the oldest law firms in Singapore, with a time-honoured tradition of delivering excellent service to clients. Through our history, we have consistently acted upon a bold and dynamic vision for the future of legal practice. Our partners are consistently lauded as leading lawyers in their respective fields of expertise.

As part of A&G’s commitment to promoting learning and development opportunities for legal professionals, the A&G CPD/MEC Series aims to deliver interdisciplinary, cross practice sessions accredited by the Singapore Institute of Legal Education on trending topics and key developments in law and legal practice across different practice areas.

Proceeds from the Series will be donated to charity.

INAUGURAL SESSION

Singapore’s AML/CFT Journey: From 1MDB to the Fujian Gang - Lessons Learnt and Why Some Old Habits Die Hard

Singapore's AML and CFT practices have undergone significant evolution in the wake of 1MDB and the Fujian Gang. More stringent measures have been adopted across various fronts. Despite these advancements, certain challenges and persistent habits continue to pose risks. This seminar addresses the lessons learned and continuing challenges for lawyers and their clients such as financial institutions, property developers, landlords, and corporate secretarial service providers.

SESSION DETAILS

DATE	Tuesday, 27 May 2025
TIME	3:00 pm to 5:00 pm Registration commences at 2:30pm
WHO SHOULD ATTEND	Lawyers, legal counsel and professionals keen to understand the evolving AML/CFT landscape.
VENUE	Singapore Management University Mochtar Riady Auditorium (SMU Administration Building, Level 5) 81 Victoria St, Singapore 188065
REGISTRATION FEES	S$196.20 (including GST) per person S$163.43 (including GST) per person, for registration in groups of three to five from the same organisation * Please apply the following code at checkout: GROUP
REGISTRATION DEADLINE	Registration will close at 5:00pm, Friday, 23 May 2025

ABOUT ALLEN & GLEDHILL

Allen & Gledhill is an award-winning full-service law firm providing legal services to a wide range of premier clients, including local and multinational corporations and financial institutions in Asia. The Firm is consistently ranked as a market leader in the region, having been involved in a number of challenging, complex, and significant deals, many of which are the first of its kind. The Firm’s reputation for high-quality advice is regularly affirmed by the strong rankings in leading publications, and by the various awards and accolades. With a growing network of associate firms and offices, it is well-placed to advise clients on their business interests in Singapore and beyond, on matters involving the Asia region. With offices in Singapore, Myanmar, Vietnam and China, as well as associate firms in Malaysia (Rahmat Lim & Partners) and Indonesia (AGI Legal), the Allen & Gledhill network known as A&G Asia has over 650 lawyers, making it one of the largest law firm networks in the region.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Speaker	Profile
Aaron Lee Partner, Co-Head of White Collar & Investigations Practice Allen & Gledhill LLP	Aaron is a commercial litigator with a particular expertise in employment, white-collar, regulatory and compliance, and corporate governance matters. He has an active practice in matters involving fraud, insider trading, money-laundering, corruption, securities, market misconduct, sanctions, import/export, and mutual legal assistance matters. He also regularly advises on corporate investigations and inquiries relating to employee misconduct, fraud, and corporate governance-related issues. He also regularly acts in major corporate and commercial disputes for private and public listed companies as well as major financial institutions.
Cheryl Chong Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution Allen & Gledhill LLP	Cheryl is a commercial litigator who has represented clients before all levels of the Singapore courts and arbitral tribunals in a wide range of matters including shareholder and investment disputes, professional liability claims, defamation, criminal prosecutions, and employment disputes. She has particular expertise in white collar and investigations, employment, as well as regulatory and compliance matters. She regularly advises public and private companies, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals on contentious issues such as fraud, internal investigations, employee misconduct, anti-money laundering, sanctions, insider trading, and corruption. She also advises clients on non-contentious matters ranging from drafting employment contracts and policies to conducting compliance trainings.
Low Zhe Ning Senior Associate, Litigation & Dispute Resolution Allen & Gledhill LLP	Zhe Ning advises and acts for clients in complex and high-value corporate and commercial disputes across various sectors. She has appeared before all levels of the Singapore Courts and is also experienced in both international arbitration and mediation proceedings. Zhe Ning’s practice focuses on employment, white collar, regulatory and compliance, and corporate governance matters. She has particular experience acting for private and public listed companies as well as major financial institutions in investigations. She also regularly advises clients on employee misconduct, fraud, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance issues.
Jason Tan Partner, Head of Forensic KPMG Singapore	Jason has extensive experience leading anti-money laundering reviews, fraud and corruption investigation and dispute advisory engagements across several industries with a focus on the financial institutions, insurance, chemicals and manufacturing sectors. Jason has been involved in numerous Anti-Money Laundering and sanctions work across financial institutions and designated non-financial business and professions since 2010. The engagements include gap analyses, Know-Your Customer remediation, look back investigations and the calibration of transaction monitoring systems. He was involved in the publication of the Terrorist Financing Risk Mitigation Toolkit for Charities and was also part of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Industry Partnership (ACIP) Legal Persons and Trade-Based Money Laundering working groups which published two best practice papers on the Misuse of Legal Persons and Trade-Based Money Laundering.

Speaker

Profile

Aaron Lee
Partner, Co-Head of White
Collar & Investigations Practice
Allen & Gledhill LLP

Aaron is a commercial litigator with a particular expertise in employment, white-collar, regulatory and compliance, and corporate governance matters.

He has an active practice in matters involving fraud, insider trading, money-laundering, corruption, securities, market misconduct, sanctions, import/export, and mutual legal assistance matters. He also regularly advises on corporate investigations and inquiries relating to employee misconduct, fraud, and corporate governance-related issues. He also regularly acts in major corporate and commercial disputes for private and public listed companies as well as major financial institutions.

Cheryl Chong
Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Allen & Gledhill LLP

Cheryl is a commercial litigator who has represented clients before all levels of the Singapore courts and arbitral tribunals in a wide range of matters including shareholder and investment disputes, professional liability claims, defamation, criminal prosecutions, and employment disputes.

She has particular expertise in white collar and investigations, employment, as well as regulatory and compliance matters. She regularly advises public and private companies, financial institutions, and high net worth individuals on contentious issues such as fraud, internal investigations, employee misconduct, anti-money laundering, sanctions, insider trading, and corruption. She also advises clients on non-contentious matters ranging from drafting employment contracts and policies to conducting compliance trainings.

Low Zhe Ning
Senior Associate, Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Allen & Gledhill LLP

Zhe Ning advises and acts for clients in complex and high-value corporate and commercial disputes across various sectors. She has appeared before all levels of the Singapore Courts and is also experienced in both international arbitration and mediation proceedings.

Zhe Ning’s practice focuses on employment, white collar, regulatory and compliance, and corporate governance matters. She has particular experience acting for private and public listed companies as well as major financial institutions in investigations. She also regularly advises clients on employee misconduct, fraud, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance issues.

Jason Tan
Partner, Head of Forensic
KPMG Singapore

Jason has extensive experience leading anti-money laundering reviews, fraud and corruption investigation and dispute advisory engagements across several industries with a focus on the financial institutions, insurance, chemicals and manufacturing sectors.

Jason has been involved in numerous Anti-Money Laundering and sanctions work across financial institutions and designated non-financial business and professions since 2010. The engagements include gap analyses, Know-Your Customer remediation, look back investigations and the calibration of transaction monitoring systems. He was involved in the publication of the Terrorist Financing Risk Mitigation Toolkit for Charities and was also part of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Industry Partnership (ACIP) Legal Persons and Trade-Based Money Laundering working groups which published two best practice papers on the Misuse of Legal Persons and Trade-Based Money Laundering.

SILE ACCREDITED CPD ACTIVITY

Public MEC Points: 2 Public MEC Points
Training Level: General
Practice Area: Mandatory Ethics Component

SILE ATTENDANCE POLICY

Participants who wish to obtain CPD Points are reminded that they must comply strictly with the Attendance Policy set out in the CPD Guidelines. For this activity, participants are reminded to sign in on arrival and sign out at the conclusion of the activity in the manner required by the organiser. Participants must not be absent from the activity for more than 15 minutes. Participants who do not comply with the Attendance Policy will not be able to obtain CPD Points for attending the activity. Please refer to http://www.silecpdcentre.sg for more information.

*Registrations for the seminar is now closed. For enquiries, please email us at events@agasia.law.*

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