Sion Yoong Tian

Practice Areas

Partner - Financial Services Regulatory, Derivatives & Structured Products and FinTech Practices. Sion Yoong's main practice areas are financial services regulatory, FinTech, blockchain, and derivatives & structured products (both transactional and regulatory).

In the regulatory space, he has advised financial institutions on the regulatory landscape in Singapore, including derivatives trade reporting, clearing, trading and margin requirements, and licensing and regulatory requirements applicable to financial market infrastructures, banks, securities dealers, financial advisers and other financial intermediaries.

In the derivatives transactional space, he has assisted clients (including general corporates and regulated entities such as banks, insurance companies and REITs) with the preparation, review and/or negotiation of their derivatives documentation, including International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) master agreements, confirmations and credit support and collateral management documentation.

Career

Admitted, 2007, Singapore; National University of Singapore (LL.B., Hons.).

Publications

- Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law – Inside and outside Singapore’s proposed FinTech regulatory sandbox: balancing supervision and innovation 2016

- IFLR1000 – Developments in the regulation of digital advisory services 2017

- SID Directors Bulletin – Understanding Initial Coin Offerings 2019

- SAL Practitioner – A Guide to Digital Token Offerings: Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Roadmap for Regulation of Blockchain-based Digital Tokens 2019