HONG KONG--()--International law firm Sidley Austin is pleased to announce that Yuet Ming Tham has joined the firm’s Arbitration, Litigation and Regulatory Group as a partner in the Hong Kong office. Ms. Tham’s practice focuses on regulatory issues, governmental investigations and compliance, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, with a particular focus on the pharmaceutical and medical device industry sector.
Managing Partner of Sidley’s Asia Pacific region, Thomas W. Albrecht, commented, “Yuet’s familiarity with many complex regulatory issues in Asia, including privacy and data security matters, as well as her experience in handling complex investigations and FCPA matters will be invaluable to our clients doing business in Asia. I am very happy that she has joined our team.”
“Yuet’s life sciences background and industry contacts in the region will be a perfect addition to our existing Asia-based life sciences practice,” said Chen Yang, who leads the life sciences group in Asia and is based in the firm’s Beijing office. ”Our clients will benefit from her pragmatic but highly sophisticated approach to complex matters.”
Ms. Tham’s regulatory and compliance work includes corporate investigations, compliance advisory work, anti-money laundering, sanctions and trade controls, environmental, health and safety and data privacy. She has represented, among others, major multinational financial businesses and transportation companies. For life sciences clients, she has advised on licensing, labeling and marketing regulations, as well as on a variety of commercial contract matters.
“Sidley has a top tier reputation in the regulatory and life sciences fields,” said Ms. Tham. “Joining the firm broadens my ability to grow my practice, particularly in cross-border work. Sidley has been involved in some of the largest and most sophisticated corporate and regulatory matters in Asia and it is very exciting to join such an accomplished team.”
Ms. Tham is fluent in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Bahasa Indonesian and Malay. Admitted to the bars in Hong Kong, England & Wales, Singapore and New York, she earned her LL.B from Queen Mary, University of London.
In 2012, Sidley will be celebrating 30 years in Asia—one of only a few U.S. law firms to have maintained a continuous presence in the region for three decades. The firm first established an office in Asia in Singapore in 1982, followed by five other offices in the region: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Sydney. Today, the firm has 160 legal professionals based in Asia Pacific, of which 27 are partners. Over the past three decades, the firm has built an impressive client base of corporate and financial clients. Sidley is now considered as one of the leading firms in the region, with recommended practices and recognized lawyers in the fields of Capital Markets, Investment Funds, Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration, Regulatory, Life Sciences, M&A and Private Equity. Sidley’s representation of GlaxoSmithKline’s acquisition of Nanjing Meirui was named Deal of The Year in 2011 by China Business Law Journal.
Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s premier full-service law firms, with approximately 1700 lawyers practicing in 18 U.S. and international cities, including Beijing, Brussels, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo. Repeating its performance in the inaugural 2010 survey, Sidley received the most first-tier national rankings of any U.S. law firm in the 2011/12 U.S.News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey. Sidley was also named the U.S.News – Best Lawyers “Law Firm of the Year” in both Corporate Law and Securities Regulation in the 2011/12 survey (the first year of such designations). BTI, a Boston-based research and consulting firm, has named Sidley as one of only three firms to have been in the top ten of the BTI Client Service rankings every year since the inception of those rankings in 2001, and as number one in three of those years.
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