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Yvonne Tan
Senior Associate

Yvonne Tan

Holborn Law LLC

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  • English

Yvonne is a Senior Associate in the Financial Services Regulatory team at Holborn Law LLC, a member of the CMS Holborn Asia formal law alliance with CMS Singapore.

She has significant experience assisting a wide range of financial institutions, including banks, fintech companies, payment service providers, capital markets intermediaries and financial advisers, with their financial regulatory concerns and issues. This includes advising on licensing, conduct of business, cross-border and AML/KYC issues; assisting clients to develop necessary client documentation; and assisting clients to understand and prepare for regulatory changes. 

Prior to joining CMS Holborn Asia, Yvonne also worked on various derivatives-related matters. This includes the preparation of netting top-up opinions; the updating of netting and collateral reviewers; and the negotiation of ISDA documentation.

 

*CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang (Singapore) LLP and Holborn Law LLC are registered as a Formal Law Alliance in Singapore under the name CMS Holborn Asia. The Formal Law Alliance allows the two firms to provide the broadest range of Singapore and international law services from one platform, with Singapore litigation representation provided by Holborn Law LLC.

Relevant experience

  • UBS on the Singapore regulatory issues arising from its launch of UBS Circle One, a digital platform that is intended to bring the best of UBS’ ecosystem to clients by connecting them to experts, thought leaders and actionable ideas. 
  • SC Ventures, which is Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm, on its launch of Libeara, a tokenisation platform; and the partnership with a licensed fund manager who will leverage Libeara to create the first tokenised Singapore-Dollar Government Bond Fund for accredited investors.
  • Various cryptocurrency and payment companies on their ability to make available their services in Singapore. 
  • Various multinational banks and leading financial institutions on the preparation and update of their Singapore surveys, questionnaires and cross-border guidelines. 
  • Various leading financial institutions on the structuring and roll-out of various financial products or services in Singapore and their ongoing conduct of business and compliance requirements.
  • Several multinational banks and financial institutions on their need to notify the MAS or obtain MAS approval for various matters. This includes change of control, change of business activities and employee misconduct.

*Experience acquired prior to joining CMS Holborn Asia.

Memberships & Roles

  • Singapore Academy of Law.
  • Law Society of Singapore.

Education

  • 2014 – LLB (Hons), University of Southampton.
Practice Areas

Insights by Yvonne

MAS Consultations on Third Party Risk Management & Updated Operational Risk Management Guidelines

26 Mar 2026 5 min read

Singapore Regulator Issues New Guidelines on Environmental Risk Management – Transition Planning

12 Mar 2026 10 min read

Singapore proposes measures to enhance investor recourse for market misconduct

03 Nov 2025 6 min read

Singapore regulator introduces conduct requirements for digital advertising activities of FIs and warns “finfluencers”

01 Oct 2025 5 min read
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