Marco Lam is a counsel in the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group based in Walkers' Singapore office.
Having worked in both private practice and in-house counsel roles at global banks and a major regulator, Marco brings more than 10 years' experience as a financial services regulation specialist with extensive knowledge of the banking and finance, FinTech, global markets, insurance, and investment management sectors.
Marco advises on a wide range of offshore regulatory matters, including beneficial ownership, corporate governance, CRS and FATCA, data protection, economic substance, financial crime prevention (including anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, counter-proliferation financing, and international sanctions), licensing applications and perimeter advice, and virtual assets. His clients are predominantly financial institutions, including banks, investment funds, investment managers, and advisers.
As well as advisory work, Marco assists clients with preparing a variety of regulatory compliance documentations and managing regulatory audits, inspections and investigations.
Marco is a trilingual lawyer, fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.