Liew Wan Lin

Partner

Wan Lin is a Partner in the Technology & Corporate Intellectual Property Practice.

Her practice encompasses advising clients on a wide range of commercial matters, including drafting and reviewing IT contracts such as turnkey and software development and maintenance agreements, advising on e-commerce projects and issues, advising on data protection and data privacy laws in Singapore, and advising on intellectual property and technology-related issues for regional corporate merger and acquisition deals, contractual joint ventures and collaboration agreements.

Wan Lin has particular experience in consumer markets, including drafting and negotiating agreements relating to franchising, licensing, branding, distributorships, and hotels and hospitality, and advising on intellectual property-related issues for the acquisition and sale of various household brands. She has also been involved in advising on the setting up of payment and loyalty systems and platforms.

Work Highlights

• Advised DBS on its setting up of its DBS Digital Exchange (Singapore’s first security token and digital payment token exchange with an integrated tokenisation, trading and custody ecosystem).
• Advised Stuff’d on its franchise agreements for its regional expansion.
• Advised a regional mobile wallet provider on its tie-up with overseas mobile wallet providers and establishment of a cross-border interoperable payment platform, allowing users to use their home mobile wallets to make payments overseas.