James S. Wong practices in the area of corporate law with a concentration on private equity and investment management funds.

Mr. Wong is a 1995 graduate of Buckingham University. He also earned an LL.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1997.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Investment Management
• Corporate Restructuring
• Venture Capital Funds

Admissions

• Singapore

Education

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.M., 1997
  - Foreign Advisory Panel, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Economic and International Law
• University of Buckingham, LL.B., 1995

Other Experience

• Duane Morris Selvam LLP
  - Special Counsel, 2012-present
• Crescent Advisors, Singapore
  -Group General Counsel, 2005-2011
• Merrill Lynch International Bank, Singapore
  - Counsel, 2004
• Kirkland & Ellis
  - Senior Associate, 2002-2003
• Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
  - Associate, 2001-2002
• Allen Overy Shook Lin & Bok, Singapore
  - Solicitor, 2000-2001

Professional Activities

• Singapore Corporate Counsel Association
  - International Liaison Committee, 2005-2012

Speaking Engagements

• "Cross-Border Bond Restructurings," PLC Global Counsel, Restructuring and Insolvency, 2003
• "Regulatory Harmonization in Europe," American Bankruptcy Institute, 2002
• "Overview Update of Singapore Listing Rules," International Law Office, Corporate Finance, 2001
• "Employee Stock Option Scheme," Butterworths Dotcom Conference, 2000

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