CassinLaw LLC

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Dick Cassin has lived in the Middle East and Asia for 25 years. Before founding Cassin Law LLC, he was a senior partner in a major international law firm and managing partner of its Asia practice in Singapore, Hong Kong and Beijing.

He helps clients comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other U.S. laws, and he regularly assists companies facing compliance issues. His work involves cross-border mergers and acquisitions, international joint ventures and strategic alliances, and dispute resolution through international arbitrations in Singapore and other venues.

His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal (Asia), the Financial Times, the Business Times (Singapore) and many others. He founded and writes the widely-read FCPA Blog and is the author of the books Bribery Abroad: Lessons from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and Bribery Everywhere: Chronicles from the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Speaking engagements have brought him to North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.

He received his law degree from Boston College Law School, where he served as an Editor of the Boston College Law Review. He is a member of the bars of the District of Columbia, Virginia and Florida.  

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As a partner in one of Nigeria's leading commercial law firms, Paul has had over ten years experience advising U.S. and European clients on significant cross-border transactions and business partnerships in telecommunications, aviation, oil & gas, lotteries, infrastructure and other areas of international commercial law.

He has received extensive training in the United States on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and he advises many well-known U.S. companies on the compliance practices of their subsidiaries and operations in Nigeria, including arrangements with local vendors, partners and government agencies. He also provides comprehensive FCPA due diligence, including local document retrieval and examination in response to FCPA investigations.

Paul obtained his law degree from the University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria and was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1998. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Bar Associations' Section on Business Law, the primary objective of which is to promote the delivery of high quality business law services to the public.

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Tel: (65) 6848 2581 (DID)

Mr. Wee is a Barrister in England and Wales, as well as a CPA and Chartered Corporate Secretary. His practice includes advising clients on the development of projects and transactions throughout Asia, including the drafting of all related documentation. 

He provides regional tax planning and corporate structuring, and assists clients with the formation and maintenance of companies throughout Asia and world-wide, including subsidiaries, branch and representative offices.

He also advises clients on employment-related and intellectual property matters.

David Wee is a member of the Bar of England and Wales (Middle Temple), the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Singapore, the Singapore Institute of Taxation, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (U.K.), and the Chartered Secretaries of Australia. 

He holds a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic, an MBA from the University of Warwick, and an LLB (with Honors) from the University of Wolverhampton. 

David’s first language is English.  He is also fluent in Chinese (Mandarin), other major Chinese dialects, and is conversational in Malay and Bahasa Indonesia.  He was born and raised in Singapore.  

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Carmen obtained her law degree and completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from The University of Hong Kong in 1998 and 1999 respectively. She received her Masters degree from The University of Southampton on maritime law in 2000. She also completed short courses at The China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing, China and The University of London, King's College in London, England in her early years of studies.
 
Carmen specializes in commercial law, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and has extensive experience in advising clients on cross-border transactions and acting for various companies listed on Hong Kong's Stock Exchange, including PRC entities.
 
Carmen is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin

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Ms. Wu formerly served as a judge in Taiwan of the Kaohsiung County District Court, Criminal Division.  In private practice she was an associate in the Taiwan International Patent and Law Office, where she handled intellectual property matters, including trademark and copyright infringement cases, and fair trade and trade dress cases.  She also worked with prosecutors and police in handling raids on behalf of clients.  In Singapore she served as an associate at the law firm of Lawrence YD Ho and Associates, advising on intellectual property portfolio protection programs and related issues.

She now focuses her practice on a wide variety of intellectual property matters throughout Asia, as well as commercial transactions. 

Serena obtained her law degree from the National Taiwan University School of Law, and completed Judges and Prosecutor's Training School prior to her appointment to the bench.

She speaks English, Chinese and Japanese.