S$70 for 30 min phone-consultation; S$370 for a 60 min face-to-face consultation
Corporate Lawyer, Commissioner for Oaths, Notary Public
Her Qualifications
Our Director, Elaine Phang, was a Rafflesian from primary school to secondary school and junior college and holds a LLB (Hons) degree from Queen Mary College, University of London where she graduated in 1992. She did her barrister course in 1993 and was a member of Gray’s Inn, London. Thereafter, she returned to Singapore and was called to the Singapore bar in 1994. She also holds a certification in International Financial Law, Project Finance, Corporate Finance by the New York Institute of Finance.
She is a Notary Public, a Commissioner for Oaths, an Associate Mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre, an Accredited Mediator of the Singapore International Mediation Institute, a Court-appointed Volunteer Mediator, a mediator on the panel of The Law Society of Singapore Mediation Scheme, a Neutral Evaluator for FIDREC (Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre Ltd) , a Neutral Evaluator with the Law Society Neutral Evaluation - Case Scheme and a member of the Global-Asia Family Office Circle in the Wealth Management Institute .
Elaine has had more than 25 years’ of experience in legal practice with a focus on Company Law and Corporate and Commercial Law and Estate Planning.
Her Experience
She began her career in the Banking & Litigation department of Shook Lin & Bok, a major law firm, and later moved in-house for the next 10 years across 3 global MNCs, Vivendi, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and a Singapore Technologies group company, before moving back into corporate and commercial legal practice in the M&A corporate and Knowledge Management department of Drew & Napier, another major law firm.
Her experience in the corporate legal arena includes mergers and acquisitions, private equity, private credit, structured and syndicated financing, commercial transacions such as franchise, joint ventures, distributorships and business matters relating to property and real estate.
Elaine has represented both purchasers and vendors in mergers and acquisitions; one of which was a reverse takeover and another, an acquisition of a formerly publicly traded company.
In funding exercises with venture capitalists, start-up companies and established IT companies, she has provided invaluable advice at the seed, mezzanine and bridge financing stages; which involved preferred equity financing, convertible loan note financing and other forms of debt financing.
During these projects, she kept a close watch on her clients’ interests which varied from risks surfacing at due diligence to securing management rights and subsequently, to formulating lucrative exit strategies at closure.
Her experience also includes project financing of utility projects such as tolls, waste-management and water projects when she was Legal Counsel in one of the three global multinational corporations.
Her clientele is not only comprised of SMEs, MNCs and Non-profits but also Fintech businesses to whom she renders digital asset management, legal opinions, compliance advice, application services for licences and consulting on requirements in the Securities Futures Act, Payment Services Act and the MAS guidelines.
In addition, she manages a number of M&A projects regularly for her retainer clients who are entrepreneurs, investors, and venture capital businesses most of whom are constantly involved in mergers, acquitions and spin-offs. For such clients, she conducts due diligence for them and also prepares the transactional documentation.
She is also a outsouced legal counsel for businesses; some of which are Family Offices and VCCs. Besides the usual legal advisory services, she renders to them the transactional , compliance and legal risk management services.
Her Skills
Elaine has advised on significant project financing and corporate transactions, negotiating and drafting key project agreements and financing documentation as company counsel. In these matters, she has protected her principals’ financial and commercial interests by ensuring that appropriate credit enhancement mechanisms, risk allocation provisions and contractual safeguards were properly structured and documented.
During her tenure as Legal Counsel in a U.S. MNC, Elaine held a dual portfolio covering both corporate legal work and risk management. Her legal portfolio included shareholders’ agreements, share sale and purchase agreements, services agreements, service level agreements, supply and procurement contracts, sale of goods contracts, facilities management contracts and other commercial documentation. In that role, she also independently built the Asia-Pacific risk management framework to mitigate legal, commercial and actuarial risks across the business.
As a corporate lawyer, Elaine is focused on helping clients structure investor-friendly and regulation-compliant entities that are capable of attracting funding, securing financing and supporting strategic exits. She works closely with entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs and growth companies to ensure that their corporate structures, commercial contracts and operating frameworks are legally sound, commercially practical and risk-mitigated.
As a business lawyer, Elaine advises on a broad range of commercial transactions, including service and supply agreements, e-commerce arrangements, franchise and licensing contracts, procurement contracts, marketing and branding arrangements, and client-service documentation. Her approach is to ensure that clients do not merely enter into contracts, but enter into contracts that protect their commercial position, preserve value and support sustainable growth.
Elaine also assists clients in managing strategic business alliances and protecting key business assets, including intellectual property, trademarks, copyright, patents, licensing rights, franchise arrangements and distribution networks. She believes that sound legal structuring should help businesses create, protect and realise long-term commercial value. As she often says, “It is always gratifying to see your clients prosper.”
As a mediator, Elaine recognises the value of mediation as a practical and cost-effective method of dispute resolution. She sees mediation not merely as an alternative to litigation, but as a commercially sensible tool for resolving disputes efficiently, preserving relationships where possible, and reducing the time and costs associated with contested proceedings.
Elaine is committed to supporting entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs. Her practice is driven by a clear commercial philosophy: legal advice should not exist in isolation, but should support business strategy, risk management, financing readiness and long-term value creation.
Her professional development includes certification in International Financial Law , Project Finance and Corporate Finance through the New York Institute of Finance; data and digital economy law, fintech and regtech regulation, digital asset management and protection, cryptocurrency-related issues,
Continuing Professional Development
Some areas of her continuing legal education include:
-International Financial Law Executive Program conducted by the New York Institute of Finance;
-Data and Digital Economy Law Course: Fintech and Regtech Regulation and Digital Asset Management and Protection
-Cryptocurrency Issues for Experts
-Knowledge Management; Risk Management
- Reinventing the Singapore IP Dispute Resolution Framework