Experience

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  OCP Asia

  • Singapore

  • Legal Counsel

    • Oct 2022 - Present
    • Singapore

    • Developing and maintaining policies and procedures to ensure compliance with the fund management licensing regimes in Singapore (MAS), Hong Kong (SFC), Australia (ASIC) and the US (SEC exempt reporting adviser). • Updating the firm’s ExCo on legal, regulatory and compliance matters. • Responding to annual MAS compliance audits, internal audit and updating the firm risk matrix; submiting applications and ad-hoc notifications to regulatory authorities; assisting in responding to regulatory inspections and information requests. • Arranging, supervising and reviewing completion of regulatory surveys, periodic reporting and questionnaires, including AIFMD, DTCC, US Bureau of Economic Analysis, MAS, SFC, ASIC, AUSTRAC, SEC Form ADV, SEC Reg D, US Blue Sky filings, etc. • Monitoring fund equity positions to ensure compliance with substantial shareholder regimes, takeover code and Australia Foreign Investment Review Board rules; manage substantial shareholder filings. • Day-to-day compliance activities, including maintaining the firm’s restricted trading list, approving wall-crossings, supervising PA trading, supervising gifts and entertainment, obtaining employee certifications, monitoring for regulatory notification requirements. • Advising business development team on regulatory regimes pertaining to fund marketing and distribution in APAC (PRC, HK, Japan, Korea, Singapore and others), US, Canada and AIFM; drafting internal marketing guidelines; preparing/reviewing licensing applications and fund registrations. • Negotiating and monitoring investor side letters, ERISA thresholds and other fund-related obligations. • Providing legal and compliance training, monitoring staff training requirements.

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  Oaktree Capital Management, L.P.

  • Singapore

  • Vice President Legal

    • Mar 2016 - Oct 2022
    • Singapore

    • Provided legal advice to the US, Singapore, HK and Australian investment teams, portfolio companies and JV partners concerning the acquisition, (re)financing, exit and liquidation of investments held by OCM closed-end credit opportunties, special situations and real estate funds. • Follow-up of +50 Oaktree investments in terms of investment structuring, corporate governance, regulatory requirements, legal and compliance matters. • Coordinated captital calls, repatriations, external bank facilities, FX forwards, guarantee letters, SBLC, ISDA, intra-company (debt/equity) funding and upstreams of proceeds through various yield instruments, equity redemptions and dividend distributions. • Set-up a trade platform availing of CIBM and QFII licenses with resp. POBC and CSRC to trade into listed on-shore Chinese bonds and stocks and derivative instruments, including the settlement, hedge and operational procedures with custodians and brokers. • Participated, among others, in the: (i) the application of an Indian securitisation vehicle (ARC Trust) with the Reserve Bank of India and AIF securization trust with the Indian regulator SEBI; (iii) the acquisition of various NPL portfolios in Europe, PRC and India with UPB between €100m-€4bi, (iv) the development of UK commercial and office real estate; (v) refinancing and disposal of an Italian hotel portfolio; (vi) securitization of Irish mortgage loan portfolios; (vii) debt restructuring of a Danish oil tanker business; (viii) set-up of an investment platform for commercial airplanes; (ix) sale of Oaktree’s participation in a UK-listed property developer; (x) insolvency process of a Spanish renewables conglomerate. • Managed the distressed debt legal team and acted as a director on various Luxembourg, Singapore and Indian companies

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  Loyens & Loeff

  • Luxembourg

  • Associate Banking & Finance

    • Apr 2014 - Mar 2016
    • Luxembourg

    • Assisted banks, private equity firms, hedge and real estate funds in the structuring and financing of cross-border transactions with a strong focus on secured lending and real estate/acquisition finance.• Drafted and reviewed Luxembourg and foreign law finance contracts such as (senior/mezzanine) credit agreements, security documents (share, account and receivables pledge agreements, release agreements), debt subscription agreements (CPEC/TPEC) assignment and subordination agreements;• Advised issuers and initial purchasers on debt capital markets in stand-alone and convertible bond issuances and formation of securitization vehicles. Drafted and reviewed offering memoranda, debentures, indentures, purchase agreements, notes and related corporate authorisations.

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  Vandenbulke

  • Luxembourg

  • Associate Finance/Corporate

    • May 2013 - Apr 2014
    • Luxembourg

    • Advised major private equity firms and real estate funds on the structuring and financing ofinternational buy-outs, formation of joint ventures, private funds and securitization vehicles.• Drafted and negotiated share and asset purchase agreements, intercreditor agreements, loan and shareholder's agreements involving issuances of shares, cross-participations and contributions in kind/cash.• Conducted due diligence and preparing corporate documentation (statutes, board and shareholder resolutions, proxies, manager's certificates and share registers) and corporate housekeeping documentation in relation to (cross-border) transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures involving re-domiciliation of companies to Luxembourg, transfers of registered office as well as capital increases, changes in management and approval of annual accounts.• Organized holdings of corporate meetings, recordings of notarial deeds and the relative regulatory process with the Register of Commerce and Companies of Luxembourg; reviewing of auditor’s reports, step-plans, KYC, balance sheets and flow-of-funds.

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  Arendt & Medernach

  • Luxembourg

  • Junior Associate Private Equity/Real Estate Investments

    • Jul 2012 - Apr 2013
    • Luxembourg

    • Participated in the formation, (re)financing and (re)structuring of investment vehicles, regulated (SIF, SICAR) as well as unregulated (SOPARFI) under various legal forms (S.à r.l.’s, S.A.’s and S.C.A.’s).• Drafted and negotiated all kinds of finance documents such share and asset purchase agreements, loan and shareholders’ agreements involving issuances of shares, cross-participations, contributions in kind/cash as well as the accompanying corporate documents (statutes, board and shareholder resolutions, proxies, valuation and manager certificates, share registers) • Drafted legal opinions and memo's regarding fiduciary duties and compliance requirements.• Liaised with clients and regulatory authorities; drafted legal opinions and memo’s regarding the fiduciary duties/liabilities of corporate officers, compliance requirements, financial assistance and fiscal substance.

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  Exmar

  • Antwerp Area, Belgium

  • Internship

    • Jul 2009 - Aug 2009
    • Antwerp Area, Belgium

    • Drafted contracts relating to international maritime transportation of LPG and LNG.• Participated in corporate transactions involving gas processing, international financing, cross-border joint ventures and design and licensing agreements.