Financial Services Regulatory
“Rajah & Tann is a market leader and understands the ebbs and flows of the banking and financing industries. The firm brings an unparalleled book of experience in navigating tough commercial terms.”
Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
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Rajah & Tann Asia has an established specialist practice providing the full spectrum of legal services for financial institutions, businesses and products. Our practice and lawyers are top tier and highly ranked in various publications such as Chambers, IFLR1000 and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific. Our practice’s lawyers have partnered with our clients to develop and customise cutting edge legal solutions in creating new businesses and products, and tackle regulatory, risk management, transactional and enforcement challenges.
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FinTech
The advent of new technologies in the financial services industry means new developments and business opportunities, but also new legal challenges in the complex interplay between operations and regulations. Combining the deep knowledge of our financial regulatory and technology practices, we provide innovative legal solutions that are tailored to the needs of every stakeholder in the FinTech sector; these include financial institutions, FinTech startups, crypto-asset / blockchain developers, venture capitalists and private equity firms and technology companies, among others. Areas of focus include assisting clients on navigating the licensing and regulatory landscape, application of new FinTech SOP processes, assisting in building bridges with various FinTech labs as well as working with regulators on behalf of clients to conceive regulatory treatment or seek exemptions in respect of new technology and innovations.
Sectorial Coverage
- Banking
- Securities, Futures and Derivatives
- Markets and Infrastructure
- Foreign Exchange
- Energy and Commodities
- Insurance and Financial Advisory
- Payment Services & Systems
- AML/CFT & Trade Sanctions
- Financial Technology
Range of Clients
Our extensive range of clients comprise both financial institutions and their customers and counterparties:
- Financial market infrastructures, trading facilities and platform operators
- Retail, commercial and private banks
- Prime brokers, brokers, dealers, proprietary traders, liquidity providers
- Fund managers
- Financial advisers
- Corporate investors
- Insurance brokers and companies
- Payment system operators, providers, card brands, acquirors, processors and other intermediaries
- Crowd-funding/sourcing platforms, and cryptocurrency, blockchain and other FinTech businesses
Range of Legal Services
Our wide range of work expertise and experience covers the entire spectrum of legal solutions ranging from business inception to business closure. We have extensive experience in:
- Financial Business Establishment
- Product and Services Conceptualisation
- Product and Services Documentation
- Transactional Assistance
- Licensing and Regulatory Compliance
- Regulator Relations and Enforcement Actions
- Financial Resolution, Distress and Closure
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Recognition
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Regulatory Law Firm of the Year (Pan Asia)Asian Legal Business (2023)
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Band 1 - Securitisation & Derivatives: Domestic (Singapore)Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024
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Tier 1 - Financial Services Regulatory (Singapore)The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2024
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Tiers 1 & 2 - Banking & Finance (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore)The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
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Tiers 1 & 2 - Financial & Corporate (Cambodia, Myanmar)IFLR1000 2024
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Bands 1 & 2 - Banking & Finance (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia)Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025)
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Band 2 - Banking & Finance: Regulatory (Singapore)Chambers Asia-Pacific 2025
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Band 2 - Fintech (Singapore)Chambers Fintech 2024
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Outstanding - Banking and Financial Services (Indonesia, Singapore)Asialaw Profiles 2023
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Highly Recommended - Banking and Finance Services (Cambodia, Myanmar)Asialaw Profiles 2023
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Recommended - Banking and Finance Services (Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand)Asialaw Profiles 2023
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Ranked - Banking & Finance (Thailand, Vietnam)The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2025
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Ranked - Banking & Finance (Philippines)Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025)
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Ranked Lawyers - Banking & Finance (International Firms)Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025)
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Ranked - Financial & Corporate (Lao PDR)IFLR1000 2023
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"The firm has contacts with key Indonesian service providers, which really helps us in moving the process along."Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025) (Indonesia)
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"The team at Rajah & Tann is always highly responsive, consistently delivers expert legal advice and can quickly grasp commercial considerations and propose well-thought-out solutions."Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025) (Singapore)
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"Gatmaytan Yap Patacsil Gutierrez & Protacio provided quick turnaround times and detailed legal analysis."Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025) (Philippines)
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"The team is proficient in navigating intricate situations. Its lawyers proactively communicate and swiftly take action to ensure matters are promptly resolved."Chambers Asia-Pacific (2025) (Malaysia)
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"Rajah & Tann's banking and finance team is very established in acting for both banks and borrowers. Their experience and turnaround time in preparing and negotiating across the whole suite of financing documentation is an asset in closing a transaction, especially where timelines are critical."The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2025) (Singapore)
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"One of the strongest points of working with Christopher & Lee Ong is their ability to adjust and adapt to growing mechanisms of complex deals. Part of one of the largest group of affiliated law firms in Asia, it is easy to tap into their network in different jurisdictions."The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (20025) (Malaysia)
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"Rajah & Tann is a market leader and understands the ebbs and flows of the banking and financing industries. The firm brings an unparalleled book of experience in navigating tough commercial terms."Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 (Singapore)
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Rajah & Tann is one of the first firms in Singapore to establish a dedicated team for financial services regulatory (FSR) work and is now at the forefront of regulatory work in the fintech space.IFLR Specialists 2019 (Singapore)
Rajah & Tann is a market leader and understands the ebbs and flows of the banking and financing industries. The firm brings an unparalleled book of experience in navigating tough commercial terms."
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