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Sue Wan Wong
Partner, Wong & Partners

Sue Wan Wong is a partner in the Corporate, Commercial & Securities Practice Group of Wong & Partners, the member firm of Baker & McKenzie International in Malaysia.

Sue Wan has advised clients on issues relating to exchange controls, securities offerings, distributive trade, directors’ duties, shareholders’ rights, schemes of arrangement, general commercial, employment law, employee share option schemes and tax. She has undertaken numerous transactions relating to initial public offerings, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions including divestitures, foreign investments and joint ventures for both local and cross border transactions. She has also advised clients in the acquisition of shares in insurers and the transfers of insurance businesses vide schemes of transfer under the Malaysian Insurance Act 1996.

Sue Wan’s practice includes advising on a suite of financial services regulatory matters, including on establishment of financial service providers, regulatory enquiries, marketing of financial products and financial services compliance. She engages and advises businesses involved in the innovation, investment and development of financial technology (FinTech) products and services. Sue Wan has vast experience in advising clients at the forefront of innovation, helping to navigate the web of regulatory and compliance challenges, and to facilitate partnerships between industry players and regulators.

In addition to her practice with the Firm, Sue Wan is a member of the US-ASEAN Business Council (Financial Services Committee) and the Secretary of the FinTech Association of Malaysia, which aims to engage ASEAN public and private to advance regional financial sector development and integration, contribute to ASEAN’s development as a global asset class as regional governments implement the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and shape regional financial integration in line with committee members’ business objectives and global best practices.

Sue Wan was admitted to practice in Malaysia in 2003. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Malaya, Malaysia and a Bachelor of Civil Law from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Philip Lau
Director, Sage 3

Philip has extensive corporate, banking and financial experience having worked at global banks including, Rothschild, KBC Bank and Rabobank. His expertise is in equity fund raising, restructuring and mergers & acquisitions. He was the Head of M&A Southeast Asia for Rabobank before he joined one of Indonesia’s largest conglomerates.

At the Indonesian conglomerate, based in Jakarta, he served as a board member of major public listed hotels and real estate companies in Indonesia, advising them on strategy, corporate finance, capital management, initial public offers, mergers & acquisitions, finance & accounting, financial planning analysis, treasury management for the bank & non-bank financial institutions.

He qualified as a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England &
Wales.

Davin Fernandez
Director, Sage 3

Davin has over 15 years of Corporate Finance advisory experience and began his career with Aseambankers Malaysia Berhad (now known as Maybank Investment Bank) where he advised on several significant corporate transactions particularly in mergers and acquisitions.

He has been with Sage 3 for 12 years during which he advised on a number of corporate restructuring, private equity and fund-raising exercises.